BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor acted swiftly in charging six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a grave spinal injury as he was arrested and put into a police transport van, handcuffed and without a seat belt. But getting a jury to convict police officers of murder and manslaughter will be […]
It looks as if his royal badness is using his art to speak out on the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of police…
How much unrest will our country experience before we substantively address the injustices acutely impacting Black people? For months, across the nation, tens of thousands…
The man who was the crux of Baltimore police’s story saying that Freddie Gray sustained his own injuries in the back of a police van went…
Protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray — the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died in police custody after sustaining a spinal cord injury — have…
Meet our latest obsession. Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby. She’s the person in charge of the investigation of Freddie Gray’s death at the hands of…
UPDATE: President Obama has released the following statement on the charges: “It is absolutely vital that the truth comes out on what happened to Freddie Gray. It is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved. That would not be appropriate. But I can tell you that justice needs to be served. All […]
Freddie Gray’s brutal death at the hands of Baltimore police officers is starting to see some justice. His death has officially been deemed a homicide…
Calling rioters in Baltimore “thugs” is coming back to bit the city’s mayor, who took to Twitter to make amends for her poor choice of words. “I wanted to clarify my comments on ‘thugs.’ When you speak out of frustration and anger, one can say things in a way that you don’t mean,” Stephanie Rawlings-Blake […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s chief prosecutor, just 35 years old and on the job for less than four months, is facing the biggest challenge of her career: deciding whether evidence supports criminal charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby ousted an established white opponent by promising to hold […]
CNN anchor Erin Burnett is being roasted on black Twitter after she referred to members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. as “gang members.” In the midst of the Baltimore uprising, the Bloods and Crips announced they had put aside their differences for the greater good and joined efforts to heal the community. They were […]
In the days following the riots in Baltimore, presidential candidate Rand Paul decided to reveal what he thought was the reason behind the city’s looting and…
