BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The producers and participants in “Baltimore Rising” say national and local media sensationalized the protests that erupted after the death of Freddie Gray, but that their new documentary humanizes the narrative. Activists Kwame Rose and Makayla Gilliam-Price appeared alongside director Sonja Sohn Wednesday at the Television Critics Association’s summer meeting […]
2/20/17- Roland Martin talks to Monique Pressley about the lawsuit against Marilyn Mosby by the Baltimore officers that were linked to the death of the Freddie Gray. “What they are saying in this civil lawsuit is that her filing…they were defamed, it was malicious. This is a chilling effect for the one Prosecutor out of how […]
Relatives of unarmed Fort Washington, Maryland, motorcyclist Terrence Sterling say an officer shot him in the neck and back.
Charles Barkley may be a basketball icon and popular sports commentator, but his views on race have led many in the Black community to cast him a side-eye. But TNT thought his controversial views would make for compelling TV and signed him up for a six-part TV series on race called The Race Card, airing […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police commissioner is criticizing the decision of three officers charged but not convicted in the death of Freddie Gray to attend a conservative group’s gala where they were honored for their service. WBAL-TV reports Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday he doesn’t condone their appearance at the Media Research Center’s annual gala […]
The trial against the officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray has come to an end much to the disappointment of a community after state prosecutors dropped all charges against the remaining three Baltimore police officers Wednesday morning. https://www.instagram.com/p/BIXhelqABU2/?tagged=freddiegray Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow made the announcement that they’re dropping their charges against […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the case against officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was injured in police custody (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis says the state’s attorney’s decision to drop the remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers was a thoughtful one […]
Based on Judge Williams' ruling, prosecutors failed to prove that Rice acted negligently and knew of the risks associated with not securing Gray's seatbelt during his arrest on April 12, 2015.
BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge acquitted a Baltimore police officer of manslaughter and other charges Monday in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was critically injured in a police transport van. It was the fourth straight trial prosecutors failed to win in the case. Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking of six officers […]
Prosecutors allege Lt. Brian Rice failed to secure Gray's seat belt in the back of the van during his arrest. Gray died a week later after sustaining a fatal neck injury.
BALTIMORE (AP) — There will be no trial by jury for the highest-ranking police officer charged in the death of a young black man whose broken neck inside a police van caused civil unrest in Baltimore. Lt. Brian Rice has chosen to be tried instead by a judge, his lawyers said Tuesday — the same […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case: The 25-year-old black man was healthy before his arrest and arrived at the nearby station dying from a broken neck. But a judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors failed to prove any crime was committed by Officer Caesar Goodson, who drove the van where Freddie […]
