Yesterday, seven cops from the Baltimore Police Department were charged with multiple federal crimes in a racketeering indictment. Sgt. Wayne Jenkins and Detectives Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor, and Maurice Ward were all accused of “shaking down citizens” for cash, as well as filing false court paperwork and making fraudulent […]
Man Punched In Face By Baltimore Cop After Calling 911 For Help Dies
A 21-year-old man is dead after he was reportedly slugged in the face by a Baltimore police officer following a 911 call he made because he was feeling disoriented and needed an ambulance. Tawon Boyd died on Wednesday when doctors couldn’t revive him after the encounter. An autopsy has not been completed yet but police said during […]
DOJ Probe Reveals Unconstitutional Strip, Cavity Searches By Baltimore Cops
The findings of a Department of Justice probe into the Baltimore police department has reveled “many instances in which BPD officers strip-searched individuals without justification – often in public areas – subjecting them to humiliation and violating the constitution.” Released last week, the report details one incident involving officers in BPD’s Eastern District who publicly […]
Federal “Investigations” Only Enable Local Police Departments’ Abuses
The following post was originally posted at NationalInterest.org by Timothy Lynch under the title “Washington Can’t Fix Broken Policing.” It addresses the idea that having a the Department of Justice (DoJ) or some other federal agency such as the FBI investigate abuses by local police or court official will lead to a fair or meaningful resolution. […]
Cop Acquitted After Slitting Dog’s Throat To Receive $45K In Back Pay
A Baltimore cop acquitted of felony charges after slitting a restrained dog’s throat, will receive $45,000 in back pay from the city government in a deal expected to be approved on Wednesday. Police were responding to a call that a dog had bit someone in June 2014. The canine, a 7-year-old Chinese shar-pei breed named […]
Questionable FBI Surveillance Aircraft Fleet Outed by Coalition of Journalists, Activists, And Techies
The following post was submitted to the CopBlock Network by Isiah Holmes, who has been featured several times previously on Cop Block, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. In this post, Isiah discusses the use of aircraft FBI to conduct surveillance and the role that private citizens (along with the media) played in uncovering and exposing […]
Update: Retrial Scheduled For William Porter in Freddie Gray Murder
On Monday, Baltimore Police Officer William Porter’s retrial was scheduled for June 13. Last week, a jury deadlocked and Porter’s trial was declared a mistrial. Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams also ruled that the trials for the five other officers indicted for their part in Freddie Gray’s death would go on as scheduled. Via the […]
BREAKING: Hung Jury in Freddie Gray Case
CNN is reporting via their livestream that a hung jury has been declared in the trial of Officer William Porter, one of six officers charged in the death of Gray, a 25-year-old black man who broke his neck in April while being transported in a police van, shackled but not wearing a seat belt. Jurors […]
Update: All Sixteen Protestors Who Occupied Baltimore City Hall Released
All sixteen of the protesters who were arrested after they occupied the city hall in Baltimore were released on Friday. The coalition of protesters, made up primarily of young adults, were prompted by the murder of Freddie Gray and ongoing civil rights abuses and violence by the police against citizens of Baltimore, especially among people […]
Breaking: Baltimore City Hall Occupied by Anti-Police Brutality Activists
A group of anti-police brutality activists have occupied the city hall in Baltimore. The activists are part of a coalition of Baltimore area groups called “Baltimore Uprising.” This coalition includes (but is not necessarily limited to) members of Youth as Resources, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, The West Coalition, City Bloc, Baltimore Algebra Project, Baltimore […]
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