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As massive protest marches continued across Baltimore, the pressure was building inside police headquarters, and Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wanted answers — fast. Near midnight on a cool April night, he pressed six top commanders sitting at a conference table for details about Freddie Gray’s death.
Read More →The streets of Baltimore were calm overnight after the Wednesday announcement of a mistrial in the trial of police officer William Porter.
Read More →With two trials and no convictions in the trials of Baltimore officers involved in the Freddie Gray case, critics say that the prosecution may have moved too fast in bringing charges against the officers involved.
Read More →A $6.4 million settlement for the family of Freddie Gray was formally approved Wednesday by a Baltimore financial board despite complaints from the police union president that the deal was "obscene."
Read More →The Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced this morning that the death of Freddie Gray was a homicide and her office is charging six police officers. She also said the arrest of Gray was not justified.
Read More →The Baltimore City Police Department turned over its report on the death of Freddie Gray to the state's attorney's office today, one day ahead of schedule, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts announced at a press conference. More Here.
Read More →The six Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray's arrest and death will be tried separately over the course of the next several months, with proceedings against the first officer starting Nov. 30.
Read More →Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter will receive $96,855 and $70,523 respectively. They were suspended without pay after being charged with felony manslaughter in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray.
Read More →T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" begins with the words "April is the cruelest month…" I can't think of a more appropriate summation of what April 2015 was like for American law enforcement; it was an exceptionally "cruel" month.
Read More →Worries about the lieutenant — originally raised by a fellow Baltimore police officer who is the mother of his child — led Carroll County, Md., deputies to confiscate his guns and contact high-ranking police officials, the report says.
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