As many of you may be aware, last year after the uprising in Baltimore the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Michael Busch, and the President of the State
Maryland’s Lawmakers Are About To Ask You to Help Them Co-Opt The Police Reform Movement. Tell Them No Thanks! The 2016 Maryland General Assembly is fast approaching. We want to begin to
Written in response to a piece by Karl Bickel which was published in The Baltimore Sun. We’re publishing this piece on our website with the hopes of creating a more informed
The loss of Freddie Gray’s life profoundly affects me. Freddie Gray is my age. He attended school in the general area that I grew up. Freddie Gray’s death is symbolic
My father said he survived two wars; one in Vietnam, the other on the streets of Baltimore. My father, Larry Grandpre, was a narcotics officer for over 20 years in
Delegate Kathleen Dumais is the lead sponsor for HB 222. It is a bill that would create the possibility for people who sold heroin to someone who died of an
UPDATE 3/6/2015: The Baltimore City Delegation has officially withdrawn HB 101. Thanks for your support! We live in a society that seems willing to deal with Black people as if we
Christopher’s Law was passed by the Maryland General Assembly and is awaiting the governor’s signature. The legislation requires police officers to be trained in CPR, cultural sensitivity, the proper use
In contemporary politics, it has become more en-vogue for the left, particularly white democrats, to talk about challenging racism. People have become far more willing to refer to mass incarceration
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