Bryn Stole | Feb 12, 2021 For years, activists and a handful of Maryland lawmakers have tried and failed to nix the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, a 1974 act that enshrines in state law certain job protections and due process rights for police officers accused of misconduct. Now, what long appeared an […]
Today on Midday, an update on the 2021 General Assembly Session in Annapolis, now in its second week. Given the pandemic and the constitutional requirement that lawmakers be physically present in the State House for their annual deliberations, it’s been an unusual legislative session so far. In some ways, it is progressing at an unusually rapid pace. […]
By: Dayvon Love | Maryland Matters I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward […]
Tom Hall | November 12, 2020 Last May, an Ohio-based company called Persistent Surveillance Systems was granted permission to conduct a six-month trial program in Baltimore — paid for by a foundation in Texas — to determine if an Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) program was an effective way to help local police and prosecutors in […]
Benay Blend | November 9, 2020 Reflecting on the 2020 election, Onyesonwu Chatoyer wrote: “One thing I’ve been reflecting on today is how much election discourse is just poor and working-class people” blaming each other “for not participating in the right way.” An organizer for the All African People’s Revolutionary Party—New Mexico, Chatoyer understands that […]
McKenna Oxendon | November 5, 2020 A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Baltimore’s controversial surveillance plane is constitutional, finding that it is a tool to help police combat rampant crime without invading the rights and privacy of city residents. The three-judge panel pointed to the city’s homicide count — topping 300 each of the […]