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Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
By Ari Berman Freddie Gray’s neighborhood in Baltimore had the highest incarceration rate of anywhere in the city. More than 450 adults from Sandtown-Winchester are in state prison, and one in four juveniles were arrested from 2005 to 2009. These statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, felony conviction, justice, law, Maryland, mass incarceration, politics, race, voting, voting rights
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Freddie Gray’s spinal injury suggests ‘forceful trauma,’ doctors say
By Scott Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2TBdA_xjp8 Spinal injuries such as those that led to Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody require “significant force” akin to the impact from a car accident and can fatally impair the body’s ability to regulate blood … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Baltimore Police, Freddie Gray, Freddie Gray murder, Maryland, police violence, race
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Freddie Gray death: Mayor vows to find answers
The autopsy hasn’t yielded many answers in Freddie Gray’s death — in fact, it’s prompted more questions — but Baltimore’s mayor pledged Tuesday to find out how the 25-year-old died from a spinal cord injury after being arrested a … Continue reading
Freddie Gray dies a week after being injured during arrest
By Natalie Sherman, Chris Kaltenbach, and Colin Campbell Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man injured during an arrest by Baltimore police last week, died Sunday at Shock Trauma, prompting protests by city residents and out-of-town activists and promises from city officials … Continue reading
First African-American Woman Appointed to Maryland Appellate Court
Congratulations to Michelle D. Hotten on her achievement. http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Baltimore/story.htm?storyid=2007
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Tagged african american, black, courts, law, Maryland, Michelle Hotten
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Cape works to remove racial language from covenants
Have I hopped in the DeLorean and went back in time? This was wrong in the 1940’s and it is wrong today. Wow, and it only took 60+ years to initiate change…. Cape works to remove racial language from covenants … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, asians, black, Cape St. Claire, discrimination, justice, Maryland, native americans, race, racism
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