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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 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 flow … 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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