In-Custody Death
In Stapleton v. Lozano, the 5th Circuit ruled officers were not deliberately indifferent after a drug user died in custody
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
The resolution seeks to clarify the collaboration between police and EMS when a patient is irrational, combative and extremely violent
The next police commissioner will have a daunting to-do list
Said action needed to strengthen confidence in law enforcement
The union said commanders did not want police to be percieved as aggressors, but the result was officers doing nothing
Mayor said she fired him because questions about his leadership had become a distraction amid rising crime
Said growing criticism of his leadership had become a ‘distraction’ that was preventing the city from moving ahead
The report says Gray’s death could not be ruled an accident and is instead a homicide because officers didn’t follow safety procedures
Six officers face charges ranging from second-degree assault to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder
More Baltimore police officers likely face arrest as the result of reforms in a department that requires “wholesale change,” Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wrote
Cops charged in the death of Freddie Gray demanded removal of the city’s top prosecutor from their case Tuesday, saying she was the one who asked for “enhanced” police attention at the intersection where they encountered him
Suspect had a concealed handgun that he fired at authorities
Commanders are addressing holes in coverage stemming in part from a new deployment schedule
Union investigating how police and firefighters were deployed during riots
Billy J. Collins, 56, became combative after his arrest Friday and struck an officer multiple times before fleeing into a foyer
With 43 homicides, May is the deadliest month since the early 1970s
Arrests have dropped sharply in Baltimore since Freddie Gray died on April 19
Arrests were already declining before Freddie Gray died on April 19 of injuries he suffered in police custody, but they dropped sharply thereafter
Gray was arrested April 12. He died in a hospital a week later
Sheriff fired nine of his deputies Friday in connection with the death of a 22-year-old college student found dead in restraints after he was booked
Will conduct a broad investigation in search of law enforcement practices that are unconstitutional and violate civil rights
Broad investigation could eventually force the city to make changes under the oversight of an outside monitor
One cop has challenged police and a top prosecutor to produce a knife that prompted the arrest, arguing in a court motion that it is an illegal weapon
Mayor’s request came a day after new Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited the city and pledged to improve the police department
Attorney General Loretta Lynch was in Baltimore on Tuesday. DOJ officials accompanying her included the head of the civil rights division
The order for residents to stay home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. had been in place since Tuesday
The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to restore order and implemented a week-long curfew
Violence erupted Saturday night during what began as a peaceful demonstration attended by more than a thousand people
Chris Lawrence offers the following about the misconceptions surrounding in-custody deaths and injuries to law enforcement trainers
A scuffle broke out and two protesters were arrested Thursday, but most expressed anger peacefully
Tuesday’s demonstration marked the beginning of a week of protests and rallies planned across the city
Said Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into in-custody death of Freddie Gray
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