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Freddie Gray case: Officer Nero’s attorneys seek to minimize his role in Gray’s arrest

June 29, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

Attorneys for Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero sought Thursday to minimize his role in the arrest of Freddie Gray, saying that he pursued the 25-year-old based on a supervisor's calls...

Officer Nero heads to bench trial Thursday in Freddie Gray case

July 1, 2019 at 1:46 p.m.

Baltimore Police Officer Edward M. Nero will stand trial before a judge rather than a jury on charges stemming from the arrest of Freddie Gray, clearing the way for the...

Police investigate the scene where officers shot a 13-year-old.

Youth with BB gun resembling firearm shot by police in Baltimore

June 20, 2019 at 11:32 a.m.

A Baltimore police detective shot a boy Wednesday afternoon who he wrongly believed was carrying a semiautomatic pistol, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said. The boy suffered what police called non-life-threatening...

Youth with BB gun resembling firearm shot by police in East Baltimore

June 29, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

A Baltimore police detective shot a boy in East Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon who he wrongly believed was carrying a semiautomatic pistol, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said. The boy suffered...

Baltimore police union sues department over social media policy, lieutenant’s reassignment

June 30, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

A high-ranking Baltimore police union official who was reassigned to an overnight security detail in January after engaging in a series of arguments with local activists on Twitter has filed...

Chicago, Baltimore, D.C. drove half the national increase in homicides in 2015, analysis finds

June 23, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

Spikes in homicides in Baltimore, Chicago and the District of Columbia accounted for more than half of the national increase in killings in the 30 largest cities in 2015, according...

Promises of change after Freddie Gray’s death echo the past

June 29, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

A young black man died after an altercation with police in West Baltimore, and tensions were running high. Significant discrepancies existed between the official police narrative and the recollections of...

Maryland’s highest court hears arguments over Porter testimony in Freddie Gray cases

July 1, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

The state's highest court convened Thursday to consider a key question holding up trials in the Freddie Gray case: Can Officer William Porter be forced to testify against his fellow...

Judge denies motion to force Porter to testify against three fellow officers in Freddie Gray case

June 28, 2019 at 7:24 p.m.

The next trial of a Baltimore police officer in the death of Freddie Gray could begin as early as next month after a judge on Wednesday rejected a request from...

Baltimore police body-cam footage offers glimpse of life to come for cops, citizens

June 16, 2018 at 9:17 a.m.

The footage shows a Baltimore police officer walking up to the driver's side window of a car he'd just pulled over downtown. The audio begins a few seconds later. "I...

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