With the outcome so far of the Freddie Gray case, it’s pretty clear that the Police policies need to be updated. During a Press Conference yesterday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Police Commisioner Kevin Davis and other members of the Department of Justice, issued the new “use of force” policy that goes into effect on July […]

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In the verdict, which came after a six-day trial, the judge also said that prosecutors did not prove a reckless endangerment charge against Nero over a failure to put a seat belt on Gray, noting that he had no direct role in putting Gray in the transport van to the jail.

A Baltimore city school police officer has been placed on leave without pay after a video of him slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student went viral.

Nearly fifteen years after George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" act went into effect, Obama has repealed and replaced that law with the "Every Student Succeeds Act".

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In the last five years, the city has paid over $12 million to police brutality victims and a biased clause also buys their silence.

Probably not a good way to get the mayor's attention.

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday announced a Department of Justice civil pattern and practice investigation into the Baltimore Police…

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Mayors often have a lot of work to do, but if they don’t know something, it might be because it hasn’t been brought to their…

Mayor Rawlings-Blake proposal to increase revenue for Baltimore and to avoid a deeper deficit included making these changes, and some that will negatively impact the inner city and you! From The Mayor Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for […]

Via: FoxBaltimore.com Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has issued an executive order prohibiting police officers from asking about a person’s citizenship status. The issue was ordered on Friday to all city agencies. It is said to have an effect on the lowering of discrimination against immigrants. It enables the use of city funds to investigate or […]