Police-Community Relations Pushed to the Brink in Baltimore
As anger boils over the death of Freddie Gray, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Baltimore over the weekend to demand answers from the police department. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black...
View ArticleBaltimore Burns as Anger Boils Over
Chaos broke out in Baltimore on Monday as protesters took to the streets following a funeral service held for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died after suffering a spinal cord...
View ArticlePeaceful Protest and the Baltimore Riots
A faction of Baltimore's largely peaceful protests turned violent Monday night in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the police. Washington Post opinion writer Jonathan Capehart...
View ArticleInspired by Baltimore, Protests Spill into Manhattan Streets
Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and scores of protesters were arrested as...
View ArticleSix Officers to Be Charged in Death of Freddie Gray
In an unexpected announcement issued Friday, prosecutors in Baltimore said that they had probable cause to file homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against six police officers allegedly...
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PHOTOS: NYC May Day Protests
About 1,000 people marched in downtown Manhattan at a May Day rally that also has become a protest against police brutality.Dozens of police officers stood around the perimeter of Union Square Friday...
View ArticleThe Baltimore Police Charges
Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, also a former police officer and former prosecutor, talks about the charges against six police officers in...
View ArticleDeadly Force by The Numbers: The Missing Data on Police Killings
Over the last year, the names of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray have prompted a national debate about race and the use of deadly force by law enforcement officials. What’s been missing...
View ArticleRace and Policing Roundtable
WNYC host Jami Floyd, Joel McCord, news director and news reporter for WYPR in Baltimore, and Rachel Lippmann, courts and public safety reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, preview Wednesday evening’s...
View ArticleBaltimore Reaches $6.4 Million Settlement With Freddie Gray's Family
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The city of Baltimore has reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African-American man who...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in first Freddie Gray officer case
[Watch Video]Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis hold a news conference Wednesday.On the third day of deliberations, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams...
View ArticleHung Jury in 1st Officer's Trial in Freddie Gray Case
A judge declared a hung jury Wednesday after the panel couldn't reach a decision in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, whose injury in police...
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How will mistrial affect other Freddie Gray prosecutions?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Now to Baltimore and the no-decision in the trial of officer William Porter, for the death of Freddie Gray. The jury deliberated 15 hours over three days,...
View ArticleWhat a Mistrial Means for The Freddie Gray Case
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Wednesday, Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial in the case of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, one of six officers to stand trial...
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Baltimore hospitals work to repair frayed trust in black communities
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: The neighborhoods where people live and work often reflect how healthy they are. Nowhere is that more true than in West Baltimore, where violence, food deserts, and homes...
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Quest for blood pressure cuff highlights inequality
Sharlene Adams, center, rode three buses to get to an East Baltimore medical supply store from her West Baltimore home. Capital News Service photo by Rachel Bluth.BALTIMORE — The doctor told Sharlene...
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Baltimore, Same-Sex Marriage & Bernie Sanders
Police charged in death, SCOTUS talks marriage, a new Democratic candidate
View Article#StopTrump, Love, Romance & Race, America's First Ladies
Coming up on today's show:In a speech today, President Obama will address Europe’s most pressing issues, including unity among the countries in the region. Heather Conley, the director of the Europe...
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One year after Freddie Gray’s death, thousands leave Maryland prisons with...
Stacey McHoul said she ran out of psychiatric medicine a few days after leaving jail last year and soon relapsed in a heroin habit. McHoul is among the women dealing with addiction, insurance problems,...
View ArticleBaltimore Activists Fight to Rebuild Freddie Gray's Neighborhood
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.It's been just over a year since 25-year-old Freddie Gray was killed after he was taken into police custody in Baltimore. Now, the block of...
View ArticleEx-Convicts Face Hurdles in Health Care
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Just over a year ago, 25-year-old Freddie Gray died from injuries he suffered after he was taken into police custody in Baltimore, Maryland....
View ArticlePolice Officer in Freddie Gray Case Acquitted
A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their attempt to hold police accountable for the young...
View ArticleOfficer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Trial
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their attempt to hold police accountable...
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Baltimore officer acquitted of all charges in second Freddie Gray death trial
Baltimore police officer Edward Nero arrives for his trial in connection with the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, May 23, 2016. Photo by REUTERS/Bryan WoolstonBaltimore Police officer...
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The implications of Baltimore police officer’s acquittal in Freddie Gray case
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But, first, we return to Baltimore and the not-guilty verdict for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray.Debbie Hines was in the...
View ArticleBaltimore Community Struggles with Freddie Gray Verdict
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Baltimore Officer Edward Nero was acquitted on all counts yesterday for his role in the death of Freddie Gray. Last year, Gray, 25, was...
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Court rules Baltimore officer is not guilty in Freddie Gray murder case
City Sheriff Deputies stand outside of the courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., June 23, 2016. Photo by Bryan Woolston/ReutersBaltimore officer Caesar Goodson, 46, was acquitted Thursday of...
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News Wrap: Acquittal in Freddie Gray case stirs outrage; deadly tornado in...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff.HARI SREENIVASAN: And I’m Hari Sreenivasan.JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight: a big day at the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Despite public anger over Freddie Gray death, police convictions elude...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now the latest on the Freddie Gray case and the trials surrounding his death. Six officers were charged after Gray broke his neck and died while in a...
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News Wrap: House GOP put off gun control legislation indefinitely
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff. HARI SREENIVASAN: And I’m Hari Sreenivasan. JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight: outrage and sorrow. Another video of a police officer...
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Highest ranking officer in Freddie Gray trial acquitted of all charges
Police watch on as a man participates in a protest in Union Square after Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all charges for his involvement in the death of Freddie Gray in the...
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News Wrap: Top ranking officer in Freddie Gray death acquitted, Nice death...
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: And our coverage will start tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.Tune in from your car or the couch for our special NPR/”PBS NewsHour” coverage of the Republican National Convention...
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All charges dropped against police awaiting trial in Freddie Gray case
Police observe a protest on June 23 in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. Photo by Andrew Kelly/ReutersProsecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges...
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Why prosecutors dropped charges against Freddie Gray cops
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: In a surprise move today, prosecutors in Baltimore dropped all remaining charges against three police officers in the Freddie Gray case.Gray died of...
View ArticleDNC Thursday: Is it 'Too Sunny' at the DNC in Philly?
Rosalind Helderman, Washington Post national political investigations reporter (who used to cover Virginia politics) and Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent for Slate, fill us in on Democratic...
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Read the full DOJ report detailing bias in Baltimore police force
Watch the Justice Department’s press conference on Baltimore police behavior.In a scathing report released Wednesday, the Department of Justice said Baltimore police officers routinely discriminated...
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Baltimore unveils its plan to cut health disparities by 50 percent in a decade
A man walks past a mural of Freddie Gray in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. on December 17, 2015. Baltimore’s top prosecutor on July 27, 2016 dropped remaining charges...
View ArticleMarilyn Mosby's Fall From Grace
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.In the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, as protesters took to the streets and the city of Baltimore broke out into chaos,...
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Justice Department requests delay on reform agreement with Baltimore police
Police observe a 2016 protest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. Photo by Andrew Kelly/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Justice Department late Monday asked a federal...
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In blow to DOJ, federal judge approves Baltimore police reform agreement
Police observe a 2016 protest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. Photo by Andrew Kelly/ReutersA federal judge approved an agreement Friday to make changes to...
View ArticleRunning from cops
In cities across America, black men are on the run. On April 4, 2015, in South Carolina, Walter Scott was killed while running away from a police officer. Eight days later, Freddie Gray ran from police...
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DOJ won’t bring federal charges against officers in Freddie Gray case
Baltimore Police Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., Officer Edward M. Nero, Officer Garrett E Miller (top L-R), Officer William G. Porter, Lt. Brian W. Rice, Sgt. Alicia D. White (bottom L-R), are pictured...
View ArticleBaltimore Lives Matter
Actress Sonja Sohn is best known for role in "The Wire” as the police officer Kima. Now she gets behind the camera for the HBO documentary "Baltimore Rising” following activists and police officers...
View ArticleBaltimore's Mayor Embroiled in Children's Book Scandal
Baltimore's Mayor Embroiled in Children's Book ScandalThere are questions about Mayor Catherine Pugh's self-published kids book, and whether or not buyers were given access to government influence.The...
View ArticleBaltimore's Mayor Embroiled in Children's Book Scandal
Since 2011, Baltimore's Mayor Catherine Pugh has reportedly received at least $800,000 from a number of groups, including the University of Maryland Medical System and health care provider Kaiser...
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