Baltimore officer not guilty of assaulting suspect in chopper cam footage

Published time: 16 Sep, 2017 09:36 Edited time: 16 Sep, 2017 09:36 A Baltimore jury found police officer Christopher Spivey not guilty of assaulting a suspect in an incident caught on police helicopter cameras. Baltimore County officer Spivey was found not guilty of four counts of second degree assault on Thursday in a case built […]

US Justice Department declines to prosecute Baltimore officers in Freddie Gray case

Baltimore Police Department/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will not bring charges against Baltimore police officers over the fatal injury of a black man in custody in an incident that stoked tensions between African Americans and law enforcement, federal officials said Tuesday. A Justice Department criminal civil rights investigation into […]

Another staged body cam leads to 43 more dropped Baltimore prosecutions

Enlarge / Shallow depth of field image taken of yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background. (credit: carlballou/Getty Images) A Baltimore Police Department officer has “self-reported” a staged body cam vide. This brings the number of fabricated body cam videos rocking the agency to at least three. In this most […]

A 97 year-old World War II veteran was beaten to death in Baltimore

Associated Press/Patrick Semansky Washington (AFP) – A 97 year-old World War II veteran has become the oldest homicide victim in crime-ridden Baltimore after he was beaten to death in his pajamas for refusing to leave his home. Wadell Tate was killed on July 21 by burglars inside the rowhouse he had owned for six decades, […]

Here we go again: Another Baltimore Police body cam allegedly shows drugs being planted (VIDEO)

The Baltimore Police Department have launched an investigation after body cam footage allegedly showed officers planting evidence at the scene of a crime. It’s the second such probe in two weeks. Josh Insley, a local defense attorney, gave the footage to the Baltimore Sun Tuesday, which he said shows officers “engage in what appears to […]

Baltimore police commissioner orders cops not to stage body cam footage

Enlarge (credit: Baltimore Police Department) Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis ordered street officers not to “recreate” body cam footage in a Tuesday memo that follows a turbulent two weeks for the agency in which at least two body cam tapes have come to light showing officers staging crime scenes. “In the event your body […]

Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evidence discovered

Enlarge (credit: Barbara Friedman) More get-out-of-jail-free cards are being issued by Baltimore prosecutors—and more are likely, after Monday’s disclosure of a second police body cam video that defense attorneys say shows cops manufacturing evidence. The Maryland Office of the Public Defender said that charges against at least one suspect were dropped on Monday. Charges were […]

Netflix series prompts Baltimore Police to create online form for victims of sexual abuse

Baltimore police have created an online submission form for people to report sex offenses related to a Netflix documentary series “The Keepers” which deals with widespread sexual abuse at Archbishop Keough High School in the 1960s and 70s. The seven-part documentary series, which premiered on Friday, also covers the unsolved murder of one of the […]

3 of the Baltimore police officers from the Freddie Gray case could be fired

Baltimore Police Department via AP Five of the Baltimore police officers involved in the 2015 in-custody death of Freddie Gray have been charged with administrative violations and face suspension or termination, the Baltimore Sun reported on Monday. Three of the officers could be fired, including Officer Caesar Goodson, who drove the police van that was […]