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Baltimore

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Helped Police Track Activists of Color: ACLU

Rights Advocates Slam Baltimore's "Incomprehensible" Police Spying

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

'The surveillance program itself is a privacy nightmare come to life and precisely what we have warned against for years,' civil liberties group says

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Baltimore Police Are Secretly Spying on Residents from the Air: Bloomberg

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Protesters face armed police during a march for Freddie Gray in Baltimore. (Photo: Arash Azizzada/flickr/cc)

The BPD has been using aerial surveillance to investigate 'all sorts of crimes...

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Complaint Says Baltimore Cops' Use of Stingray Spy Tool Violates Civil Rights

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A cell phone shows an image of police brutality protests in Baltimore. (Photo: Arash Azizzada/flickr/cc)

Because devices are concealed from public, average mobile phone user doesn't...

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DOJ Report on Baltimore Police Is 'Stunning Catalog of Discrimination'

All Remaining Charges Dropped in 'Infuriating' Freddie Gray Case

Judge Hands Down Another Acquittal for Officer in Freddie Gray Case

Baltimore Cop Found Not Guilty on All Charges in Freddie Gray Case

Baltimore Officer Found Not Guilty on All Counts in Freddie Gray Case

Hung Jury Results in Declaration of Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case

Revealed: As Baltimore Rose Up from Below, FBI Spied from Above

Baltimore to Pay 'Extraordinary' $6.4 Million to Family of Freddie Gray

All 6 Baltimore Police Officers Indicted Over Death of Freddie Gray

Ignoring Businesses, Baltimore Shuts Off Water to 1,600 Homes

From Drones Abroad to Police Brutality at Home, UN Slams US Human Rights Record

DOJ to Investigate Pattern of Racist Policing in Baltimore

Newswire

ACLU

Statement Regarding DOJ Motion to Delay Consent Decree Hearing

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR Urges Reformed Baltimore Policing Practices After DOJ Probe Reveals Extensive Civil Rights Violations

NAACP

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Report of Department of Justice on Baltimore Police Department

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Acquittal of Lt. Brian Rice for His Role in the In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray

NAACP

NAACP Statement on Verdict in Officer Trial

NAACP

NAACP Statement on One Year Anniversary of Baltimore Unrest

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Views

Nathan Freed Wessler, Naomi Dwork

FBI Releases Secret Spy Plane Footage from Freddie Gray Protests

Ajamu Baraka

War, Repression and International Gangsterism

Annie Leonard

Taking Out the Trash Burners

Laura Flanders

From Belfast to Baltimore Bad Police Tactics Spread. So Can Justice.

Jonathan Rapping

The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’

Ralph Nader

Suddenly, Baltimore – Wonder Why?

Glen Ford

Bringing the Crisis to a Head in Baltimore

Amy Goodman

The American Dream: Living to 18

Robert C. Koehler

Broken Windows, Broken Spines

Nathalie Baptiste

Nonviolence for Whom?

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