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Rep. Elijah Cummings says he scared off an intruder at his Baltimore home last weekend, providing details for the first time after President Donald Trump tweeted Friday about the break-in. In a statement Friday, the Maryland Democrat said someone “attempted to gain entry into my residence at approximately 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 27.” Florida Jun 7, 2019 Police departments in at least five states are investigating, and in some cases condemning, their officers’ social m...

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Police departments in at least five states are investigating, and in some cases condemning, their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of bigoted or violent posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook accounts... spokesman Jun 4, 2019 Police in Baltimore say a reported rape may have involved a member of the depa...

We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption by Justin Fenton (2021, Random House, 335 pp., $28.00 HB) The thuggish, racially-charged reality of the war on drugs sometimes leaps dramatically into the national spotlight, as when gung-ho drug cops in Louisville gunned down Breonna Taylor in her own apartment last year or when a North Carolina SWAT team sent to execute a routine drug warrant managed to shoot Andrew Brown in the back of the head as he fled in his car. Both were Af...

After weeks of policing news -- verdicts, reforms, criticisms -- neighbors in West Baltimore share their experience of law enforcement and their vision for what they'd like to see.

Credit: Phil Yacuboski Six years to the day since the death of Freddie Gray, police misconduct remains a hot topic. Several killings at the hands of police are in the news and Derek Chauvin is on trial in last years death of George Floyd. Attorney Billy Murphy, who represented Grays family and negotiated what, at the time, was a record payout for a single Baltimore police misconduct case, said Floyds fam...

Updated: 5:56 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Baltimore police officer who prosecutors said stole approximately $10,000 in seized money and made false statements to FBI investigators.Ethan Glover, 49, of Baltimore, was indicted on federal charges of false statements to law enforcement and theft of government property.Glover joined the Baltimore Police Department on Feb. 19, 2003, and became a federal task force officer with the Drug Enforcement Administr...

Credit: WBAL-TV Image A longtime Baltimore police officer allegedly pocketed nearly $10,000 of cash seized during a 2016 raid. The investigation is linked to the Gun Trace Task Force scandal. Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced an indictment against Ethan Glover charging the 18-year veteran with making false statements to law enforcement and theft of government property. Glovers police powers have ...

Convicted Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Wayne Jenkins has a new idea: creating a “think tank” of other convicted law enforcement officers to warn others against heading down the wrong path.

In defending a gun conviction involving a discredited officer, a federal prosecutor asserted to an appellate court that untruthful testimony was presented to the grand jury investigating the corruption involving the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.