Jamar Bowles News Today

Baltimore’s spending board has approved $645,000 to settle two more legal disputes related to the city police department’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force, bringing the total amount paid out related to the rogue force to more than $16 million.

Baltimore’s spending board is poised to approve $645,000 to settle two legal disputes related to the city’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force involving plaintiffs who spent time in jail before their charges were vacated.

Baltimore is facing two new federal lawsuits alleging evidence planting by discredited police officers, including a former detective who is serving 18 years in prison for crimes committed on the job. The suits illustrate the continuing fallout from the widespread police corruption that came to light amid revelations about the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace ...