Jovan Lewis Singleton News Today

The Maryland attorney general’s authority to investigate local police-involved slayings derives from a 2021 law sparked by the murder of an unarmed Black man in Minnesota, but the law needs a controversial expansion to achieve the goal of inspiring public confidence in the accountability of officers, the law’s supporters say. Sen. William C. “Will” Smith ...

Baltimore County prosecutors decided not to bring criminal charges against two police officers involved in civilian deaths in separate incidents last October — and questioned how long it took for state investigators to complete their report.