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Two and a half years after Demonte Ward-Blake was paralyzed during a traffic stop in Prince George’s County, a judge ruled Wednesday that the police officer who arrested him was guilty of second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment in connection with the man’s injuries.

A circuit judge has found a Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer guilty of second-degree assault, misconduct and reckless endangerment over an October 2019 traffic stop that left a man paralyzed.

Two and a half years after Demonte Ward-Blake was paralyzed during a traffic stop in Prince George’s County, a judge ruled Wednesday that the police officer who arrested him was guilty of second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment in connection with the man’s injuries.

Two Baltimore police officers are under investigation for differing statements in the killing of 18-year-old Donnell Rochester on Feb. 19.

The incident happened in June 2019 when Amber Canter was being held at the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center, according to a civil lawsuit.

Trial begins in Worcester for Taizier Griffin. Viral video of his Ocean City, Md., arrest in summer 2021 was one of two that ignited public outcry.

Friends of a Black teenager whose on-camera tasing at the hands of Ocean City police in June sparked outrage across the state disputed officers’ accounts Monday, saying in court that the officers gave little time for their friend to respond to their directions before tasing someone who’d raised his hands in submission.

Friends of a Black teenager whose on-camera tasing at the hands of Ocean City police in June sparked outrage across the state disputed officers’ accounts Monday, saying in court that the officers gave little time for their friend to respond to their directions before tasing someone who’d raised his hands in submission.