MD politics: New law to bar police stops, searches based on smell of marijuana
The smell of marijuana will no longer be enough to justify a police stop or search under a bill that Maryland lawmakers passed.
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The smell of marijuana will no longer be enough to justify a police stop or search under a bill that Maryland lawmakers passed.
Denise Reid has an unfortunate level of knowledge about gun violence, with 11 family members shot or killed. That includes her son, Tevon Terrell, who succumbed to his injuries in April 2009, more than two years after a bullet severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the neck down.
With most of this year’s heavy lifting behind them, Maryland lawmakers capped their 2022 session with a final sprint Monday that blended frenetic sausage-making with a festival atmosphere.