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The Maryland House of Delegates voted Thursday to give final approval to legislation that will give Attorney General Anthony Brown’s office the authority to prosecute police for unjustly killing or seriously injuring civilians.
The Maryland House of Delegates voted Thursday to give final approval to legislation that will give Attorney General Anthony Brown’s office the authority to prosecute police for unjustly killing or seriously injuring civilians.
The Baltimore County Police officers who fatally shot a man who brandished a gun at his Towson apartment in June will not be criminally charged, according to the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Two cars, one of which police were attempting to stop, collided and struck an East Baltimore building Wednesday night, killing a pedestrian, injuring five people and causing the structure to partially collapse, according to Baltimore Police.
A pedestrian was killed and five people injured in Baltimore when a fleeing stolen car collided with another vehicle and slammed into a building that then collapsed.
A Baltimore Police officer fired more than a dozen gunshots at anti-violence activist Tyree Moorehead from a few feet away, body-worn camera footage of the fatal shooting shows.
The Independent Investigations Division of the Attorney General's office is tasked with investigating all deaths at the hands of police officers in Maryland.