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The future of a Maryland-licensed security guard charged with impersonating a police officer in Prince George’s County is being decided by a jury.

Licensed security guard Carl Colston was accused of impersonating a police officer in Prince George's County but the jury could not reach a unanimous decision.

Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the first fair housing ordinance in the state Thanks to a conservative white mayor, two forceful Black leaders, two pioneering women, a helpful city attorney, strong support from both city newspapers and a vast citizens’ support network, Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the state’s first open housing ordinance. January 29, 2021 12:10 PM Stu Levitan Updated: Marshall Colston (second from right below with his family — wife Eva and children Marty, Laura and Jacqueline, pictured left to ...

Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% of the city’s rental units, and 12% of the houses for-sale, were available to nonwhites. The city didn’t even have a meaningful board or commission working for civil rights. Instead, there was the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), which the Council created in 1952 as a powerless consolation prize for activists after their proposed fair housing ordinance was soundly defe...