Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll talk crime and policing in Baltimore, including the mistrial declared in the second trial in the 2010 murder of North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes. And Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a think tank and political action committee is calling for an apology from the Baltimore County Fraternal Order […]

Sofiya, a 6-year-old Amur leopard. BALTIMORE, MD-– The Maryland Zoo today welcomed Sofiya, an Amur leopard, one of the rarest cat species in the world.  Sofiya is a 6-year-old Amur leopard born at the St Louis Zoological Park, in Missouri. Over the course of her life she lived at The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo and Connecticut’s […]

Royal Farms Arena BALTIMORE – In its year-end issues, Venues Today and Billboard Magazine distinguishes SMG managed Royal Farms Arena among the top venues for 2014. Venues Today names the Arena #1 in the United States among buildings 10,001 – 15,000 and #8 internationally. Billboard Magazine, long known as the leading industry trade publication names […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We recap this past weekend’s horrific events in New York, where two NYPD officers were “assassinated” by a mentally deranged man (who first shot his girlfriend just outside of Baltimore) before committing suicide. What are the implications for the ongoing debate about reform in the criminal justice system and […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say they’ve broken up a violent, multistate dog-fighting ring involving hundreds of dogs forced into brutal combat. Authorities said Monday that a Baltimore grand jury returned indictments against 22 people involved in the ring, 14 of whom are in custody. They’re all charged with animal cruelty, dog fighting and conspiracy. The […]

The suspect, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley (bottom left) and the weapon the suspect used to killed NYPD police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. (AP Photo/New York Police Department) TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland are identifying a woman who was shot by the same man who killed two NYPD officers before shooting himself to […]

Harriet Tubman (Photo Courtesy of www.nps.gov/) ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 19, 2014) — Governor Martin O’Malley today issued a statement on the signing of legislation by President Barack Obama that honors the contributions and preserves the legacy of Harriet Tubman. A Maryland native and one of the Underground Railroad’s most famous conductors, Harriet Tubman made historic advancements […]

A retired Baltimore City police officer has stirred up controversy for posting a allegedly racist and derogatory photo on Facebook. On Dec.16, WJZ-TV, Baltimore’s CBS affiliate, reported that a former city cop posted a picture of African-American men on top of a car protesting in Ferguson, Mo., over the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A local political round table on the issues of the week with the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro and Fox 45 investigative producer Stephen Janis. Plus, we’ll discuss President Obama’s historic decision to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. All coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition with […]

Baltimore’s policy wonks have received an early Christmas gift this year with the re-launching of Budget Live!, a website where anyone can explore the city’s budget down to line items, and which includes a simulator that allows residents to try their hand at balancing the budget. Baltimore is currently facing a $15 million projected shortfall […]

Baltimore City’s Civilian Review Board (CRB), which investigates police misconduct allegations from the community, has long been criticized for its lack of teeth, both because its recommendations are in no way binding on the police commissioner, and because it lacks the subpoena power required to compel the testimony of all potential witnesses to an incident […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Is the training police officers receive in law enforcement agencies across the country at the root of many of the high profile police brutality cases we’ve seen in recent months and years? Seth Stoughton, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina and a former police officer […]