By BRIAN WITTE , Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new Maryland law that allows courts to temporarily restrict firearms access for people at risk to themselves or others resulted in more than 300 protective orders, five of which were related to schools, the sheriff of the state’s most populous county told lawmakers Tuesday. […]
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Pugh’s New Pick for Baltimore’s Top Cop
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO Roughly 48 hours after Mayor Catherine Pugh’s initial pick to be Baltimore’s next top cop withdrew his name from consideration, City Hall announced current New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison as the presumptive nominee to fill the post. It was an abrupt change of plans for a process that […]
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Baltimore Mayor Picks New Orleans Chief to Lead Police Force
By DAVID McFADDEN , Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A day after her first choice withdrew his candidacy, Baltimore’s mayor on Tuesday picked New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison as her nominee to lead the city’s troubled force and become a key player in making sure sweeping reforms finally take root. Mayor Catherine Pugh said Harrison […]
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Black American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 1, 2019 From Russia meddling in U.S. elections, to counterterrorism in Africa, to North Korean Nuclear […]
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DMV Leaders Call for End to Government Shutdown
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Residents from D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) are adversely being affected by the partial government shutdown, which President Donald Trump enforced after not receiving funding for his border wall. With the pain and suffering it is causing, major DMV leaders are asking President Trump to end the shutdown as […]
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Fitzgerald Faces Challenging Confirmation Process
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO The process of confirming a new police chief in Baltimore used to be routine; a perfunctory hearing followed by a vote that inevitably put the legislative stamp of approval on the current mayor’s pick, but not anymore. Several record-breaking years of violent crime, a department struggling under a federal […]
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Baltimore Trying To Stem Decades-Long Disappearing Act
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — LaShelle Rollins’ rental house in West Baltimore is wedged between a line of derelict properties valued only by street gangs, drug addicts and firefighters conducting arson drills. And even though her family’s $700-a-month address sits across from a public school, they are among the only occupants of this […]
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Former Commissioner Hamm: `The Black and the Blue’
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff “In this city, in the department, it was a war,” former Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) Commissioner Leonard Hamm said of his service. “I had to go in as a war-time general, because we were fighting on several different fronts.” Hamm, now top cop at Coppin State University, participated […]
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Maryland Democrats Pick Rockeymoore Cummings as Chair
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democrats have picked a former gubernatorial hopeful and wife of a powerful congressman as chair of the state party. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings thanked party officials for electing her Saturday and promised to strengthen the party ahead of future elections. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings (LinkedIn Photo) Republican Gov. Larry Hogan won re-election […]
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Community Leader Calls For Transparency in Confirmation Process
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore staff True to her word, Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh named the successor to interim Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Commissioner Gary Tuggle, shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. Dr. Joel Fitzgerald, currently Chief of Police in the city of Fort Worth, Tex., was named during a November 16 press release. […]
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Pugh Taps Ft. Worth Chief to be Next Baltimore Commissioner
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO One of the most highly anticipated personnel moves by Mayor Catherine Pugh finally reached a conclusion as Pugh announced the hiring of current Fort Worth, Tx. police chief Joel Fitzgerald to be Baltimore’s new top cop. In a written statement released Nov. 19, Pugh called the decision a step […]
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`The Odds Were Stacked Against Us’
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous conceded defeat to Gov. Larry Hogan at the Hippodrome Theatre in Downtown Baltimore on Nov. 6. Hogan garnered 56.2 percent of the vote in Maryland, versus Jealous’ 42.8 percent, with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Hogan is only the second Republican in Maryland history to be re-elected as governor. (Photo: J.K. […]