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Challenging the strength of the state’s “Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.” The Maryland Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision to hear the case of a woman of color denigrated by a racial slur by a Maryland State Police trooper. The complete records of the case had been deemed a “personnel matter,” kept virtually secret, and shielded from public view for nearly five years because of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. We’ll discuss this case and diversity within the Maryland State Police with Sonia Kumar, attorney for the ACLU and Prince George’s County Delegate Aisha Braveboy. And we’ll analyze the efforts to amend the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights and policing in Baltimore and beyond with Baltimore City Delegate Jill Carter, Fox 45 investigative producer Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, co-editor and contributor to the book, “You Can’t Stop Murder: Truths About Policing in Baltimore and Beyond.” All coming up on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes.
