2015/5/5-In Baltimore, the images of demonstrations, police in riot gear, looting and outbreaks of violence are familiar for some other cities after encounters with police ended in death for unarmed individuals — primarily black men. Officials say what comes from …..
Just days after the city’s prosecutor announced officers would face charges in Gray’s death 2015/5/5-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a stop in Baltimore Tuesday, as tensions have begun to cool following a week of unrest and uncertainty. Lynch, who …..
2015/05/04 – Hinds County could lose more than $3 million a year if the Mississippi Department of Corrections removes state inmates from the county work center, officials say. Hinds County could lose more than $3 million a year if the Mississippi …..
2015/05/01 – It’s been a long haul for two Hinds County inmates who are finally receiving mental health treatment after years behind bars. Marktain Kilpatrick Simmons, 44, and Lee Vernel Knight, 47, are receiving psychiatric treatment in the Raymond jail while they …..
2015/05/04 – In Baltimore in 1910, a black Yale law school graduate purchased a home in a previously all-white neighborhood. The Baltimore city government reacted by adopting a residential segregation ordinance, restricting African Americans to designated blocks. Explaining the policy, Baltimore’s mayor …..
