Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that the city's Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts has been fired following a recent spike in homicides and a string of protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody in April.
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced on Thursday that a grand jury has decided to indict six city police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.
The Baltimore police officer who first "locked eyes" with Freddie Gray, prompting cops to chase and apprehend him in the arrest ending in his death, once tried to use his power to have a man involved with his ex-wife arrested.
Just one week after being sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch traveled to Maryland on Tuesday to meet with officials and community leaders about the unrest that erupted in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray.
U.S. President Barack Obama Monday announced the creation of a new nonprofit designed to help Latino and black youths bolster their education opportunities for a better future, while stating that Latino and black males experiencing different treatment from law enforcement.
Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered an impassioned speech on Wednesday, touching on two central issues in national discourse and the 2016 presidential election -- racial politics and criminal justice reform.
