An unjustified ban

Baltimore activist Kim Trueheart was back at City Hall last week after a judge lifted a ban on her presence there that was at least unjustified and possibly illegal. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who often bears the brunt of Ms. Trueheart's criticism of city government, has said if it was up to her, the trespassing charges against Ms. Trueheart would be dropped because City Hall "is the people's building." It would be easy to chalk the whole thing up to a mistake by someone in the police department and declare no harm, no foul. Except for the time Ms. Trueheart spent in Baltimore's Central Booking facility — surely an experience she will not easily forget.

February 4, 2013