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Having 'more guns' on the street has one inevitable consequence [Commentary]
During the recent gun rights rally in Bel Air that was sponsored by the Harford County Republican Central Committee, one likely candidate for sheriff next year uttered the ultimate sound bite. Jeff Gahler, a veteran state trooper whom one would...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Interior Policy, Gun Control, Elections, Heart Attack
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Even Thomas Schaller would agree that statistics don't lie ("The myth of 'liberal media bias,'" March 6). Liberals make up only 20 percent of the electorate, yet they dominate the media. One only has to watch Judy Woodruff hyperventilate when speaking...
Tags: News Media, Barack Obama, George Zimmerman, The New York Times, The Washington Post
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Marylander of the Year finalists: Ben Jealous
Four years after taking the helm of the NAACP and ushering in a generational change for the nation’s oldest and most prominent civil rights organization, Ben Jealous arrived as a major force in American politics this year. At a time when restrictive...
Tags: Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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Recorded jail phone calls provide valuable tool to prosecutors
When Kiheem Taylor was charged with kidnapping two teenagers at a Timonium light-rail station and raping one of them, prosecutors struggled with an all-too common problem — they didn't have enough solid evidence. But Taylor gave prosecutors a break...
Tags: Baltimore County, Halloween, Defendants, Justice System, Witnesses
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After police custody death, Baltimore activist builds profile
Within an hour after an East Baltimore man died while in police custody, Cortly "C.D." Witherspoon got an urgent phone call from someone with connections to the family, asking for his help. The next day, Witherspoon, a 30-year-old clergyman and single...
Tags: Twins, Baltimore City Community College, Justice System, Martin Luther King Jr., Lawyers
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It's Obama who fails to represent all
I noted with interest the other night on "Late Show With David Letterman," in a thinly veiled attempt to chide Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama said that as president he must represent all the people. Was President Obama representing all the people...Tags: Mitt Romney, George Zimmerman, Barack Obama, Republican Party, David Letterman
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With its voting rights threatened, black America is silent
An open letter to African America: In the late '90s, the Internet belched forth a rumor that the Voting Rights Act was soon to expire and that black folks would lose the vote as a result. Though stupid and untrue, the rumor spread like a dust cloud...
Tags: Eric Holder, Polls, Republican Party, Mike Turzai, John Lewis
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Shootings are God's will, Godlessness or other?
In an interview with Fox News hours before the Aurora gun massacre, George Zimmerman, who stands accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, said that the young man's death was "God's plan." Hours after James Holmes used three guns, including a...Tags: Shootings, George Zimmerman, Japan, Fox News Channel (tv network), James Holmes
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Three years of probation, no prison in Werdesheim case
Eliyahu Werdesheim avoided a prison sentence Wednesday for the 2010 attack of a black teenager in Northwest Baltimore, in a case that heightened community divides. Werdesheim, a former member of an Orthodox Jewish citizens' watch group, was sentenced...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Punishment, Lawyers, Judaism
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Protesters rally for more serious charges against officer indicted in teen's death
Christen Brown won't ever forget the phone call she received just before 4 a.m. June 14 — when she learned her little brother had died after an altercation with a police officer. "I just wouldn't believe it," she said Monday evening at a rally in...
Tags: Morgan State University, Baltimore County, Justice System, Murder, Judges
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Pat McDonough and our problem in talking about race in Baltimore
The Baltimore SunState Del. Pat McDonough's news release alleging that "black youth mobs terrorize" downtown Baltimore has certainly set off a firestorm of debate. But what about the nature of that discussion, particularly as it relates to race? Without an inclusive,...Tags: Inner Harbor, George Zimmerman, Criminals, Talk Shows (genre), Colin Campbell
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George Zimmerman case shows how bail is supposed to work
Proceedings in Florida's case against George Zimmerman for the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin have recently provided an object lesson in how the institution of bail is supposed to work — but almost never does. Last week, George Zimmerman's...
Tags: Trials, George Zimmerman, Abell Foundation, Defendants, Prosecution
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