A Hispanic man who says he was beaten by a group of teens in Patterson Park over the weekend remembers few details of what happened as police continue to investigate whether he was targeted because of his ethnicity after the not-guilty verdict in the Trayvon Martin murder trial.
By By Justin George and Scott Dance and The Baltimore Sun
I would like every adult reader out there who is old enough to have a 17-year-old boy imagine him walking in the dark on the way to your house, after going to the grocery store. Or to the snack shop at the nearby gas station. Or returning home after hanging out with a friend.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland's sole Republican representative in Congress, is receiving attention for comments he made on WMAL radio Tuesday about last week's verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman.
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Baltimore Monday evening to protest the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, with those who rallied saying the teen was a symbol of systemic issues the black community faces in Baltimore and around the country.
By By Carrie Wells and Justin George and The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police say they are investigating a witness account that a group of black youths beat a Hispanic man near Patterson Park Sunday, saying "this is for Trayvon."
Racial prejudice and reckless self defense laws caused Trayvon Martin's death, and they conspired against any hope for a just outcome to the trial of George Zimmerman.
The NAACP and a Baltimore mega-church pastor were among those calling Sunday for a federal civil rights case against George Zimmerman after the Florida man was acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.
Baltimore's police commissioner and several African-American religious leaders joined Saturday night to urge residents to express their reaction peacefully after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin.
George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin at 10 p.m. Saturday, and it was a network news operation, ABC, not any of the all-news cable channels, that had the best initial coverage.
Baltimore's police commissioner and several African-American religious leaders joined Saturday night to urge residents to express their reaction peacefully after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin.
A group of Baltimore activists is planning a demonstration in McKeldin Square after the jury returns a verdict in the trial of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, who is accused of murdering teenager Trayvon Martin.
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.
The first time Baltimore County prosecutors used a taped phone call from the detention center was against Kiheem Taylor , who was convicted in the kidnapping two teenagers at a Timonium light-rail station in 2008. Such recordings are increasingly being used by prosecutors to secure convictions in otherwise difficult cases, posing often insurmountable challenges for defense attorneys.
