No Kings with my 87 y.o. mother in law at her second ever protest. Charles Town WV!
The State was sanctioned twice by the Court for withholding documents from the family of a man who died of dehydration in State custody. Now the State has to pay up and the real work of pursuing the civil rights case begins. They can run, but they can't hide. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/09/09/s...
State agency agrees to pay over $300,000 in inmate dehydration case
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services agrees to pay more than $300,000 to settle suits alleging they failed to provide documents about the death of inmate Lamont Mealy to atto...
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Stellar reporting by Maddi O'Neill for the @baltimorebeat.bsky.social! The City is unconstitutionally stopping and demanding ID of anyone walking through this neighborhood on a public sidewalk. Well worth a read for those interested in our civil liberties. baltimorebeat.com/baltimores-n...
A jury found a police officer liable for threatening an innocent Black child we represented, so I had the US Marshalls seize the officer's guns to help pay the judgment - all 23 of them - including the gun he drew on the young man we represented. They are being sold off to pay the judgment.
Maryland's correctional system is killing people. Powerful reporting by @justinfenton.bsky.social, @conarck.bsky.social and @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social for @thebaltimorebanner.com. The shocking figures should lead to hearings in the General Assembly and change. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland prisons rank among nation’s worst for killings
Since 2023, Maryland has had more prison homicides than all of its neighboring states combined. Its homicide rate last year was nearly four times the national average, based on available data gathered...
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The State ordered providers to deny a mother medical updates about her incarcerated son hospitalized in a coma. After a long night during which a terrified mother was denied information, we forced the State to back down! What about the people without lawyers? www.baltimoresun.com/2026/07/18/c...
We've brought more than 13,000 people closer to justice! The court certified a damages class action for people overdetained in jail after they are ordered released. Innocent people are being held without cause - sometimes for days or weeks. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/06/25/j...
Judge OKs class-action suit vs. Maryland Central Booking over release delays
A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit alleging Maryland’s Central Booking and Intake Center routinely held detainees for hours, days and sometimes longer after judges or commissioners order...
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Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in State custody after the water to his cell was shut off. This is the change CO's ignored over 9 days. Please read and share; then join our calls to @govwesmoore.bsky.social for justice and change. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/06/24/m...
Maryland public safety chief faults agency after inmate death, calls for probe
“To foist all of the responsibility on mid-level staff without owning any of her own conduct is extremely disappointing coming from the secretary in charge of the department,” Hansel said.
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Despite their own people begging for solutions, Baltimore Central Booking continues to overdetain innocent people ordered released by a judge. As our fight continues in Court, Marylanders are being robbed of their freedom at taxpayer expense. Great reporting: www.baltimoresun.com/2026/06/03/m...
Maryland jails defy release orders despite class action suit, lawyers say
Defense attorneys say Baltimore’s Central Booking continues to hold detainees beyond court-ordered release dates despite a federal class-action lawsuit.
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No one should stand for a guy who believes the duty of the US government is to protect pedophiles.
Our latest correctional misconduct settlement. The current regime should take note: the Constitution protects all people in custody and there are real consequences. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/02/13/s...
‘Justice for Wyatt’: Dorchester County agrees to $1M jailhouse suicide settlement
“You agree with me (that) a man died as a result?” Hansel asked Chester during a deposition, court records show.
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Hansel Law took to the streets in sub-freezing weather yesterday to protest ICE inhumanities. My sign reads, "Abolish and Prosecute ICE!" Also pictured are Tiana Boardman and Kristen Mack. Photo credit to the talented J.M. Giordano for Baltimore Magazine. Please make your voice heard!
Your part might be to show kindness to a stranger, to remind a friend to vote, to teach a child about justice, to speak out or just to stay safe for as long as you can, but it is all part of the same great struggle. Every inch we gain towards good and right matters. Our latest effort:
Maryland jailhouse suicide case moves forward with grieving mother to get her day in court
In a sworn deposition provided as part of Kleger’s lawsuit, former MSP Cpl. Joseph Chester, the supervisor who directed Grafton to take Young to DCDC rather than a hospital, acknowledged that the m…
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As I explain to the @baltimoresun.bsky.social, our latest Fourth Circuit win, "shows that courts can put a stop to police misconduct before people have to die.” www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/29/h...
Howard County man keeps $250K award from off-duty Baltimore officer who pulled gun on him
Jawone Nicholson gets to keep his $250K award after off-duty police officer Damond Durant pulled his gun on him. The encounter left the then-teenager “withdrawn,” “glum” and…
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Baltimore Police have a ‘pattern’ of using vehicles to injure suspects, lawsuit alleges
Baltimore Police frequently use their vehicles as weapons, lawsuit alleges
Baltimore Police have long used department vehicles to inflict serious injuries on suspects, a recently filed lawsuit alleges.
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@govwesmoore.bsky.social, don't let trump build its MAGA-gestapo here. Article I, Section 8, Clause 16 of the US Constitution reserves to the States, "the authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress." You can stop this. www.capitalgazette.com/2025/11/06/m...
Maryland National Guard creating crowd, riot control reaction force
The state’s National Guard has prioritized creating a quick reaction force which can respond to riots and intend to dedicate hundreds of soldiers to the effort.
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Well said: "The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward."
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 12mo agoWe're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
@senbillferg.bsky.social, please redistrict Maryland. Our democracy depends on it.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 12mo ago"'We will have to do what’s best for the long-term interests of Marylanders in this precarious moment for American democracy,' Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson said in an emailed—and, notably, very noncommittal—statement." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
AI was trained on all of our collective knowledge by crawling the internet and reading everything all of us have ever written. As it was collectively trained by all of us, it should be collectively owned and operated only for the benefit of all - not for profit. Any other outcome is digital theft.
Notably, the least-bad explanation here seems to be that prison officials negligently let a schizophrenic man waste away in an isolation cell covered in his own excrement.
Ben Conarck@conarck.bsky.social · 12mo agoNew: Correctional staff at a Western Maryland prison shut off the water to a mentally ill man’s cell, then allowed him to suffer for eight days before he finally died of dehydration, according to a recent court filing. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
A mentally ill incarcerated man died of dehydration because guards denied him water for 8 days. We're seeking justice. Contact DPSCS Secretary Carolyn Scruggs: dpscs.secretaryscruggs@maryland.gov and the Governor, using this form: md.accessgov.com/.../Page/cs/... www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration
Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.
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When a judge orders someone freed from Central Booking, the State unconstitutionally detains them for many hours, and sometimes days, after reviewing the court order. We are fighting to end illegal overdetention. Great story in the @baltimoresun.bsky.social: www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/14/l...
In Maryland, a state the regime has threatened with occupation, "one illegally arrested may use any reasonable means to effect his escape, even to the extent of using such force as is reasonably necessary." Diehl v. State, 294 Md. 466, 479 (1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1098 (1983); CL § 9-408.
Cristian Farias@cristianfarias.com · last yr.This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social, your embodiment of a Jedi and personal stands for justice have inspired my career as a civil rights lawyer. It breaks my heart to say goodbye to your content on Disney+, but I can't support any entity that profits from bending the knee to tyranny. Please forgive me.
Great reporting by Ruben Castaneda in the @baltimoresun.bsky.social on our fight for justice for the family of a man police and correctional officers conspired to keep out of the hospital and in jail, where he committed suicide. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/02/m...
Maryland jailhouse suicide: Mother’s pleas ignored, her son found hanged
About 17-and-a-half hours after authorities booked him into the detention center despite a judge’s order he be taken to a hospital, a jail officer found Young hanged in his cell.
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Ruff House Juneteenth Celebration with one of my heroes, Delegate Malcolm Ruff!
