My belief has always been that a police department cannot investigate itself. A death of a citizen while in police custody should not be investigated by the same law

(Holding cells at the former Baltimore Police Headquarters - Wikimedia) During a 40-year career in the news business, I came up with my "two first laws of journalism": No. 1 is

Protesters march in support of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. (Anthony C. Hayes) QUELLING THE UNREST: Gov. Larry Hogan vowed Tuesday to bring peace to the streets of Baltimore, announcing more

Darkness masked much of the mayhem which gripped Baltimore on Monday night, as roving bands wreaked havoc throughout Charm City. The wave of destruction started around 3:30 p.m., when

From left, Gov. Larry Hogan in a National Guard helicopter with his public affairs director Steve Crim and Adjutant General Linda Singh. (From Larry Hogan Facebook page.) By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com The

Baltimore was on fire Monday night,  following the worst riots Charm City had seen since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968. That criminals used Freddie

Forty-seven years ago, when the city of Baltimore had its most catastrophic riot in the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, City Hall quickly imposed a curfew. I

One of my acquaintances  is a 55-year-old black man whose interactions with the justice system have been confined to a couple of parking tickets and one moving violation which

April of 1968, in the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination, Baltimore is set afire by rioting. On Monday in the wake of the Freddie Gray’s death in police custody,