The latest from Ben Conarck
‘I’m going hot with a Taser’: Baltimore Police broke down door before shooting 70-year-old
Police on Wednesday released body camera footage depicting the final moments of 70-year-old Pytorcarcha Brooks, who was shot and killed on June 25 in her West Baltimore home by officers.
A Dundalk man died in a Baltimore jail. His family hasn’t received any answers.
Jeffrey Kluver, 35, of Dundalk, died on Sunday while in custody at the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center.
This is the most crucial, unanswered question about the West Baltimore police shooting
Baltimore Police’s fatal shooting of a 70-year-old woman highlights the department’s struggles to train its officers in de-escalation.
Baltimore sheriff probes courthouse employee for allegedly inviting ICE to detain someone
ICE agents detained a man at the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse last week, sparking an investigation of a corrections department employee.
Broken sprinkler pipe displaces 74 residents at Ellicott City senior facility
Fire and rescue units moved the residents to other facilities overnight while relocating dozens of others within the campus.
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-95 in Harford County
A 33-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 north of Baltimore early Sunday, according to Maryland State Police.
BGE investigates cause of Saturday’s underground fire in downtown Baltimore
A fire that sparked underground in downtown Baltimore on Saturday is under investigation.
Bodycam footage shows police chase, fatal shooting of arabber in West Baltimore
Police on Monday released video showing the fatal police shooting of Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, a beloved arabber in Baltimore.
ICE agents are clashing with residents, putting local police in the middle
The tensions surfacing in the Baltimore area are unlikely to ease anytime soon.
‘No Kings’ protests sweep Maryland, with thousands attending peaceful events
Thousands of protesters filled streets and parks across Maryland on Saturday as part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations, one of the largest coordinated protest actions of the year against President Donald Trump’s administration.
Cascading failures by Baltimore jail staff led to deaf man’s brutal murder, lawsuit says
For years, the state corrections department refused to explain the circumstances leading up to Javarick Gantt’s murder.
Attorney hired by Maryland for Baltimore jail lawsuit withdraws after AI-generated filings
An attorney hired by Maryland to defend its corrections department over Baltimore jail conditions has resigned from the case after using ChatGPT.
Law firm defending Baltimore jail conditions faces sanctions over AI-generated filings
An Alabama courtroom scandal over using generative AI could have implications for decades-old lawsuit over Baltimore jail conditions.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?
The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.
Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths
The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
Forensic failures: 36 police-custody deaths should have been ruled a homicide, audit finds
The yearslong audit cited racial and pro-police bias in the work of the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Baltimore County’s Police Accountability Board is having an identity crisis
The county established the Police Accountability Board three years ago after the General Assembly passed the Police Accountability Act in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis Police in 2021.
An exodus at Trump’s DOJ is threatening to unravel Baltimore’s federal police oversight
The wave of departures threatens to tilt the 8-year-old court case into dysfunction.
Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
Baltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory.