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Chaos detailed in 7,000 riot-related emails turned over to Baltimore Sun

July 1, 2019 at 2:13 a.m.

Communications within city government broke down during the riots of April 27, as officials desperate for information exchanged rumors and subordinates questioned city leaders, emails and other documents released by...

Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake fires Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts

June 28, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake fired Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts Wednesday, saying his presence had become a distraction in a city that needs to focus on ending a dramatic spike in...

Rawlings-Blake critical of police union, doesn’t respond to calls for Batts’ resignation

July 1, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday lashed out at critics of Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, but didn't directly respond to calls for his resignation. Rawlings-Blake, through her spokesman, blasted...

Police stations to stay open

July 1, 2019 at 2:00 a.m.

Baltimore police commanders on Tuesday ordered all city police stations to stay open around the clock after the story of a man who said he was robbed of his bicycle...

Baltimore police order stations to stay open 24/7 after citizen complaint

June 29, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

Baltimore police commanders on Tuesday ordered all city police stations to stay open around the clock after the story of a man who said he was robbed of his bicycle...

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and city police commissioner Anthony Batts during an October news conference. Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun

Rawlings-Blake on Batts: ‘I support the commissioner’

June 30, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake reaffirmed her confidence in Baltimore's police commissioner Wednesday – as she has steadfastly done even as city's seen the one of its deadliest months in decades. Rawlings-Blake...

Thousands turn out for Prince’s ‘Rally 4 Peace’ benefit concert

August 19, 2019 at 12:29 a.m.

Devoted fans like Luther Washington said Prince's "Rally 4 Peace" concert Sunday was just what Baltimore needed to heal after massive protests shook the city in recent weeks. Outside Royal...

Protesters in a car are part of the march as it makes its way along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard folowing the rally at City Hall.

Celebration, anger at ‘victory rally’ after charges filed in Freddie Gray case

June 30, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

It was part dance party, and part angry cry for justice. The day after six police officers were charged in the killing of Freddie Gray, at least 1,000 people converged...

Maryland State Troopers get out of a vehicle at a staging area set up in the parking lot between Oriole Park and Ravens stadium.

Two days after Baltimore riots, music and baseball lift city’s spirits

August 19, 2019 at 12:23 a.m.

As masses of mostly peaceful demonstrators marched on City Hall, officials on Wednesday began their own offensive to prevent violence from flaring again Friday, when police are expected to turn...

Business as usual - but with a National Guard presence as seen looking west down Pratt Street at the Inner Harbor this morning after an evening of rioting in the city.

After protests, Baltimore curfew meets resistance

June 29, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

After peaceful protests resumed over the death of Freddie Gray Tuesday, Baltimore's new weeklong, citywide curfew was met by a small, defiant group of people facing off with helmeted police...

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