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Black Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

Thousands of Police Officers Outed in Slew of Racist Facebook Posts

by WI Guest Author June 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Montgomery County Councilman Will Jawando

Montgomery County Councilman Stopped in ‘Driving While Black’ Incident

by WI Guest Author June 11, 2019December 21, 2021

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich signs the Law Enforcement Trust and Transparency (LETT) Act on May 15, introduced by Council member Will Jawando (left). (Courtesy of Montgomery CountyMD.gov)

MoCo Police-Shooting Investigation Transparency Bill Signed in Law

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 29, 2019December 21, 2021

Diamond Rust's face after being roughed up by a Metro transit police officer in February 2018 (Courtesy of Eliot Williamson)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Who Polices the Police?

by WI Guest Author May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

Black Experience

New Cellphone Video Deepens Concerns about Sandra Bland’s Death

by WI Guest Author May 20, 2019December 21, 2021

Attorney and activist Ben Crump, Broward/Fort Lauderdale NAACP President Marsha Ellington, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry and the late Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton were among the many to participate in the march. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, National

NAACP, NNPA Lead Protest Against Police Brutality

by WI Guest Author May 7, 2019December 21, 2021

Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando (Courtesy photo)

New Bill Mandates Transparency in Police-Shooting Investigations

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** A demonstrator holds a sign during the trial of Police Officer William Porter at Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse on December 16, 2015. (Molly Riley/AFP/Getty Images)

Community, William J. Ford

Marylanders Say Race Relations Worsening: Poll

by William J. Ford February 18, 2019October 31, 2020

Rodger Smitherman

Black Experience, National

Black Lawmaker Floats Anti-Profiling Bill

by WI Guest Author February 8, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Brandon Jackson, brother of Anton Black, and Janell Black, Anton's mother outside the town council meeting in Greensboro Md where a decision was made on whether to place an officer on administrative leave who was involved in the death of a black teenager, Anton Black The photo is of the dead teens' older brother and mother standing outside the town hall last Thursday night waiting for the decision. January 3, 2019 on the porch of the Greensboro Town Hall on Main Street in Greensboro, MD (Photo by Courtland Milloy/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Brandon Jackson, Brother of Teen Killed in Police Custody, Found Dead

by WI Guest Author February 2, 2019October 31, 2020