#BlackLivesMatter DeRay Mckesson To Run For Baltimore Mayor

“I’m running to usher Baltimore into a new era where our government is accountable to its people,” activist DeRay Mckesson announced.

teleSUR
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DeRay Mckesson (Photo: Twitter)

DeRay Mckesson, one of the most renowned voices of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, filed to run for the mayor of the city of Baltimore, one of the biggest cities in Maryland state, late Wednesday. “Baltimore is at a moment,” Mckesson told the Washington Post in a phone interview Wednesday night shortly after filing a

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Mistrial Declared In Freddie Gray Case

‘Officer Porter may have gotten a mistrial, but the verdict on the department for which he serves could not be more clear.’

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Baltimore City police officer William Porter, right, one of six Baltimore police officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray, walks to the courthouse with one of his attorneys in Baltimore. Porter faces manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

A judge in Baltimore on Wednesday declared a mistrial after jurors said they could not agree on the guilt or innocence of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter, charged on four separate counts related to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. The jury deliberated the case for three days before coming to the conclusion they were hopelessly

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During Baltimore Uprising, City Officials Criminalized Hashtags & Labeled Social Media Postings As ‘Threats’

Under the guise of preventing domestic terrorism and violent rioting, all talk of protest became suspect and the surveillance state essentially criminalized efforts to organize in support of Freddie Gray.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola

Originally published at Shadowproof. In the early moments of the uprising in Baltimore after police killed Freddie Gray, Baltimore city officials monitored social media. The officials labeled activists and other users, who were posting about reported rioting, protest activity, and police action, as “threats.” The spreadsheet listing

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GOP Presidential Hopeful: “It’s Wrong To Criticize Cops Because They’ll Become Timid”

“What we don’t want to happen is we beat up on the police all the time, and they get to the point where they second guess themselves and they become timid,” Carson contended.

S. Wooten
By S. Wooten
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in town hall meeting in Baltimore, Thursday May 7, 2015.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in town hall meeting in Baltimore, Thursday May 7, 2015. Dr. Ben Carson is emerging as one of the right wing hopefuls for the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections. But his comments defending police brutality and absolving the law enforcement from criticism reveal his campaign as more of the

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Will Charges Against 6 Baltimore Police Bring Justice?

A comparison of the charges leveled against the Baltimore police actors in the death of Freddie Gray, as well as police and court treatment of protesters, journalists and medics alike, reveal a range of injustices. But is there time still to right these wrongs?

Kevin Zeese
By Kevin Zeese
A woman runs for safety as police throw tear gas canisters

A woman runs for safety as police throw tear gas canisters while enforcing curfew, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore, a day after unrest that occurred following Freddie Gray's funeral. BALTIMORE --- Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s announcement that the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray were being charged

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