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The family of Korryn and Kodi Gaines is suing to bring accountability for Kodi Gaines. Seven years ago, Baltimore County Police Officer Royce Ruby shot and killed 23-year-old Korryn Gaines. In the process, the officer also critically wounded her son, then five-year old Kodi.

On Dec. 4, the Maryland Supreme Court will have an opportunity to address this crisis of impunity when it hears a case in which lower courts radically expanded the reach of qualified immunity to excuse the horrific police shooting of a 5-year-old child amid police gunfire that killed his mother.

Teens Launched Youth Justice Action Month to Defend Children’s Rights

As residents of Prince George's Co., the litmus test for whether this new council is genuinely dedicated to the concerns of the people, particularly, the needs of residents from less affluent, over-policed communities, is the passage of a Police Accountability Board bill.

This Latinx/e Heritage Month Hear About these Past and Present Changemakers

LGBTQ+ students should be protected, and their rights respected.

A local sheriff, who was recently indicted on allegations of breaking federal gun laws, is an example of this violence.

Our wish is that now, more than ever, that these songs bring you unfiltered joy on your darkest days and inspire you to dance, without inhibition, with somebody who truly loves you.

It’s time for people and institutions to be held accountable for brutal police actions and for this systemic racism to change. Anton Black’s life mattered.