Elected and community leaders held a press conference before a court hearing about the dangerous legal effort made by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 (FOP) in Montgomery County to gut Anton’s Law, which would block the public’s hard-earned access to police misconduct records.

The family of Anton Black and the Coalition for Justice for Anton Black disclose extensive new evidence supporting their misconduct charges against the state, former chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler, and other medical examiners, including evidence of wrongdoing in the death investigation.

The review will be of police-involved deaths during tenure of David Fowler, the former Maryland chief medical examiner who testified in court in defense of Derek Chauvin, who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd.

Side Deal Between FOP, Montgomery County Threatens Public Access to Misconduct Records

The Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability sounds the alarm over rushed regulations proposed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, is deeply concerned that draft proposals are offensive to the letter and spirit of the Maryland Police Accountability Act.

The Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs (CJSJ), and the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability (MCJPA) called on the City Council upon seeing the first PAB draft to make critical changes to the bill based on community concerns.

Judge John Nugent recently denied an attempt by Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans to have a lawsuit dismissed that seeks public records without onerous charges amounting more than $12,000.