Reforms Will Bring Greater Transparency and Accountability, in Memory of Eastern Shore Teenager Killed By Police

After more than a decade of advocacy by the people of Baltimore City to restore local control of the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD), we were about to clear the last bureaucratic hurdle during the 2023 session of the Maryland General Assembly, which concluded Monday.

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