The 100+ organization MCJPA coalition sounds the alarm and issues a statewide call to action to demand community participation and independent investigatory powers are fully implemented under the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 (HB 670).

A group of twenty-seven Maryland-based groups sent an open letter to Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne Jones to demonstrate their united support for a racial justice-centered approach to legalizing marijuana in our Maryland.

Mayor Scott is Weakening Police Accountability in Baltimore by Opposing Support of SB441/HB991

On the day of the Senate Finance Committee hearing for Senate Bill 692, the Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act, the ACLU released new poll data showing that racial justice provisions to repair harm done from war on drugs strengthens support for marijuana legalization.

The Baltimore based Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs, a coalition of diverse community groups, faith based, civil rights, and grassroots organizations, issued a letter to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, pushing for his support of SB441.

Today, following an initial ruling last week denying qualified immunity to the individual police officers who killed Eastern Shore 19 year-old Anton Black, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake issued an across-the-board ruling summarily rejecting remaining motions by supervisory police and muni