David Linthicum was arrested unharmed after authorities say he shot two police officers. Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon says he and other African Americans wonder whether police in Maryland or anywhere in America would’ve used this degree of restraint if they were pursuing a Black suspect.
An attorney for the man’s family says police officers need to be trained to avoid pursuits “when it needlessly puts the lives of Baltimore residents in jeopardy.”
Lt. Col. Roland Butler is making the rounds in Annapolis, where lawmakers are reviewing the Maryland State Police budget and deciding whether to confirm him as the state’s top cop.
Anyone with access to the internet will now be able to find any crime reported to the Baltimore City Police Department after the release of the city’s Public Safety Accountability Dashboard.
Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson, worked at the Gilman School, a private, independent all-boys school in Roland Park in Baltimore, from 2007-2023. He maintains his innocence.
It’s the fourth trial date to be set in the case against the former two-term state’s attorney, who had said she wanted a speedy trial after she was indicted in January 2022.
Butler, who takes over a department rife with problems, had retired from the Maryland State Police at the end of 2022 as chief of the Field Operations Bureau.