Five police officers were charged Thursday in the killing of Nichols, a motorist who died three days after a Jan. 7 confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop. Baltimore Police were planning for potential protests after the video’s release.
Lead attorney A. Scott Bolden says the prospect of being held in contempt means he “must, understandably, focus on his own interests, not the interests of his client.”
Company is accused of running a Ponzi scheme for failing to renovate homes in distressed neighborhoods in Baltimore and Philadelphia for its foreign investors.
Because we are so accustomed to hearing that Baltimore is on pace to match or break the previous year’s homicide record, we become rather unfazed as the number rises.