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Feature May 26, 2015
Policing the Police
As the Justice Department pushes reform, some changes don't last.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts surveys the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues on April 30. Months before the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, Batts had asked for assistance in reforming his department from the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Police Services.
News May 2, 2015
Baltimore’s Polite Police Reform
The softer side of Justice Department intervention.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Q&A April 29, 2015
David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish
Freddie Gray, the drug war, and the decline of “real policing.”
By Bill Keller
Baltimore Police officers monitor a protest against police brutality on April 23, three days after the death of Freddie Gray.
News April 27, 2015
Blue Shield
Did you know police have their own Bill of Rights?
By Eli Hager
Anthony Batts speaking last September at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York.
News April 23, 2015
‘There is a Visceral Hatred for the People Who Wear This Uniform.’
Baltimore’s chief on policing in black communities.
By Christie Thompson
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