Category: Featured
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Will a Civilian Review Board Really Be Able to Take a Bite Out of Police Misconduct in Annapolis?
On June 4 Mayor Gavin Buckely announced his administration has taken steps towards assembling a civilian review board for the Annapolis Police Department. The move came in the wake of massive protests and rioting across the nation in response to the killing of George Floydd. “Our speaking out and moving towards framing a civilian review…
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An Interview with William Rowel about Annapolis’s proposed Civilian Review Board
William: This is William. Andrew: Hey, William. How are you? It’s Andrew from The Patriot. William: Oh, how are you? Oh, Andrew, that’s right. Andrew: Yeah, yeah. How’s it going? William: I am so crazily on the grind that I really … That’s so funny. Good morning. Andrew: Yeah. How are you? Hope I’m not…
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Buckley Responds to City Dems Regarding Water Access, Touts Administration’s Efforts
Date: 9 July 2020 I read with great interest the post on the Annapolis Democratic Central Committee Facebook page, “Water Access in Annapolis.” Let’s talk about these items. There are a few misrepresentations that I would like to correct, and then I wish to respond to your accusation that my administration has been loath to…
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Annapolis Dems to City Leaders: Increase Access to Waterways Immediately
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The recent matter of Alderman Gay and his friends being stopped by police for trying to access the water along Spa Creek was a wake-up call. Water access is going away for all but the very rich in our town. You have long advocated for increasing water access for the entire public in Annapolis. You…
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Ahmed Arbury Was A Victim of a Long History of White Violence Dating Back To Slavery
“Some of the whites are ignorant enough to tell us, that we ought to be submissive to them, that they may keep their feet on our throats.” David Walker, 1829. Whites attack blacks, claiming self-defense when blacks resist. In addition to police killings—for minor violations—of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Manual Ellis in Tacoma, and many…
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Breonna Taylor/Black Lives Matter Ground Mural Coming to Annapolis
Large scale mural project honoring the life of Breonna Taylor to bring awareness of the Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Movement to end Police Brutality and Systemic Racism WHAT: Future History Now (FHN) in partnership with Banneker-Douglass Museum and The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture are collaborating with local youth on a…
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In America, Laws and Police Protect and Continue the Horrific Legacy of Slavery
Criticizing China, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea and Russia, America finds itself in deep trouble, and without leadership. Events strongly echoing more than 200 years of slavery—most of America’s history—should not surprise. Current events are important remnants of slavery. Some politicians dispute slavery’s relevance. But it DOES matter; it is in front of our noses. America…
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Winking & Smirking: Anne Arundel County Police Chief Caught on Camera Mocking a Black Woman Activist
A video taken earlier this year in Anne Arundel County shows Police Chief Timothy Altomare and State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess subtly demeaning local resident Rev. Marguerite Morris, a Black woman known for her advocacy work. The video recording is from a meeting of The Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County. The…
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Annapolis, Maryland. World’s Capital of Inequality: By Design
When I recently heard that a white condo-owner in the President Point neighborhood of Eastport called the police to make sure “four African Americans” got off their private property, I wasn’t surprised. I was sick. I was sick and tired of living in what I consider to be one of the most racist and segregated…
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Arundel Profile: Gerald Winegrad
If information were water, Gerald Winegrad would be a tidal wave. The shear amount of data and passion he has would baffle those who say they are announcing they are “going green.” A sampling of his quotes would include… “The bay area forest has gone from 95% of land cover to about 48%.”…