Electing a Black Governor and Hundreds of Other Liberal Authorities in Maryland Hasn’t Stopped Police Officers from Killing Black People w/Impunity. ACLU Reports 143 Dead, No Cops Convicted Since 2015

The American Civil Liberties Union published a report recently that details police killings in Maryland.

The report found police officers in Maryland killed 143 people between 2015 and 2023, and in that time period, no officers were convicted in any of those cases. 28% were unarmed

The ACLU has said the goal of the report was not necessarily to cast blame on police, but rather to find solutions to avoid deadly encounters. [MORE]

The full report states, One hundred and forty-three people were killed by police in Maryland between 2015 and 2023. This report documents who they were and how they died, and exposesa public safety and public health crisis rooted in systemic and institutional failures. The analysis draws on a comprehensive range of primary and secondary sources, including government reports, investigative databases, body-worn camera footage, court records, and witness statements, to analyze fatal police encounters during that timeframe and identify systemic patterns that inform our policy recommendations. [MORE] and [MORE]