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Baltimore mayor calls out reporter who implied staffer with blue hat was member of Crips gang

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott called out a local journalist who implied that a member of his staff was a part of the street gang, The Crips, simply because he was wearing a blue cap. “Y’all according to Gary from Sinclair(Fox45) any black man in Baltimore with a blue hat and hoodie must be a crip. A blue hat in Baltimore = Crip? In Baltimore? These are the kind of questions being leveled against frontline community violence interrupters by MAGA […]

todaySeptember 10, 2025

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Governor Wes Moore invites Trump to tour Baltimore amid threats to Black-led cities

As President Donald Trump continues to call out urban cities led by Black mayors amid his proclaimed “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., Wes Moore, the governor of neighboring Maryland, has invited the president to visit his state for a walking tour of Baltimore. The invitation, which was included in a letter addressed to Trump on Thursday, is intended to showcase Baltimore’s progress in reducing crime rates in recent years. “In the first six months of 2025, the Baltimore Police Department […]

todayAugust 22, 2025

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Baltimore mayor shares racist voicemail from man who called him n-word amid Trump’s crime takeover

As Black mayors push back against right-wing claims about crime in their cities following President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., neighboring Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has become a target. Mayor Scott shared a racist voicemail he received from an anonymous man to underscore longstanding bigoted attitudes about majority Black communities. “I really think it’s timely for folks to hear the kind of hatred and vitriol…that still exists in the world today,” Mayor Scott said in a video posted […]

todayAugust 19, 2025

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Baltimore Mayor Scott slams ‘racist’ views of Black-led cities after Trump’s DC takeover

As Washington, D.C., grapples with President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover, the U.S. capital’s neighboring Baltimore City mayor is calling out what he sees as a clear racial lens in how the White House and the Republican Party view predominantly Black and brown cities. “It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN’s Laura Coates Monday night. Earlier that day, Trump held a press […]

todayAugust 12, 2025

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Under Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore hits 50‑year low in homicides through mid‑2025

While 2025 has felt like a series of anxiety-inducing headlines, Baltimore actually celebrated a major community win as we wrapped up the first half of the year. This month, the city’s mayor, Brandon Scott, announced that Baltimore has recorded the fewest homicides in 50 years.  “Through June, Baltimore has had 68 recorded homicides, which is the fewest in 50 years,” Scott said in a press release.  In the same time period last year, the city had reported 88 homicides. The […]

todayJuly 8, 2025

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says light rail planned for Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is moving forward with plans for a new light rail project in Baltimore, the governor wrote on social media on Thursday. Last year, Moore said his administration was reviving an east-west transit project that was nixed by his predecessor, former Gov. Larry Hogan. However, Moore was not specific last year about how the project would take shape, whether as a light rail, rapid bus system or a combination of mass transit options. In a […]

todayJune 29, 2024

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Watch: Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby asks Biden for ‘grace’ and ‘justice’ amid pardon request

Marilyn Mosby, the former Baltimore City state’s attorney who faces up to 40 years for withdrawing funds from her own retirement savings to purchase a home, is asking President Joe Biden for “grace,” “mercy” and “justice” in a recent interview with theGrio’s April Ryan. A pardon application has been submitted on behalf of Mosby to President Biden and to the U.S. Department of Justice. The Congressional Black Caucus, civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and National Action Network, the National […]

todayMay 18, 2024

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Maryland lawmaker ‘surprised’ by FBI probe into collapsed Baltimore bridge

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., told theGrio that he is “surprised” that the FBI has launched a criminal investigation into the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, claiming the lives of six people. “I certainly expected personal injury lawyers to be retained and brought into this by the individual families who lost family members,” said Ivey. “A judge must have concluded that the agency had probable cause that criminal acts may have been […]

todayApril 15, 2024

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Gov. Moore to Republicans on Baltimore bridge funding: ‘This is not political … this is a patriotic responsibility’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., met with Maryland Governor Wes Moore at the U.S. Capitol to discuss efforts to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore despite opposition from House Republicans. “This is not political,” Moore told theGrio. “This is not partisan. This is a patriotic responsibility.” He added, “We have six individuals who we lost in Maryland, but how do we make sure we’re going to honor that?” The Maryland governor met with the Jeffries on Thursday […]

todayApril 12, 2024