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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

18.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13166    πŸ” 3933    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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Keefe Commissary Prices Surge Up to 88%. Prison Wages Remain Frozen. Incarcerated people making 35 cents an hour face challenges budgeting for commissary items when prices increase 88%.

Keefe commissary prices β€”the nation’s leading provider of automated commissary management servicesβ€” surge up to 88%.

02.09.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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Dontae Melton’s police custody death ruled a homicide as body camera footage reveals numerous failures in city’s crisis response system Dontae Melton Jr.’s death in police custody was a homicide, according to Stephanie Moore, spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who said full details of their report would not be ...

A much-needed examination of what happened to Dontae Melton when he asked the police for help, from @baynardwoods.bsky.social in @baltimorebeat.bsky.social:

29.08.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s stunning how badly all the other outlets soft-pedaled the body-cam footage, missing virtually every important detail in their stories about the it. Now that it has been ruled a homicide, I hope other outlets pay better attention. Grateful to be able to cover this for the Beat.

28.08.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

I would add "I Got a Monster" by @bsoderberg.bsky.social and @baynardwoods.bsky.social as well as Copaganda from @equalityalec.bsky.social

20.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New medical records complicate initial account of Dontae Melton’s in-custody death as body-cam footage release is delayed New records reveal a 30-minute gap between the time officials claim Dontae Melton Jr. was taken to the hospital and the time he actually arrived at Grace Medical Center, roughly a mile from the corner...

New records reveal a 30-minute gap between the time officials claim Dontae Melton Jr. was taken to the hospital and the time he actually arrived at Grace Medical Center. by @baynardwoods.bsky.social
baltimorebeat.com/new-medical-...

14.08.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New medical records complicate initial account of Dontae Melton’s in-custody death as body-cam footage release is delayed New records reveal a 30-minute gap between the time officials claim Dontae Melton Jr. was taken to the hospital and the time he actually arrived at Grace Medical Center, roughly a mile from the corner...

Tremendous reporting, as always, from @baynardwoods.bsky.social in @baltimorebeat.bsky.social

14.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protestors demanding β€œLet Gaza Live” line both sides of Pratt Street in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

24.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'New Levels of Desperation' in Gaza as Israeli Blockade Starves 19 People to Death in One Day | Common Dreams Children are dying of starvation in Gaza while aid is stockpiled nearby. How many more innocent lives must be lost before the world takes action? The human-caused hunger crisis is reaching…

"'We are heading into the unknown,' one Palestinian doctor warned Monday as officials reported that Israel's near-total blockade starved [to death] at least 19 people in Gaza in one day."

"[T]hree babies dying from malnutrition in the past week alone."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide

21.07.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr. questions large police response as names of 10 officers involved in his death are released Ten police officers were involved in the death of Dontae Melton Jr., the Office of the Attorney General announced on Thursday evening. It was the first time Melton’s identity was confirmed by…

Mother of Dontae Melton Jr. questions large police response as names of 10 officers involved in his death are released
baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...

18.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr. questions large police response as names of 10 officers involved in his death are released Ten police officers were involved in the death of Dontae Melton Jr., the Office of the Attorney General announced on Thursday evening. It was the first time Melton’s identity was confirmed by official...

I wrote more for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social about the in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr and the officers involved and it’s not just the stenography every other outlet engaged in. This story is far from over. baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...

18.07.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr., man who died in police custody, says the system failed her son Dontae Maurice Melton Jr. died in the custody of Baltimore Police officers June 25 after he was restrained on the night of the 24th during a mental health crisis at the intersection of Franklin Street...

I’m incredibly glad that this story is getting more eyes on it. It’s the least of what Eleshiea Goode deserves. It’s unfortunate that an outlet with the resources that @thebaltimorebanner.com has behaves this way baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...

11.07.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the government can do to you without due process The Trump administration is pushing immigrants into a legal black hole created by America’s failed drug war.

The Trump administration is pushing immigrants into a legal black hole created by America’s failed drug war.
w/ @baynardwoods.bsky.social

11.07.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Absolutely dangerous and insane that we're letting this happen. The courts letting Trump do this in L.A. in response to minor unrest -- and where Marines are *still* activated -- has emboldened him to do it everywhere. This is a clear, unambiguous breach of a founding democratic principle.

04.07.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 617    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7
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LL COOL J drops out of Wawa Welcome America concert because of union strike LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.

LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike

β€œThere is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”

04.07.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 34166    πŸ” 4701    πŸ’¬ 787    πŸ“Œ 843

July 4 1776 - July 3 2026, RIP

03.07.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 648    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 9

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

03.07.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 97878    πŸ” 38107    πŸ’¬ 4503    πŸ“Œ 2685

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

03.07.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7329    πŸ” 4378    πŸ’¬ 435    πŸ“Œ 700

Also, not a day goes by that someone doesn’t lament to me the loss of City Paper, often for the lack of music coverage, so it’s great to see the new Best Beats section, headed up by @terihenderson.bsky.social baltimorebeat.com/best-beats-6...

01.07.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d suggest the essays in β€œBetween Past and Future,” which include some of her best proseβ€”Benjamin-esque at momentsβ€”and are so crucial for all our current crises and pretty easily accessible.

01.07.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We've been on the Senate floor for 25 hours fighting this awful bill.

Republicans have blocked us at every step β€” while rewriting the bill behind closed doors to strong-arm their members into cutting health care for 17 million people to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

Shameful.

01.07.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1376    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 11
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr., man who died in police custody, says the system failed her son Dontae Maurice Melton Jr. died in the custody of Baltimore Police officers June 25 after he was restrained on the night of the 24th during a mental health crisis at the intersection of Franklin…

"Dontae Maurice Melton Jr. died in the custody of Baltimore Police officers June 25 after he was restrained on the night of the 24th during a mental health crisis."

"[H]e asked a police officer for help."
#Maryland #USA #Drugs #Healthcare #Policing #Incarceration

01.07.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Absolutely @ezewriter.bsky.social and also @heywritergrace.bsky.social

01.07.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really great work by @skamidi.bsky.social @maddioneill.bsky.social @bydvnlln.bsky.social @mylesmichelin.com @loganhullinger.bsky.social and of course @lisasnowden.bsky.social. It takes a lot to build a news organization that can be trusted by the community, including its most vulnerable members.

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr., man who died in police custody, says the system failed her son Dontae Maurice Melton Jr. died in the custody of Baltimore Police officers June 25 after he was restrained on the night of the 24th during a mental health crisis at the intersection of Franklin Street...

And then today, we published this tragic story about the death of Dontae Melton in police restraint. baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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City’s crisis response system under scrutiny after three police-involved deaths in eight days Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen is calling for a hearing to examine the city’s crisis response systems after three Baltimore residents died or were killed during interactions with police o...

baltimorebeat.com/citys-crisis...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before BPD killed a 70-year-old woman in crisis, a relative who sought court intervention was hindered by fees Less than a month before Baltimore police fatally shot a 70-year-old West Baltimore woman who was experiencing a mental health crisis, one of her family members began the legal process to take over he...

baltimorebeat.com/before-bpd-k...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Baltimore Police release bodycam footage of Bilal β€œBJ” Abdullah shooting Baltimore police fired 38 shots in an exchange of gunfire with Bilal β€œBJ” Abdullah, a well-known arabber who can be seen in newly-released body-worn camera footage pointing a firearm and appearing to ...

baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-po...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Photostory: Arabber funeral procession for Bilal β€œBJ” Abdullah On Saturday, June 21, family members, arabbers, and other members of the community said goodbye to Bilal β€œBJ” Abdullah with a horse-drawn funeral procession. A funeral service was held at Upton’s Masj...

baltimorebeat.com/photostory-a...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The Sum of This Man’s Life’: People protest the police shooting of arabber Bilal Abdullah Hundreds of people marched through west Baltimore Friday evening to remember Bilal β€œBJ” Abdullah, a beloved arabber who was fatally shot by Baltimore police on Tuesday. The crowd, a mix of children, t...

baltimorebeat.com/the-sum-of-t...

30.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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