Vanita Gupta, center, head of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announces findings Wednesday as Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake listen.
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Scathing DOJ report finds discriminatory, unconstitutional police practices in Baltimore
African-American residents in Baltimore are routinely subjected to unconstitutional stops, arrests and excessive force by the Baltimore Police Department, a scathing federal report released on Wednesday states. The 163-page U.S. Justice Department report details an investigation launched after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray last year that found the Baltimore Police Department engages in a pattern of conduct that violates the Constitution and federal law.
