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March 4, 2010

Dismissed Police Commissioner's case to be argued before Md's highest court - again

Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Clark's case will be argued before the state's highest court Friday morning, and you can watch the arguments on a live web cast here. (Say what you will about the state's criminal justice system, but these webcasts and the Maryland Judiciary Case Search database are great tools). Clark was removed from office in 2004 by then-Mayor, now Governor, Martin O'Malley, amid allegations of domestic violence that were later deemed unfounded. After several rounds of lawsuits and appeals, courts have found that he was wrongfully terminated. But he has been denied monetary damages or the ability to be reinstalled as commissioner, and those points will be argued by his attorneys Dwight Pettit and Neal Janey. It will be the second time his attorneys will take the case before the Court of Appeals, which found in his favor last time.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 3:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: City Hall, Top brass

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Real simple, O'Malley was wrong, so now its time for the City to pay the man.
At the very least consider settling.
To bad Clark can not hold O'Malley personally responsible.

Posted by: anonymous301 | March 5, 2010 8:34 PM

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.

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