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Salisbury University experienced massive racial unrest after a series of racist graffiti was discovered on campus over the course of the 2019-20 school year. The public, Maryland-based university canceled classes for a “day of healing” and hired a new associate vice president for diversity and inclusion at a cost of $140,000 annually.

OCEAN CITY, Md. (WBFF) - Ocean City leaders are holding a special meeting this afternoon after several incidents were seen on the Boardwalk and got widespread attention on social media. In a video obtained by the Eastern Shore's WBOC, people are seen punching a man on a bench on the boardwalk, amidst large crowds.

Maryland's congressional delegation on Thursday called for a review of the state's recent primary election, adding to mounting bipartisan criticism of elections officials. In a joint statement, Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, along with Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David J. Trone, all Democrats, demanded "an urgent, thorough and rigorous review of the Maryland primary election." "The primary election in Maryland on Tuesday was conducted under extraordinary circumstances that required timing changes and significant adjustments to voting methods," the statement reads. "Under this...

Judicial Watch Testifies to Congress: Secure the Vote! Trump’s 2016 Campaign Court Rules Cash Payments to Illegal Aliens Likely Violate Federal Law Appeals Court Weighs Whether We Can Depose Hillary Clinton Facebook Censorship Board Has Ties to Leftwing Billionaire George Soros Virus Update: Data Wars Rage Over Trump-Boosted Drug Judicial Watch Testifies to Congress: Secure the Vote! I was pleased to represent you in providing testimony to the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties during a hearing titled “Protecting the Right to Vote During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” I reminded the committee that Judicial...

Five Democrat senators knelt during a moment of silence for George Floyd — a black man who recently died in police custody in Minneapolis — on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael Bennet (D-CO) knelt during the tribute, which lasted for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time that video showed fired Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died. Chauvin faces a second-degree murder charge over the incident.

Park police looking for bicyclist who attacked people on Capital Crescent Trail In video, person says group was putting up signs to support black man who died in Minneapolis BY DAN SCHERE | Published: 2020-06-04 10:05 Maryland-National Capital Park police are asking for the public's help in identifying a bicyclist who attacked people on the Capital Crescent Trail Monday PHOTO FROM PARK POLICE Maryland-National Capital Park Police say they are looking for a bicyclist who attacked people on the Capital Crescent Trail on Monday. A video posted to the online community Reddit by the user “u/Flabbadabbadooh” shows a bicyclist wearing...

Is this the rioter’s goal? The Daily Caller posted the following video on Tuesday. It depicts hundreds or even thousands of whites sitting or kneeling with their hands before a black leader and repeating everything she says in unison. This event took place at the Connie Morella Library in Bethesda, Maryland. Leader: “…About racism, anti-blackness or violence.” Crowd repeats in unison. Leader: “I will use my voice in the most uplifting way possible.” Crowd repeats in unison. Leader: “And do everything in my power to educate my community.” Crowd repeats in unison. Leader: “I will love my black neighbors the...

By the end of the day Tuesday, 42,451 people voted in person across the state, 6,236 of them in Baltimore. While Baltimore’s total accounted for only 2% of the eligible registered voters in the city, it was double the percentage of voters who opted for in-person voting during an April special congressional election in District 7 when Maryland officials first tried widespread vote-by-mail.

A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after a video showed him punching a woman and knocking her out after she confronted another officer. The police department said on Saturday that Commissioner Michael Harrison has also ordered an investigation of the incident. The video, posted on social media, shows a black woman confronting a white police sergeant in a downtown intersection on Friday night. When the sergeant grabs the woman's arm, she strikes the sergeant twice on his head. It was then that another officer, who is black, coldcocks the woman from behind and appears to knock her out cold.

flashback 4/3/2020 There’s lots of talk about being too tough on crime. As Michael Bloomberg ran for president earlier this year he faced criticism for his “stop- and-frisk” policy when he was the mayor of New York City. Gov. Larry Hogan was at odds with the Maryland General Assembly during this year’s legislative session over his support of mandatory sentencing for gun violations. When Hillary Clinton ran for president nearly four years ago she was forced to apologize for once saying there were predators in the black community. Likewise there are well meaning progressives who are concerned about discriminatory policing,...

May 31, 2020 Impact Campus Community In Community and Solidarity Dear University of Maryland community, We are grieving the killing of George Floyd, McKinsley Lincoln, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, and Ahmaud Arbery, and all who came before. We are deeply concerned about insufficient police accountability across the country, systemic racism, and the social, economic, and health inequities that have led to protests born of despair, anger, and hope. We support the many peaceful demonstrations for justice across the United States. We acknowledge that we have our own painful history at UMD, which includes the tragic murder of Lt....

New York's top terrorism official says there's evidence that members of anarchist groups from outside the city intentionally planned to incite violence at protests calling for justice in the death of George Floyd. Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said there is a high level of confidence within the NYPD that these unnamed groups had organized scouts, medics, and supply routes of rocks, bottles and accelerants for breakaway groups to commit vandalism and violence. There are strong indicators they planned for violence in advance using at times encrypted communications, he said. One out of every seven arrests, of...

A woman in Baltimore just punched a cop in the face twice. Don’t think she was expecting to get clocked in the head from behind... [video at link]

Maryland county bans Eucharist in church reopening order Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 27, 2020 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- This story is developing and has been updated.An executive order issued Tuesday in Maryland’s Howard County outlines public health rules under which churches may reopen. The order prohibits the distribution and consumption of any food or drink as part of any religious service, effectively outlawing the distribution of Communion and the celebration of the Mass. Howard County Executive Order #2020-09 outlines the conditions and regulations that must be met for non-essential businesses--which in Maryland includes churches and other houses of worship--to resume...

Lawmakers sharply criticized two Hogan administration procurement officials Wednesday for the acquisition of incomplete COVID-19 tests kits from South Korea. They also faced intense scrutiny over the state’s decision to purchase ventilators and masks from a newly-formed firm with strong ties to Republicans in Washington, D.C., but scant experience in procuring medical equipment. The state has sought to cancel that deal after equipment was slow to arrive and questions about the company, Blue Flame Medical, were raised in the media. Although he praised the Department of General Services for doing “great work” in locating “life-saving equipment for the people of...

Washington has purchased nearly a third of the initial one billion doses of AstraZeneca’s experimental coronavirus vaccine. The U.S. Department of Health has agreed to provide up to US$1.2 billion to fast-track AstraZeneca’s vaccine development while securing 300 million doses for the entire US reports MDLinx. The vaccine is being developed from a laboratory at Oxford University. “This contract with AstraZeneca is a major milestone in Operation Warp Speed’s work toward a safe, effective, widely available vaccine by 2021,” U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said. AstraZeneca is collaborating with Microsoft, to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) ‘Factory for Health’. One...

Dozens of House Democrats are planning to vote remotely this week for the first time in the chamber's history amid concerns about the health risks involved with traveling to Washington. At least 50 lawmakers are planning to vote by proxy, or designate a colleague physically present in the Capitol to cast votes on their behalf, according to a list published by the House clerk's office on Tuesday. Last week, just 18 were on the list. Democrats representing districts in the Washington, D.C. suburbs are the most popular proxies, given their proximity to the Capitol. Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Jamie...

Tim O’Brien, a former campaign aide for Mike Bloomberg and a Bloomberg opinion writer, is coming under fire for posting side-by-side photos of Joe Biden at a war memorial on Memorial Day and a photo of President Trump golfing on a different day with the caption, “Different approaches to Memorial Day.” The photo of Joe Biden was taken when Biden visited Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran's Memorial Park. It was the former vice president’s first outing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. He and wife Jill Biden, both wearing masks, laid a wreath at a memorial wall commemorating war veterans...

South Carolina election ballots reportedly ended up in Maryland this week, after mail-in voting for the Palmetto State’s June 9 primary has already begun, according to local news reports. South Carolina election officials may cut ties with the company they used, Minnesota printer SeaChange, over the mix-up after about 20 Charleston County absentee ballots were found outside the state, the reports say. Election officials say this isn’t the first absentee ballot issue they’ve had with the company, which prints and mails ballots for 13 South Carolina counties.