Pages tagged “werdesheim”
Commentary: Dual protests outside courtroom lead to increased racial tension in Shomrim case:
Yesterday’s preliminary court proceedings for Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim saw mass protestors on both sides of the racial divide emerge on the Clarence Mitchell courthouse in downtown Baltimore. Standing across from one another, with armed state troopers surrounding and dividing the two groups, Baltimore’s African American and Jewish communities sought to resolve their issues through peaceful protest. Read in Full >>
TOWN HALL MEETING: Feb. 10th:
Coalition of Concerned Black Men host Town Hall Meeting Read in Full >>
Op/Ed: Response to Sun's Article by Justin Fenton:
In this day and age it takes mere minutes to fact-check sources through the Internet. Fenton, an award-winning journalist who covers the police beat certainly knows this. Yet his article employs both subtle and outright crude methods to unjustly discredit four of the community spokespersons involved in the protests. Read in Full >>
Op/Ed: J. Wyndal Gordon v. Baltimore City State's Attorney Bernstein's Overwhelming Ineptitude & "Underwhelming" Performance in Office:
This is just the beginning and it is going to get worse. Newly Elected Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein is overwhelmingly inept, and has put on an "underwhelming" performance during his first 30 days in office. If we take a snap shot of his performance just dealing with the Shomrim case, you'll understand why he was the absolute worst person for the State's Attorney job. Not analyzed in this Note but mentioned for what its worth, Bernstein has been (1) silent on the shooting of Ofr. Torbit and Sean Gamble outside of Select NightClub, (2) silent on Det. Anthony Fata's questionable or perhaps even false statement to police about a shootout with an alleged "Black" assailant in a downtown parking garage (that resulted in helicopter deployment, police man power, depletion of crime fighting budget, and "Black" men in the area being accosted by law enforcement during the investigation’s initial stages), and (3) silent on the bewildering disappearance of Phyllicia Barnes, the Honor student visiting Baltimore from NC. Read in Full >>
"State of the City" on WFBR 1590 AM with Daren Muhammad, Pt. 2:
Popular radio show in Glen Burnie drops a ton of information on the community regarding Werdesheim case, Gregg Bernstein, City Hall in Baltimore Read in Full >>
"State of the City" on WFBR 1590 AM with Daren Muhammad, Pt. 1:
Guests on 1.22.11 include Lou Hopson, J. Wyndal Gordon, and Israel Cason Read in Full >>
Protest Held Regarding Bernstein Decision on Werdesheim Brothers, 1.24.11:
Brother Leo, C. D. Witherspoon protest State's Attorney of Baltimore City Read in Full >>
