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Police in Maryland accused of rubber stamping use of force

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 2:06 PM

One of Maryland's largest police departments appears to routinely “rubber stamp” the use of force by officers who disproportionately wield it against Black citizens, a plaintiffs' expert said in a court filing Thursday for a lawsuit accusing the department of racial bias.

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