A Montgomery County, Maryland, man is suing the Baltimore Police Department and the City of Baltimore, alleging that they didn’t do enough to stop its officers from violating his civil rights after one police sergeant was fired and three detectives suspended over his extortion.
A home contractor has filed a lawsuit claiming Baltimore's police department did not do enough to stop its officers from committing civil rights violations.
A Baltimore Police sergeant accused in summer 2020 of extorting, kidnapping and threatening to arrest a home contractor was sentenced Monday to one year in jail by a Baltimore County judge who called the incident “thuggish.”