#TestimonyTuesday: Michael English – SB454/HB52

Passage of SB454/HB52 out of committee can help to prevent evictions, keep people in their homes, and make our state’s rent court system more fair.

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill Of Rights allows discrimination to continue with no accountability. We must repeal LEOBR in order to work toward a just system.

Repealing LEOBR is a necessary step toward accountability by making sure that officers facing discipline do not get extra rights that are not afforded to other state government and civilian employees.

Baltimore City does not have control over their own police department. In order to achieve police accountability and community investment, this must change! Ask your Maryland state legislators to [...]

In the 2020 legislation session, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Gender-Responsive Prerelease Act (SB684) to establish a community-based standalone prerelease facility for women. [...]

When I joined over 130 other organizers and community members on zoom last week to watch the public hearing of Montgomery County’s Police Free Schools Bill, I realized that Democracy actually [...]

Passage of SB454/HB52 can help to resolve housing inequities, reduce evictions for failure to pay rent, and increase access to stable and safe housing for all Marylanders.

Nobody should have to choose between their job and caring for their family. With the Time to Care Act, Marylanders will no longer have to choose.

The more beds ICE has available, the more interior enforcement it engages in and the more that people who have lived here for years, often with their families, are targeted.

JUFJer Jerry Kickenson testified on Tuesday, December 8 in favor of MC 45-20, which would dramatically improve MCPD data collection and reporting practices.