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Thursday, February 04, 2016

Civil rights advocate Mckesson runs for Baltimore mayor

BALTIMORE (AP) — Civil rights advocate DeRay Mckesson has joined the field seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor of Baltimore.

Mckesson is a well-known activist in the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly in protesting the deaths in police custody of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

He filed to run Wednesday, the deadline for candidates in Maryland’s April 26 primary, joining a dozen contenders. Former Mayor Sheila Dixon is also a candidate in primary.

Democratic Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake opted not to run after unrest over Gray’s death, saying she wanted to focus on seeing the city through the trials of six officers charged in the case.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is the name Deray a male or female?

Anonymous said...

Md, baltimore, and this ignorant fool deserve each other.

Anonymous said...

Not worthy of commenting !!

Thornton Crowe said...

It's more power for the course, O'Malley destroyed Baltimore, the current regime tells the disenfranchised citizens to riot in the street and tear the place up. This guy will fit right in.

Anonymous said...

Fits the bill

Anonymous said...

Civil rights advocate? really. that is b.s.