AFRO Staff Writer
Residents and students from across Baltimore joined the Baltimore Abolition Movement (BAM) on Dec. 15 at War Memorial Plaza to demand an end to the Johns Hopkins Police Department (JHPD). Protesters braved frigid temperatures to request a hearing from the Baltimore City Council, a hiring halt at JHPD, an exit from the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between JHPD and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and the complete elimination of the private police force.
More than 1,000 people have signed BAM’s petition thus far. The organization delivered their petition to 12 of the 14 council members during the rally…