Maryland’s new attorney general made his first legislative pitch to lawmakers Tuesday.
Anthony Brown argued for expanded powers for his office, allowing it to do prosecutions for police-involved killings.
“The bill grants exclusive authority to the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute criminal misconduct in all officer-involved deaths or incidents where death is likely,” Brown told the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee during a marathon hearing Tuesday in Annapolis.
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