Last month, Baltimore’s moratorium on facial recognition expired. Despite concerns about the effectiveness of the technology and research showing the technology has been linked to the over-policing of Black people, the Baltimore City Council allowed the moratorium, put in place in mid-2021, to end. “There isn’t political will to maintain a permanent ban,” said Kristerfer […]
Author Archives: J. Brian Charles
J. Brian Charles was Deputy Editor of Baltimore Beat. Previously, he was a staffer at The Trace, The Hill, Chalkbeat, Governing, and Orange County Register. His work has appeared in Slate, Vox, Wired, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore City Paper, and many other publications.Brian’s recent reporting has been about violence interrupters in Baltimore City for The Guardian, police reform in Newark, New Jersey for The Trace, and the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle for Playboy.
