BALTIMORE — The majority of people arrested in Baltimore early Sunday morning and late Monday in separate riots have yet to be released or have a bail hearing. Some criminal defense attorneys say court officials don't want to release them ahead of large demonstrations planned for this weekend
Officials have set stunningly high bail for some of the arrestees, as high as $750,000, Miriam Seddiq, who works for Seddiq Law in Greenbelt, Maryland, told Mashable. Court officials are doing this in the name of protecting the city from violent criminals, she said, but some arrested during the looting that took place in Baltimore on Monday say they were simply watching what was happening in their neighborhoods when they were swept up by police in mass arrests Read more...
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