Show for the Frederick #CommunityFridge coming up in July. The fridge folks are some of the finest folks in #FrederickMD, please give them your support.
July 11th, 2026
Doors: 6:00 PM
Noise: 6:30 PM
Sandbox Brewhouse
880 N. East St, Frederick, MD 21701
The last of the Frederick Four cases went to a bench trial last Thursday and the judge went ahead and dismissed the two remaining charges. So that makes three of the four who were either acquitted or had their charges tossed out and one who took a plea deal (which, if I remember right, was largely due to being stuck with a pool lawyer who hadn't really done any of his homework). In other words, despite the dishonesty of the cops and the prosecution in these cases, they couldn't wrangle a single conviction on any of the charges.
The write-up below acknowledges all of this as well as the fact that bringing charges in the first place is a common, pre-emptive punishment that cops just love to use: it doesn't matter if the accused did anything illegal or not, they still have to take time off work, waste money, live with the anxiety, etc. It's bullshit, obviously, but it's also particularly vicious when it's applied to people who don't have the capacity to adequately defend themselves.
We should all be glad that this is over, and it'll be worth keeping tabs on how the support crew follows through on this promise: "We might be wrapping up this phase, but now that there are no longer court cases to worry about, we can start getting a lot more specific and direct about the lies and deceptions of the state without fearing we might jeopardize someone’s legal defense."
Cops won't stop behaving like this on their own. Hopefully there's at least some measure of accountability in the offing.
https://chuffed.org/project/131988-legal-funds-for-the-frederick-four
We're raising money to aid in the legal defense of four protestors arrested in Frederick, Maryland. On May Day 2025, a group of comrades demonstrating via anonymous peaceful protest were assaulted and wrongly arrested by Frederick police. Four of them are facing charges punishable by months or even years of incarceration. The money will go directly to pay lawyer costs and fees. Quotes are a minimum of 3,000, median cost 5000 dollars per person, with the potential to be much higher if the case goes to a jury or is appealed. Even 5 or 10 dollars is helpful and so appreciated.
From the article:
When police point guns at children, they don’t just risk physical harm – they inflict lifelong trauma. As federal judge Roderick C. Young recently warned, “any time a gun is presented like that, that changes the whole dynamic of the interaction.”
That’s why what happened to a 15-year-old Frederick County child, identified here by the pseudonym “Callum,” is so devastating. And it’s why we are urging Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins to act now to prevent this from recurring. We invite community members to join us.
Two Frederick County deputies pulled a gun on a 15-year-old Black teen conducting a Memorial Day vigil, traumatizing the teen and his family and highlighting the need for police to take responsibility for their actions and protect Black children from similar experiences.
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