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Andy Harris: Rodricks’ unfair attacks on me reveal bias | READER COMMENTARY
For more than a century, The Baltimore Sun promised Maryland readers to “deliver the truth every day” and to publish stories “written without bias” so readers can make informed decisions about important episodes and events in our community. Sadly, for many years, opinion pieces written by Dan Rodricks have not “delivered the truth” and, in fact, have been written with extreme bias. With his frequent partisan rants, his columns call into question the veracity of your mission statement.
To highlight just one of many examples, the column Dan Rodricks recently published criticized the public event my office held examining the effects of offshore wind industrialization on our economy and our marine environment, and he even went so far as to label it “too much negativity” (“Dan Rodricks: What’s with the negative current running through our electric future?” Jan. 20).
His column excluded the fact that my office invited not one but three proponents of offshore wind, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and U.S. Wind to provide testimony at the event. If his columns weren’t so one-sided, he could have informed Sun readers that the foreign-owned offshore wind company refused to make an appearance at the public event to explain to skeptical Maryland residents why they shouldn’t be concerned with offshore wind companies industrializing their coast.
Based on my count, Rodricks has written more than 49 columns in recent years specifically about or negatively mentioning Maryland’s only Republican member of Congress. He has also posted on social media derogatory claims directed at me or the office I hold more than 80 times. Rodricks isn’t a columnist — he’s a left-wing partisan.
If The Baltimore Sun is truly concerned with restoring its journalistic reputation and is willing to restore the paper to one that is truly “without bias,” perhaps you might start by dealing with the blatant bias of Rodricks — or perhaps balance things by hiring a partisan Republican columnist to become equally obsessed with U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen or other Democrats in Maryland’s delegation to Congress.
The Sun has proud history in Maryland. I hope it returns to that reputation with its new ownership.
— Andy Harris, Washington, D.C.
The writer, a Republican, represents Maryland’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Advocacy groups are raising concerns over a warehouse in Washington County that is slated to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility after dozens of black SUVs were moved to the warehouse’s parking lot on Sunday.
“When federal enforcement vehicles begin lining the warehouse lot, it sends a clear message about what’s taking shape in our community,” said the organizer of Hagerstown Rapid Response, Claire Connor. “We refuse to let ICE quietly plant roots in Washington County without transparency, accountability and community consent.”
The 825,620-square-foot warehouse is located at 16220 Wright Road in Williamsport. Access to the facility was blocked by orange traffic barriers and signs outlining regulations and “governing conduct on federal property” with the Department of Homeland Security emblem at the top of the page.
In late January, Washington County issued a news release stating that on Jan. 14, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to the county’s historic district commission and department of planning and zoning regarding the property.
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COLUMBIA, Md. (WBFF) — An adult man was killed in a police-involved shooting in Columbia early Sunday, prompting an investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.
Howard County police said officers were called on March 1, at about 12:09 a.m., to an apartment building in the 6400 block of Freetown Road for a report that involved an adult male threatening to harm himself.
According to police, at about 12:22 a.m., officers encountered the man outside the building. The man approached officers while holding a knife and ignored commands to drop the weapon, police said. Officers then shot the man.
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Officers attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Officersrecovered a knife near the man.
No officers were injured, and the officers were equipped with body-worn cameras.
The Independent Investigations Division is investigating.
Anyone with information about this incident, including cell phone or private surveillance video, is asked to contact the IID at (410) 576–7070 or by email atIID@oag.maryland.gov.
The IID willgenerally releasethe name of the decedent and any involved officers within two business days of the incident, although that period may be extended, if necessary,pursuant toIID protocol.
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TheIID willgenerally releasebody-worn camera footage within 20 business days of an incident. There may be situations where more than 20 days is necessary, including if investigators need more time to complete witness interviews, if there are technical delays caused by the need to shield the identities of civilian witnesses, or to allow family members to view the video before it is released to the public.
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