Maryland
Democrat Wes Moore Will Be Maryland’s First Black Governor
Democrat Wes Moore is projected to be Maryland’s first Black governor after defeating Dan Cox, a Republican state delegate carefully aligned with former President Donald Trump.
Moore’s victory had lengthy been assumed ― at the least since Cox triumphed within the GOP main over Kelly Schulz, who served within the Cupboard of in style outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and had his endorsement. Cox’s model of far-right politics, together with help for Trump’s lies concerning the 2020 election and help for banning abortion, had been by no means going to fly in closely blue Maryland.
Moore, an writer and former financial institution and nonprofit government, received the Democratic nod by defeating state Comptroller Peter Franchot and former Democratic Nationwide Committee Chair Tom Perez in a June main.
As an Afghanistan Struggle veteran and a Rhodes scholar, Moore has the type of resume prone to generate chatter that he’s the way forward for the Democratic Occasion. However he confronted criticism through the marketing campaign for exaggerating his ties to Baltimore Metropolis whereas selling his guide “The Different Wes Moore,” and for failing to right interviewers who urged he had received a Bronze Star.
Moore has staked himself as a part of the center-left, pointing to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) as two of his political position fashions. Democrats have substantial majorities in each of Maryland’s legislative chambers, so Moore’s victory returns to the state to a Democratic trifecta after eight years of Hogan.
Maryland has one of many highest Black populations within the nation ― roughly a 3rd of its inhabitants is Black, a share topped by solely Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia ― and the previous three lieutenant governors of the state had been all Black. However as within the overwhelming majority of U.S. states, Maryland voters have by no means earlier than elected a Black governor: Moore is simply the third Black individual to be elected governor of a state within the nation’s historical past.
The incident happened at around 7:15 p.m., when officers responded to the 8500 block of Loch Raven Blvd following multiple reports of a shooting, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said.
“This is an incident that is shocking, particularly for those of us in Baltimore County,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said. “These types of incidents are really unheard of here, so it really shocks the conscience.”
The first officer to arrive on the scene found a vehicle on its side that had caught fire, Mccullough said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department was called to the scene, where they put out the fire, treated victims and transported them to a hospital, said Baltimore County Fire Department Chief Joseph Dixon.
BCPD believes the shooting was a targeted incident and there is no threat to the public.
BCPD is currently investigating and is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and the Baltimore Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also on the scene assisting police.
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Maryland man sentenced for assaulting police during Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection
BALTIMORE — A Fredrick County man was sentenced Tuesday for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
According to prosecutors, Adam Ryan Obest, 43, of Thurmont attended the “Stop the Steal” rally before going to the Captiol’s Lower West Terrace.
Video footage showed Obest holding a large American flag attached to a metal flagpole, and swinging it at police officers after being told not to advance up a stairway.
Minutes later, Obest engaged in another confrontation with police, raising the lagpole above his head and bringing it down abruptly toward a line of police officers before another officer tried to confiscate the flagpole.
He also attempted to take a baton from a Metropolitan Police Department officer and later threw a smoke grenade at law enforcement, according to court documents.
In June 2023 detectives identified Obest as a suspect, matching photos from his social media account to photos captured of him at the Million MAGA March in November 2020. The photos showed an American glag tattoo on his left shoulder, which resembled a similar tattoo shown in his booking photos from an unrelated arrest in 2018.
The FBI arrested Obest in Maryland on June 13, 2023. He was found guilty of two felony charges, including civil disorder, and one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer.
Obest was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of supervised released.
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