Racial disparities, police bias in audit of former Medical Examiner files: Now what?

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published May 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM EDT

From left: Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speak at a news conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) — From right: Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speak at a news conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Annapolis, Md. Photo: Brian Witte/AP

An audit of a decade-and-a-half of rulings by Maryland medical examiners on the causes of deaths of people restrained while in custody found a pattern that could be racial or pro-police bias. We ask state Attorney General Anthony Brown: What now?
If you want to contact the OAG regarding this issue, call 833-282-0961 or email [email protected]

Links: Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Office of Chief Medical Examiner audit of restraint related death investigations, Lawsuits against the Trump Administration.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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