Baltimore Grassroots Media

Representatives of citizen activist groups held a press conference Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at the Maryland State Police Headquarters announcing a letter they are sending to Governor Martin O'Malley that details specific demands on the investigation his administration is undertaking of the police surveillance and infiltration of their groups.

Speakers were Max Obuszewski (Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore), Terry Fitzgerald, M.D. (Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty), Ellen Barfield (Veterans for Peace, Baltimore Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter #105), Rev. Pierre Williams (Baltimore United for Peace and Justice and Communist Party of Maryland), Mike Stark (Campaign to End the Death Penalty), Maria Allwine (Co-chair, Maryland Green Party and Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore), Lawrence Egbert, M.D. (Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and ACLU), Ben Dalby (International Socialist Organization), C. (Chuck) William Michaels, Esq. (Pax Christi-Baltimore), and Brendan Walsh (Co-founder, Viva House Catholic Worker).