In addition to published books, articles, interviews, and reports, the author relied on thousands of tweets, blog posts, Facebook posts, and online news sources, which constitute the twenty-first-century archive for this movement. The following list is not exhaustive. As a participant-observer in the movement, the author has also collected thousands of pages of personal notes, flyers, agendas, minutes, and memos, which are rich primary sources.
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Fenton, Justin. “Freddie Gray Case: Judge Allows Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit against Mosby to Proceed.” Baltimore Sun, January 6, 2017.
———. “Independent Review Faults City Police in Tyrone West Case.” Baltimore Sun, August 8, 2014. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-08-08/news/bs-md-ci-tyrone-west-outside-review-20140808_1_tyrone-west-james-chips-stewart-excessive-force.
———. “Tyrone West Files Show Passenger’s Account of Death in Police Custody.” Baltimore Sun, January 23, 2014. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-01-23/news/bs-md-ci-tyrone-west-witness-20140122_1_tyrone-west-jorge-bernardez-ruiz-kitmore-road.
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