Recently, Maryland inaugurated Democratic Governor, Martin O'Malley. One of his first acts as governor was to silence a longtime critic by having his popular radio talk show cancelled. Tyrone Powers, a black activist, hosts a show on Morgan State University's radio station. During the 7 years O'Malley was mayor of Baltimore, Powers would attend his public events, criticizing O'Malley's policies that he felt hurt Baltimore's black community.
Within a week of O'Malley becoming governor, he requested tapes of his show from MSU and threatened to withhold state funding from MSU if Powers' show was not canceled.
Of course, O'Malley denies doing so; and, moreover, lied to the media, claiming he does not even know who Powers is.
This was confirmed to be a lie by former Baltimore Police Chief, Ed Norris, who stated that when he became Police Chief of Baltimore, O'Malley went to public events to introduce him to the city and prior to these events, O'Malley explicitly warned him about Powers.
2007-01-31
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