National Press Club to Host Newsmakers News Conference on Baltimore: Lessons Learned and What Next

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An expert panel will discuss the rioting and unrest that erupted in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody – and the ensuing surge in homicides and other violent crime there – at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, June 18.

Discussing what the community, elected officials and law enforcement agencies are learning from those events – and how they can address the causes of the unrest – will be:

• Sterling Crockett, a Baltimore business owner;
• Aruna Miller, Maryland State Delegate, District 15, and
• Chief Tom Manger, Chief of Police Montgomery County, MD;

This NPC Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Thursday, June 18 at 10 a.m. in the club's Bloomberg Room, on the 13th Floor of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact:
Tejinder Singh, NPC Newsmakers Event Host
202-503-8052, [email protected]

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SOURCE National Press Club