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Tony Santo (left) and Eric Bush consider Officer Salvatore Rivieri's reaction over the top, even though Bush acknowledges that skateboarding at the Inner Harbor was "100 percent wrong." (Sun photo by Monica Lopossay / February 13, 2008)

February 16, 2008

Strife with police is old

Jason Chapman saw something familiar when he watched the YouTube video of a police officer manhandling a skateboarder in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

February 14, 2008

Skateboarder calls reaction over the top

Eric Bush, the 14-year-old skateboarder who has gained national fame after his encounter with a Baltimore police officer at the Inner Harbor surfaced on YouTube, said in his home yesterday that he knew at the time that what he was doing was "100 percent wrong."

February 13, 2008

Cameras turn lens on police activities

Drive through some Baltimore neighborhoods at night and it quickly becomes obvious: The blinking blue-light cameras show the police are watching.

February 12, 2008

Inner Harbor incident hits Internet

A Baltimore police officer was suspended yesterday after a YouTube video surfaced on the Internet showing him berating and manhandling a teenage skateboarder at the Inner Harbor.