Overview
- Officer Robert A. Parks was charged with second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless driving, and misconduct in office.
- Parks turned himself in on Wednesday, and the case is being handled by the State’s Attorney’s Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit led by Steven Trostle.
- The Baltimore Police Department has suspended Parks without pay under Maryland law, and internal affairs is reviewing his body-worn camera footage.
- Prosecutors said they will not call Parks as a witness in active cases, and consent-decree oversight and city leaders denounced the conduct seen in the video.
- According to the indictment, the Oct. 28 encounter near Wylie Liquors in Park Heights included Parks driving at and striking the man before crashing through a fence.