Family wants trooper charged

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Supporters of the mother whose son was killed by a state trooper?s speeding cruiser last year plan to rally Monday to demand criminal charges against the trooper.

Jeanne Blizzard discovered last week that prosecutors had decided in May not to bring charges against Maryland State Police Trooper Dale Derr. The trooper?s cruiser hit Randy Rakes on the shoulder while traveling 83 mph in a 55-mph zone on Route 140 in Finksburg near midnight Nov. 28.

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