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Tag: Black Lives Matter DC

Posted inCommunity

D.C. Mayor Bowser Initiates Curfew after Trump Supporters Launch Riot

by Sam P.K. Collins January 6, 2021December 21, 2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser imposed a citywide curfew from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, prohibiting people, other than essential workers and members of the media, from driving, walking, loitering and conducting other activities in the streets.

Illustration by Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer
Posted inBlack Experience

Juneteenth Celebrations Strengthen Racial Pride

by Sam P.K. Collins June 17, 2020December 21, 2021
Activists from across the country converge on Freedom Square in northwest D.C. for a counter-protest against right-wing extremists on July 6. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Protests Highlight Effects of Far-Right Rhetoric

by Sam P.K. Collins July 10, 2019December 21, 2021
Members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department bicycle unit ride up 15th Street Northwest to greet the protesters carrying a 50-foot inflated marijuana joint down the street. /Photo by Nancy Shia @nancy_shia
Posted inCommunity

Activists Await Court Ruling on Police-Stop Data

by Sam P.K. Collins December 12, 2018October 31, 2020
From left: D.C. Council members Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7), Robert White (D-At Large) and Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) take questions during a community forum at the Deanwood Rec Center on July 12. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Residents, Activists Embrace Community Control over Police

by Sam P.K. Collins July 18, 2018October 31, 2020

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