Metropolitan Police Department
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D.C. Shows Progress in Reforming, Transforming Policing
The District stood out among the other eleven jurisdictions evaluated, scoring high marks for its work to end cooperation with…
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Jamaal Byrd’s Death Raises Questions About Jail Conditions, Marijuana Policy
Like others who lost loved ones this year, the late Jamaal Byrd's family spent Thanksgiving without their son, brother, and…
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Students, Teachers Call for Stronger Response to Gun Violence
For some of the students and teachers of DC Prep Benning Middle School, the gun violence they witnessed outside their…
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Mother Fights for Police Body-Cam Footage of Son’s Death
More than a year after her son died in a police-involved shooting, Kenithia Alston said she still has questions about…
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EDITORIAL: Let’s Take Our Streets Back, Now
The time has surely come when we must emerge from our front doors and tell hoodlums to cease and desist.
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Safe Passage Proponents Engage Community
An upcoming Safe Passage Learning Walk in the neighborhood surrounding Center City Congress Heights Public Charter School in Southeast will…
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EDITORIAL: Let Our Children Be Children
We join the AG in reminding the public that children are not adults, but that adults must ensure children are…
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Students Discuss Issues with D.C. Leaders
Students from the across D.C. convened in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Northwest to talk about…
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Black Lives Matter Activist Pressures MPD for Surveillance Data
Years ago, as Black Lives Matter DC railed against the Metropolitan Police Department, core organizer April Goggans often posted online…
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Reformed Youths Talk Local Violence, Possible Solutions
With their days of street beef well behind them, a group of millennials, many of whom will soon enter their…
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