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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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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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D.C. Looking for a Few Good Men and Women
On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser, joined by Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue and Metropolitan Police Department…
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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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Activists Await Court Ruling on Police-Stop Data
During a hearing last month, D.C. Superior Court Judge John M. Campbell indicated that he will side with American Civil…
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D.C. Police Officers to Get ‘Modernized’ Look
The Metropolitan Police Department is getting a new look.
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Surge in D.C. Homicides Motivates Coalition to Action
In the wake of an unprecedented homicide rate in the District whose numbers have already eclipsed last year's 12-month total,…
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Makiyah Wilson’s Death Sparks Heated Discussion
Jermonie Chaney struggled to stop the flow of tears as she returned to the Clay Terrace public housing complex in…
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ACLU Sues D.C. Police Officer for ‘Humiliating’ Stop-and-Frisk
The American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Police Officer Sean Lojacono…
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Residents, Activists Embrace Community Control over Police
In what has been a recurring cycle, a slew of gun-related violence in D.C. and subsequent conversations about public safety…
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