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Nine Inaugural Members Appointed to Arlington County Community Oversight Board

by Jamila Bey March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

The Arlington County Board has announced a new slate of members to the Community Oversight Board (COB). The COB is a public body that will offer advice to the Board […]

MPD Chief Robert Contee III confronts young people who interrupted the MPD Youth Summit on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Eastern High School in southeast D.C. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

Community

Students Disrupt MPD Youth Summit, Criticize its Efforts of Engagement

by Sam P.K. Collins December 8, 2021

Community

Police Assault Victim Kiman Johnson Shares Details of Beating

by Sam P.K. Collins August 13, 2021December 21, 2021

Community

Viral Police Abuse Video Shakes Ward 8 Community

by Sam P.K. Collins August 11, 2021December 21, 2021

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Is Full Funding for Police the Answer Following the George Floyd Killing?

by WI Guest Author August 4, 2021December 21, 2021

Metro riders exit a Red Line train at the Gallery Place-Chinatown station in D.C. on Nov. 2. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community

Metro Police Civilian Board Releases Report on Interaction with Blacks

by Stacy M. Brown April 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Community

Change Needed When Policing Youth, D.C. Police Reform Commission Says

by Sam P.K. Collins April 7, 2021December 21, 2021

Editorial

EDITORIAL: With George Floyd’s Murder Televised for All, How Will Children Be Affected?

by WI Guest Author April 7, 2021December 21, 2021

Community

D.C. Residents Want Contee to be Proactive in Policing

by James Wright Jr. March 31, 2021December 21, 2021

Community

Md. Senate Introduces Package of Police Reform Bills

by William J. Ford February 26, 2021December 21, 2021