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Washington DC Police Officer Debra Domino models a body camera before a press conference at City Hall September 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department is embarking on a six- month pilot program where 250 body cameras will be used by officers. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Local Police Departments Could Actually Learn A Lot From Washington, D.C.
By Ryan J. Reilly and Tyler Tynes
The Metropolitan Police Department is “plainly a very different, and much better, law enforcement agency than it was" 17 years ago.
Alonzo Smith died in the custody of special police officers in Washington, D.C.
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Death Of D.C. Man In Security Guard Custody Ruled A Homicide
By Dana Liebelson
Alonzo Smith reportedly ran into the hallway saying, "Somebody help me, they're trying to kill me."
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 18: A protestor holds a black lives matter t-shirt during a 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' demonstration in front of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on December 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of San Francisco public attorneys and activists staged a 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' demonstration to protest the racial disparities in the criminal justice system following the non-indictments of two white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Missouri and New York. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Video Shows Police Officers Forcefully Taking Down Black College Student In D.C.
By Philip Lewis
The Metropolitan Police Department later confirmed that Jason Goolsby had committed no crime.
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Report: D.C. Police Failed To Identify Themselves In Hundreds Of Cases
By Jason Cherkis
The OPC found one card that included “the ‘skull and crossbones’ logo, with knives in place of the crossbones and a cobra
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U.S. Park Police Enters Historic Settlement Over Mass Arrests
By Jason Cherkis
The mass arrests took place on the first day of anti-globalization protests. Among those arrested were nurses in the city
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D.C. Mayor Doesn't Want You To See Police Body Camera Footage
By Jason Cherkis
“While the recordings could surface in court cases, they'd be otherwise out of reach for the reporters or the public -- even
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D.C. Police Take A Progressive Approach To Protests. It Wasn't Always That Way.
By Ryan J. Reilly
As a side-effect of the light-handing approach, D.C. demonstrations have gotten less national coverage than protests in other
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DC's Attorney General Race: A Serious Impact on District Youth
By Michael Shank, Ph.D., Contributor
Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU's Center for Global Affairs
Now, more than ever, we must pay attention to the practices and policies of the office tasked with prosecuting our youth. In 2011, there were 3,464 arrests of youth in the District and more than 42 percent of these were for non-violent misdemeanors.
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Saving the District's At-Risk Youth From Mayor Gray's Budget Cuts
By Michael Shank, Ph.D., Contributor
Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU's Center for Global Affairs
The mayor's office has a surplus, meaning that its decision to restrict funding from this organization is not only strategically ill-conceived, as it invariably invites more youth to pursue a path of violence and crime, it is morally unjustifiable.
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Ignoring Sexual Assaults Can Be Deadly
By Sylvester J. Schieber, Contributor
Fmr. chair of the Social Security Advisory Board
On May 7, 1998, my daughter, Shannon, a 23-year-old student, was raped and killed by a man who broke into her apartment at 2 a.m. Her killer previously had raped at least four other women, but police failed to realize they had a serial rapist on their hands because detectives had classified two of the cases as "non-criminal offenses."
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D.C. Restaurant Robbery Video Shows Dining Customers Robbed At Gunpoint In Logan Circle (UPDATED)
By Will Wrigley
And that's exactly what happened to two customers dining at Pizzoli's Pizza in the Logan Circle area in May. Currently, Blanco
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Christopher Picciano, D.C. Police Officer Accused Of Michelle Obama Threat, Says He Was Joking
By Erin Ruberry
WASHINGTON -- The D.C. police officer accused of threatening to shoot first lady Michelle Obama claimed Wednesday in a disciplinary
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WATCH: You Have To Watch This Inauguration Weekend Video
By Arin Greenwood
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District Of Columbia Gun Violence Remains Problematic As Homicide Rate Falls
Since the 1970s, the nation's capital has had some of the strongest local gun laws on the books in the United States. But
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Car Chase Ends Near White House After Robbery Near Dupont Circle
WASHINGTON -- Police in the nation's capital are looking for suspects involved in an apparent robbery and short car chase
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Eastern Market Attack Arrests: 3 Men In Custody In Thomas Maslin Beating On Capitol Hill
On Wednesday night, D.C. police said they arrested three men in connection with the attack on 29-year-old Thomas Maslin, who
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Tonia Jones And Kenniss Weeks, D.C. Police Officers In Lesbian Relationship, Sue City For Discrimination
In their complaint -- read it here -- Jones and Weeks say they were subject to a whole range of actionable behavior. Here's
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Michelle Obama Threat: D.C. Police Officer Allegedly Said He'd Shoot First Lady, Report Says (UPDATED)
The motorman allegedly made the comments Wednesday morning as several officers from the Special Operations Division discussed
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Navy Yard Metro Security Drill Will Close Station On Saturday
WASHINGTON -- Planning to use the Navy Yard Metrorail station on Saturday night? Seek an alternate way to go. Metro reports
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Chris Wallace Cellphone Incident: Fox News Stopped By D.C. Police During Live Interview
As Mediabistro relayed, Wallace was on his cellphone doing a live interview when he was pulled over. According to a transcript
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Charles Ball, Man Accused Of Driving SUV Into Office Building, Tried To Use Lighter, Report Says
WASHINGTON -- The Maryland man accused of driving a stolen Jeep Liberty SUV into a downtown office building on Friday night
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SUV Driver Charged With Arson, Other Counts In Office Building Incident (UPDATED)
One of the Farragut North Metrorail station's entrances at L Street NW was closed, but according to a D.C. Alert sent out
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Chief Lanier Announce Arrest In IHOP LGBT Hate-Crime Shooting
More than 600 people gathered at the IHOP last week for a silent march to raise awareness about violence affecting the LGBT
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