This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareAuthorities in the District made public for the first time on Friday of two separate fatal shootings by officers in 2018, and said those cases were ruled justified in the use of deadly force.Officials also released video from another incident in 2018 in which a man on a dirt bike was killed when it slammed into the side of a police cruiser. Police said the officer was suspended for failing to stop at a stop sign as he entered an intersection.Families of the three men who were killed — D’Quan Young, 24, Marqueese Alston, 22, and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareAuthorities in the District made public for the first time on Friday of two separate fatal shootings by officers in 2018, and said those cases were ruled justified in the use of deadly force.Officials also released video from another incident in 2018 in which a man on a dirt bike was killed when it slammed into the side of a police cruiser. Police said the officer was suspended for failing to stop at a stop sign as he entered an intersection.Families of the three men who were killed — D’Quan Young, 24, Marqueese Alston, 22, and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift SharePresident Trump announced Monday he plans to nominate a new top prosecutor to oversee the U.S. attorney’s office in the District, which handles both local and federal cases, including several high-profile prosecutions of the president’s allies.Upon confirmation by the Senate, Justin Herdman, the U.S. attorney in Cleveland, would take the position now filled by Timothy Shea, who came to the office in February. The selection of Herdman comes as the office has been pummeled by political controversies surrounding the cases of Trump...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift SharePresident Trump announced Monday he plans to nominate a new top prosecutor to oversee the U.S. attorney’s office in the District, which handles both local and federal cases, including several high-profile prosecutions of the president’s allies.Upon confirmation by the Senate, Justin Herdman, the U.S. attorney in Cleveland, would take the position now filled by Timothy Shea, who came to the office in February. The selection of Herdman comes as the office has been pummeled by political controversies surrounding the cases of Trump...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs protests against police brutality and systemic racism filled streets across the country this summer, a group of Black prosecutors in the nation’s capital began thinking about how they, too, could take a stand.They shared the outrage over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people at the hands of police. But the demands for change also sparked soul-searching about their own roles in a massive criminal justice system that some had been a part of for decades.What began with a few emotional phone...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs protests against police brutality and systemic racism filled streets across the country this summer, a group of Black prosecutors in the nation’s capital began thinking about how they, too, could take a stand.They shared the outrage over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people at the hands of police. But the demands for change also sparked soul-searching about their own roles in a massive criminal justice system that some had been a part of for decades.What began with a few emotional phone...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePrince George’s County has agreed to pay the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer $20 million in what is believed to be among the nation’s largest one-time settlements involving someone killed by law enforcement.The county settled with the family of , who authorities say was shot six times with his hands cuffed behind his back in the front seat of a police cruiser by Cpl. Michael A. Owen Jr.Owen was arrested the day after the Jan. 27 shooting and has been suspended without pay. He is awaiting trial...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePrince George’s County has agreed to pay the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer $20 million in what is believed to be among the nation’s largest one-time settlements involving someone killed by law enforcement.The county settled with the family of , who authorities say was shot six times with his hands cuffed behind his back in the front seat of a police cruiser by Cpl. Michael A. Owen Jr.Owen was arrested the day after the Jan. 27 shooting and has been suspended without pay. He is awaiting trial...WW…