This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareA D.C. police officer was stabbed in the neck, shoulder and back early Thursday while responding to a call near Franklin Square in downtown Washington, and a homeless man intervened to help, according to the police chief.The officer was being treated at a hospital. Police said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.Police said the officer responded to a report of a man beating a woman about 6 a.m. The officer got a description of the attacker and saw a person matching that description walking away, police said.The...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareA D.C. police officer was stabbed in the neck, shoulder and back early Thursday while responding to a call near Franklin Square in downtown Washington, and a homeless man intervened to help, according to the police chief.The officer was being treated at a hospital. Police said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.Police said the officer responded to a report of a man beating a woman about 6 a.m. The officer got a description of the attacker and saw a person matching that description walking away, police said.The...WW…

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 ShareThe leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested by D.C. police Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during a demonstration last month, officials said.Police stopped a vehicle Tarrio had been in shortly after it entered the District, said Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman. He said it is believed that Tarrio, who lives in Miami, was coming into the District from the airport.Sternbeck said Tarrio is charged with one misdemeanor...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested by D.C. police Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during a demonstration last month, officials said.Police stopped a vehicle Tarrio had been in shortly after it entered the District, said Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman. He said it is believed that Tarrio, who lives in Miami, was coming into the District from the airport.Sternbeck said Tarrio is charged with one misdemeanor...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest.To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup.But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down.In his first interview since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest.To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup.But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down.In his first interview since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Pentagon placed tight limits on the D.C. National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, trying to ensure the use of military force remained constrained, as the Guard carried out a narrow, unarmed mission requested by the city’s mayor to help handle traffic ahead of planned protests.In memos issued Monday and Tuesday in response to a request from the D.C. mayor, the Pentagon prohibited the District’s guardsmen from receiving ammunition or riot gear, interacting with protesters unless necessary for self-defense,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Pentagon placed tight limits on the D.C. National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, trying to ensure the use of military force remained constrained, as the Guard carried out a narrow, unarmed mission requested by the city’s mayor to help handle traffic ahead of planned protests.In memos issued Monday and Tuesday in response to a request from the D.C. mayor, the Pentagon prohibited the District’s guardsmen from receiving ammunition or riot gear, interacting with protesters unless necessary for self-defense,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareNearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties to white nationalism roamed the streets looking to fight.One of those arrested was 29-year-old Phillip Johnson of the District, who was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with at least one of four stabbings that occurred.For most of the day, police largely kept opposing factions separated, at...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareNearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties to white nationalism roamed the streets looking to fight.One of those arrested was 29-year-old Phillip Johnson of the District, who was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with at least one of four stabbings that occurred.For most of the day, police largely kept opposing factions separated, at...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareAt least 570 people have been shot in the District this year, a spike of 45 percent over the same period last year that is driving up homicides and frustrating residents and leaders alike.At no time in recent months has the firepower been on such stark display as early Sunday, when police said as many as four gunmen fired at least 100 rounds amid a crowd of hundreds at a block party in Southeast Washington, hitting 22 people.A 17-year-old, Christopher Brown, died and an off-duty female D.C. police officer apparently attending...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareAt least 570 people have been shot in the District this year, a spike of 45 percent over the same period last year that is driving up homicides and frustrating residents and leaders alike.At no time in recent months has the firepower been on such stark display as early Sunday, when police said as many as four gunmen fired at least 100 rounds amid a crowd of hundreds at a block party in Southeast Washington, hitting 22 people.A 17-year-old, Christopher Brown, died and an off-duty female D.C. police officer apparently attending...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe D.C. government will pay $1.6 million to settle two lawsuits alleging police unlawfully detained more than 200 protesters in mass arrests the day of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January 2017, the parties told a federal judge Monday.Demonstrators represented by the ACLU of the District of Columbia and Jeffrey L. Light alleged D.C. police violated the constitutional rights of journalists, legal observers and protesters by indiscriminately rounding them up after rampaging vandals damaged property over...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe D.C. government will pay $1.6 million to settle two lawsuits alleging police unlawfully detained more than 200 protesters in mass arrests the day of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January 2017, the parties told a federal judge Monday.Demonstrators represented by the ACLU of the District of Columbia and Jeffrey L. Light alleged D.C. police violated the constitutional rights of journalists, legal observers and protesters by indiscriminately rounding them up after rampaging vandals damaged property over...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareCapitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after he confronted rioters at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the District’s chief medical examiner has ruled.The ruling, released Monday, will make it difficult for prosecutors to pursue homicide charges in the officer’s death. Two men are accused of assaulting Sicknick by spraying a powerful chemical irritant at him during the siege, but prosecutors have not tied that exposure to Sicknick’s death.In an interview with The Washington Post,...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareCapitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after he confronted rioters at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the District’s chief medical examiner has ruled.The ruling, released Monday, will make it difficult for prosecutors to pursue homicide charges in the officer’s death. Two men are accused of assaulting Sicknick by spraying a powerful chemical irritant at him during the siege, but prosecutors have not tied that exposure to Sicknick’s death.In an interview with The Washington Post,...WW…