- MPD officers were stationed at the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW this afternoon, ticketing jaywalkers who didn’t wait for the walk signal. Yours truly noticed that police appeared to be only working the corner where the McDonald’s is located — around 3 p.m., I noticed that police were giving people warnings about crossing from that corner, but didn’t see anyone being given a ticket. Police stopped patrolling around 5:30. It’s like the summer of 2008 all over again!
- Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) on then-candidate for Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2006: “I don’t think he’s a serious person.” Evans in 2010, in a campaign commercial endorsement of Fenty: “Some people say that Adrian Fenty doesn’t play well with others…I know that Adrian Fenty can work with others and get results in really moving our city forward.” What a difference a few years makes, eh?
- The National Transportation Safety Board released a photograph of the Metrorail cars that collided at West Falls Church Rail Yard in November. It ain’t pretty.
- Maryland state investigators are reviewing correspondence between officers to determine whether police supervisors gave orders to beat University of Maryland students in the wake of the school’s basketball win over Duke last March. A videotape showing John McKenna, 21, apparently being beaten mercilessly and without provocation by police, surfaced in April.
- Excellent news: you no longer have an excuse to not visit the Capital City Diner. The Diner will be one stop on a shuttle between the Gallery Place/Chinatown and Minnesota Avenue Metro stations every half hour from 5 p.m. until the Metro closes. (The Diner’s closed on Monday.)
- The Zoo euthanized its only Speke’s gazelle today due to poor health. The animal, who was 15 years old, lived a longer-than-average life, according to the Post.
- Metro is using GPS data to try and relieve bottlenecking and bunching on bus lines.
- “Bullet Proof,” eh? Guess we’ll find out on Primary Day.
Photo by .lissa.
