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Jul 06, 2023

D.C. ACLU Sues City For Sending Armed Police To Mental Health Emergencies

The suit alleges that police response endangers rather than helps individuals in crisis, and violates the Americans with Disabilites Act.

Mar 06, 2021

MPD Releases Year’s Worth Of Police Stop Data Following ACLU Lawsuit

The Metropolitan Police Department is required by law to collect detailed police-stop data.

Feb 17, 2021

Update: D.C. Police Publish Six Months Of Stop And Frisk Data Following ACLU Suit

The new report follows a suit from the ACLU, after the department failed to publish stop data for nearly a year.

Mar 27, 2019

Police Supervisor Says He Was Terminated After Defending A Controversial Stop-And-Frisk Incident

“I always told people that worked for me, ‘Don’t be afraid to go up in the crotch,'” the supervisor testified.

Mar 08, 2019

MPD Officer Fired For An Invasive Stop-And-Frisk Was Investigated For Another Search

Officer Sean Lojacono is currently appealing his termination.

Dec 06, 2018

D.C. Police Reach Settlement With Man Over ‘Invasive’ Public Stop And Frisk

The amount of the settlement is not public, and the city did not admit any wrongdoing.

Oct 13, 2017

Government Fights For Inauguration Protesters’ Facebook ‘Likes’ And Reams Of Other Data

People involved with the planning of protests on Inauguration Day in D.C. were in court to fight a search warrant that would require Facebook to give prosecutors 90 days-worth of their account information.

Jun 21, 2017

ACLU Is Suing D.C. Police For Excessive Force, Unlawful Arrests On Inauguration Day

The four plaintiffs in the case “epitomized the different abuses that happened on that day.”

 
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