The head of the union representing Montgomery County Police offices calls the proposed reductions “totally irresponsible.”
Officers of color are demanding the department make immediate changes to its most senior leadership.
It appears that tragedy has struck the Redskins. Emerging reports indicate that Washington Redskins Safety Sean Taylor has been shot in an apparent burglary attempt on his home, with one source claiming that Taylor is “fighting for his life”. The Redskins have just released a statement confirming the shooting.Ashburn, VA – The Washington Redskins became aware of a situation this morning in which safety Sean Taylor was the victim of a shooting at his residence…
It’s always interesting to compare collegiate news coverage with larger news outlets whenever a story breaks out of a campus publication. In the case of today’s news about the apprehension of one suspect in the recent spate of hate graffiti on the George Washington University campus, the differences are pretty tangible. Both the Examiner and the Washington Post have stories up about the arrest by University Police of an unnamed student for his or her…
Welcome back to work, Washington. Perhaps you’re struggling to focus this morning, having only barely recovered from the weekend’s Halloween festivities. Perhaps you just had a difficult time extricating yourself from your bed on this first cold morning of the year. Whatever the case may be, DCist recommends a strong cup of coffee with a dash of Rumbler to get your motor running today. The Rumbler is described as a “high-tech blaster” being used in…
UPDATE: Le sigh. This story was a total canard. Looks like the police were misdialing the phone number associated with the deductions, which may actually have been for legitimate insurance payments. So. Lame. Bless you, Mark Seagraves. The WTOP reporter tips us off to a new scandal from the Metropolitan Police Department’s payroll department that actually involves porn. It’s almost like Seagraves knew my birthday was coming up. Apparently, at least once MPD officer has…
>> The District has agreed to put a cap on the number of inmates at the D.C. Jail at 2,164. [WaPo] >> “Chapter Three: The Reason I Want to Get into the Right Lane is That It’s Dangerous Over Here On the Left (And Not That I Have Failed to Sufficiently Appreciate the Grandeur of Your Magnificent Internal Combustion Vehicle).” [Megan McArdle] >> The Attorney for De’Onte Rawlings’ family says he is going to…
>> Right there is the Laura Sessions Stepp Credo: Laura doesn’t “get it” so the “social culture” is broken. [DCeiver] >> Don’t miss the ABC News coverage of the 5-year anniversary of the D.C.-area sniper shooting spree. What do you think of Lee Boyd Malvo’s apology? [ABC News] >> Oh c’mon, don’t you get it? Kids can say they’re going to “The Library” and not be lying! It’s totally hilarious. [Free Ride] >> Regarding…
Written by DCist Contributor Fredo Alvarez In a 60-39 cloture vote, the U.S. Senate barely passed the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S 1105) today as an amendment to the FY 2008 Defense Authorization Bill (HR 1585). The measure would expand protection against hate crimes to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, and would enable the Federal government to provide assistance in the investigation or prosecution of…
Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant – it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market…
