Community and family members question why the officer was inside the vehicle with Dalaneo Scott, who was asleep in the car when they first arrived on the scene.
In addition to requiring body-worn cameras, the department’s new policing practices also limit the use of no-knock warrants.
“This was something conceived of long before and didn’t turn on the nature of the crowd” of protesters, Attorney General William Barr says.
Oh, so you thought that the arrest of several people who were dancing inside the Jefferson Memorial on Saturday afternoon would be the end of the whole brouhaha? Think again: the same group of people who put together the original demonstration are planning an even bigger display of civil disobedience this weekend — and over 1,800 people say they’ll attend.
According to several reports across the internet, five protesters were arrested by U.S. Park Police at around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the Jefferson Memorial for dancing in silence. Touted as “civil danceobedience,” the dancers were there protesting a recent court decision earlier this month that upheld a ban on dancing within the memorial. Among those arrested were Adam Kokesh, the man forcefully arrested in the video, and Edward Dickey, the event organizer.
In 2008 a small flash mob had gathered at the memorial to dance in silence, but was dispersed when one woman was arrested on misdemeanor charges. A year later, stemming from that case,a judge affirmed a ban on dancing at the memorial, “in order to maintain an atmosphere of calm, tranquility, and reverence.”
According to US Park Police, the Fort Totten park trail has become the site of several robberies over the past few months, the latest occurring Friday night. Park Police say at least six robberies have occurred during evening hours as commuters cut through the park on their way home. Normally the park is closed after dark. Although violence has been threatened, none of the victims have been hurt, reports WUSA9. Reiterating Metro’s sage advice, commuters…
If you haven’t been reading the Georgetown Voice’s coverage of the bizarre events that led to the destruction of a Georgetown University toilet on Friday night, head over there and take a good look. The Post picked up the story today, while the Voice continues to toil away at every last detail. The facts so far are these: the university held its annual “Midnight Madness” event at McDonough Gym on Friday night, and during…
The U.S. Park Police has released sketches of two suspects sought for the Feb. 8 sexual assault of a 28 year-old woman. Park police say the two men picked up the woman at about 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 8 near the intersection of East Capitol Street and Benning Road NE. The men took her to a park in the 100 block of Anacostia Ave. and sexually assaulted her. One suspect is described as a black…