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ACLU-DC Urges Mayor, Police Chief to Require Mask-Wearing for all On-Duty Officers

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D.C. Police Officers Coordinated with Federal Law Enforcement to Tear-Gas Lafayette Square Protesters

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Analysis of D.C. Stop-and-Frisk Data Reveals Ineffective Policing, Troubling Racial Disparities

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D.C. Police Officers Coordinated with Federal Law Enforcement to Tear-Gas Lafayette Square Protesters

Today civil rights groups filed a motion to add Chief Peter Newsham and unnamed D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers as defendants in Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump.

July 8, 2020

ACLU Urges House of Representatives to Vote “Yes” on D.C. Statehood

The bill would grant statehood to the residential areas of the current District of Columbia as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and defines the reduced federal territory that would continue to serve as the seat of the federal government.

June 25, 2020

ACLU-DC Comment on Judiciary Committee Budget Vote

The Judiciary Committee also took some steps to undo unwarranted increases to MPD’s budget, but it’s far from enough.

June 25, 2020

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