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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.
The Judiciary Committee also took some steps to undo unwarranted increases to MPD’s budget, but it’s far from enough.
The vote is a first step, but much more is needed to restore trust in Metro Transit Police.
Today’s order mandates that DOC provide prisoners with medical care within 24 hours, enforce CDC policies on social distancing, provide prisoners with necessary materials to clean their cells and instruction on how to use them, ensure access to confidential legal calls, and more.
The report finds highly ineffective police stop practices that are potentially violating the constitutional rights of Black people in the District every day.
Today’s amended complaint also seeks class status to represent the hundreds of individuals who were affected by the administration’s unlawful use of force against protestors, and adds Lia Poteet, a protester, as a plaintiff.