A few months ago, Det. Paul Hustler came forward and stated in his sworn affidavit that he had heard D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey give the order to arrest the 400 individuals in Pershing Park on Sept. 27, 2002. The testimony had contradicted the former chief's sworn-statements in which he denied ordering the arrests.
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When news broke yesterday that a D.C. Police Detective had come forward to dispute former Chief Charles Ramsey's assertion that he did not order the arrests in Pershing Park in 2002, I immediately thought of Kathy Patterson.
Few fought harder to get at the truth of what led to Pershing Park than the former D.C. councilmember. [...]

Yesterday, plaintiffs lawyers in one of the controversial Pershing Park cases filed a scathing response to AG Peter Nickles' sworn statement submitted in U.S. District Court on August 12. In their response, the lawyers take a moment to defend one D.C. cop—Sgt. Douglas Jones.
What makes Jones stand out? Jones had testified in a deposition that [...]