Our Morning Roundup: It’s Almost Community Garden Time

Here's a super uniformed rant: Since November, D.C. Police Department cops have shot and killed three people (including one on Sunday). You'd think the D.C. City Council would be enraged at these incidents and want to get to the bottom of these cases. Yesterday, At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson held an oversight hearing on the police department where he was free to question Chief Cathy Lanier and other department brass. Maybe Mendo---and junior crimefigher Jim Graham---got around to the police shootings. But for the hour I caught, I got nothing but intense bean counting, Grahamstanding (typical), and pats on the back (overtime pay is under control). Ugh. I need to watch the rest of the hearing! It appears that Mendo did ask some tough questions!

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