Yesterday evening, the tragic news broke: a female cyclist had been struck and killed by a military truck at the intersection of 12th and New York Avenue NW. WJLA reports that the woman was 68 years old. The news channel has the terrible scene and its aftermath:
"Across the street inside a packed Bobby Van's grill, [...]
Outlaws are this morning's theme. First comes WJLA's stunning allegation that a D.C. Police sergeant repeatedly raped a prostitute. The rapes allegedly began in February after the woman called 911 for being illegally evicted. The officially is currently on desk duty:
"A woman says she was raped several times by a District police officer who [...]
During his tenure as police chief, Charles H. Ramsey faced countless challenges from coordinating an emergency response on 9/11 to helping to track down the D.C. Sniper. Of course, his job had other lower profile responsibilities like crime fighting and answering then-Councilmember Kathy Patterson's tough questioning.
So what can this veteran cop not handle?
Being deposed (again) [...]
After 9 p.m., a man was shot in the leg along the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW* in Adams Morgan. Why is this such a big deal? Because a D.C. Police crime camera allegedly caught all the action. This could be the first time police cameras actually provided useful footage. We have argued that [...]
One of the big mysteries in the Pershing Park case centers around the gaps in the radio dispatches during the mass arrests on Sept. 27, 2002. Plaintiffs lawyers have long argued in U.S. District Court that the tapes turned over by the District contained gaps at the crucial time of the arrests.
When 400 individuals are [...]
Yesterday, the D.C. Police Department announced that they had arrested Reginald Rogers for the shooting death of Calvin Woodland on Jan. 27, 2010. So how did police detectives identify Rogers as the shooter? According to court records filed today, detectives got help from a few witnesses and...Facebook.
On Dec. 19, Det. Michael Baylor pulled a gun during a snowball fight at 14th and U Streets NW. That day, witnesses produced photos and video of the incident. Even Police Chief Cathy Lanier felt compelled to publicly admonish Baylor for his gun-toting antics. But it seems the Baylor case has yet to be completed [...]
On Feb. 8, plaintiffs in the last remaining Pershing Park case filed a request that would broaden the scope of the U.S. District Court's inquiry into the case's discovery abuse. Plaintiffs attorneys are asking the judge to look into the alleged issues with the D.C. Police Department's video coverage of the mass arrests at Pershing [...]
Maria Louis Maria Lewis pleaded not guilty during her arraignment today in D.C. Superior Court. She had been charged with assaulting a police officer during a snowball fight in front of Wonderland. Third District Commander Jacob Kishter had told City Desk that she would be charged with a felony. But her case was never papered [...]
Maria Louis Lewis, the woman charged with assaulting a police officer with a snowball, has officially become a political movement...at least on Facebook. Free Maria! has at the moment 229 members. As one member put it on the Free Maria! wall:
"you're not a *real* political prisoner until you get a facebook group."
So true.
With the District's unemployment rate reaching 12.1 percent in December, any government job opening is sure to attract a good number of resumes. For the many job hunters out there, let us point you to a particularly cushy assignment.
The D.C. Police Department is looking to hire a "Freedom Of Information Act Specialist." The job's pay [...]
Is anybody sick of city officials promising "to look into it?" Yesterday, Councilmember Yvette Alexander told WaPo that last week a man pulled a pistol on her as she came to the aid of a Metro driver who was being robbed. She then had to wait eight minutes before a fire truck (!) arrived. Alexander's [...]
Last week, Tira Williams was wrongly released from the D.C. Jail. The Department of Corrections has yet to come up with a legit excuse for her release. But maybe there's one excuse that everyone can get behind.
The DOC should just come out and say this: Ms. Williams was just really annoying and therefore we felt [...]
The Washington Post endorses Gray...vs. Fenty. In an editorial, they write that Chairman Vincent Gray should stop dithering and enter the mayoral race. Fenty deserves a challenger. And Fenty's detractors need to show some guts and run someone for mayor: "It's clear from the money he has raised and the campaign apparatus that he's assembled [...]
On early Sunday morning the so-called "Cuddler" made an appearance in a woman's home along the 3800 block of Calvert Street NW. WaPo used the crime to start addressing the perp as the "Cuddler" who may be linked to similar assaults in the area. The Sexist suggests it's a really bad way to describe this [...]
