Posts Tagged ‘D.C. Police Department shootings’

D.C. Police Stonewalls Mendo On Police Shootings

Last Monday, At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson held one of his Judiciary Committee's oversight hearings on the D.C. Police Department. For the most part, the hearing was routine: right down to the councilmember asking for the investigative materials related to the DeOnte Rawlings shootings. By Mendo's own count, he has asked for the Rawlings report at [...]

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 [...]