City Paper's Jason Cherkis wrote this week's cover story on David Kerstetter, the gay Logan Circle man shot by D.C. police on Nov. 5. The story details Kerstetter's mental illness, addiction to crystal meth, loss of his partner, Paul Brazitis, suicide attempts, and death by multiple gunshot wounds from D.C. police. Writes Cherkis: "What’s unlikely [...]

The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Read the last two weeks in police activity related to the GLBT community below.
First, GLLU's report of the David Kerstetter case, in full:
On Thursday, Nov. 6, at approximately 10:20 am, uniformed officers from the department’s Third District responded [...]

Last night, a commenter on this blog made the connection between a Washington Blade story identifying the victim of yesterday's police shooting as David Kerstetter, and a 2003 Metro Weekly feature which highlighted the home Kerstetter shared with his now-deceased partner, Paul Brazitis. Kerstetter was shot and killed by police yesterday inside the condo—part [...]