Vigil attendees pay their respects to Tyli'a Mack.
On Wednesday, Aug. 26, one person was killed and another critically injured in a daytime stabbing outside 209 Q St. NW. In the hours following the homicide, police and reporters gathered witness testimony, formed a description of the suspect, and chased likely motives. This time, cops and journalists [...]
The Metropolitan Police Department has issued a reward poster in the death of transgender woman Joshua Mack, a.k.a. "Na Na Boo" (pictured). The flier, which you can download here [PDF], doesn't include any intel on possible suspects. It does, however, promise a $25,000 reward for "anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and [...]
Pepin Tuma, a 33-year-old gay man, was discussing the recent arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates with a few friends as they walked to Cobalt on July 26. At some point in the pre-bar jaunt, the Washington Blade reports, Tuma loudly condemned the alleged bigotry in the case in a sing-song voice: "I hate [...]
D.C. police have launched a new feature for mapping sex offenders in your area. Since 2001, D.C. has provided the names, photographs, and addresses of registered sex offenders living in Washington; now, the sex-offender-monitoring service has upgraded to the Google Maps treatment.
Here's the sex offender view outside the Washington City Paper offices:
Below the map, the [...]
GLOV (Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence) is holding an open community forum on Tuesday, June 2, with D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier.
The deets:
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Foundry United Methodist Church
5:00 – 6:00 pm Community discussion on public safety and anti-GLBT crime
6:00 – 7:00 pm DC Chief of Police Cathy Lanier joins the discussion
According to the press [...]
The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including a juvie assault in a fast food restaurant—below.
TWEETING TOM. Thursday, April 9. 11:30 p.m. "Members of the Second District responded to a complaint of a suspicious person in [...]
Yeah . . . get out of our fucking city.
It's feast or famine over at the Gay Crime Log. The Sexist isn't sure what she did to anger the Gay Crime Gods, but for the past two weeks, her D.C. police crime report e-mails have been barren. Today, her inbox was blessed with a mammoth [...]
Yesterday, Jason Cherkis reported on D.C. Police Officer Robert Schmidt’s solicitation arrest over on City Desk. Today, he uncovers a transcript of the exchange between Schmidt and the undercover cop posing as a prostitute. The scene is the downtown Embassy Suites. Get ready for a little of licking, after the jump.
Domestic violence victim leaves boyfriend, finds bus
The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including a domestic violence victim who takes refuge in a bus, and a man who clubs his boyfriend while in da club—below.
SURPRISE VISIT. [...]
According to a report from the Metropolitan Police Department, reported rapes in Washington, D.C. have remained pretty constant over the past three years:
Reported rapes in 2006: 182
Reported rapes in 2007: 192
Reported rapes in 2008: 186
But how many rapes actually occurred in the District last year? It's impossible to say.
