Posts Tagged ‘GLLU’

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: New Years Edition

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 New Years hate crime and a knife-wielding ex-lover—below.
* New Years (conflict) resolution. Thu., Jan. 1, at 12:30 a.m. Police responded to a home at 13th St. & [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Fist and Brick Edition

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 fistfights and brick-assisted assaults—below.
Club clubbing. On Monday, Dec. 29, an employer contacted the GLLU to report an assault on behalf of one of his employees. The victim was [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Carry-Out Hate Crime Edition

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 details about the apparent hate crime at the Hong Kong Delite Carry Out —below.
* Anti-gay club. On Thursday, Dec. 4, a Rhode Island Ave. NE club owner contacted [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Fugitive Edition

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 consensual teenage sex, severe lacerations, and a search for fugitives—below.
* Denial twist. On the evening of Nov. 28, 2008, the mother of a 16-year-old male flagged down police [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Minor Stab Wound Edition

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 minor stab wounds, pride flag assailants, and stolen coats—below.
* Lip service. On the afternoon of Nov. 18, D.C. police responded to the report of an assault. A group [...]

GLLU Police Blotter

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 [...]

GLLU Police Blotter

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:
* Don't hit the door on the way out. On Thu., Oct. 30, 2008, a call from SE concerning "damaged property" yielded a damaged "interior door," two arguing [...]

GLLU Police Blotter

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:
* All loiterers are created equal. On Friday, Oct. 24, police responded to a complaint about "disorderly juveniles" in Chinatown. After being told to leave, one of the juveniles [...]

Tony Hunter Case: What Makes a Hate Crime?

On Wednesday, 18-year-old Robert Hanna was arrested in relation to the September death of Tony Randolph Hunter. Hanna is being charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Hunter, a gay man, but some community members are more concerned with a charge that hasn’t been levied against Hanna: “Hate crime.” The Sept. 7 attack on [...]

Tony Hunter Suspect Robert Hannah Arrested

18-year-old Robert Hannah was arrested yesterday in relation to the death of Tony Randolph Hunter. Last week, D.C. police secured an arrest warrant charging Hannah with Voluntary Manslaughter in Hunter's death. The case is still not classified as a hate crime, police say. According to a press release:
Of particular interest to members of the GLBT [...]