I’m looking for compliance with what Mayor Muriel Bowser said yesterday: federal agents need to be identifiable and accompanied by MPD. Here I see some vests that say ERO and HSI (both are directorates of ICE) and yes MPD is on scene. What we need to know from DC Police Department is who is

"Even one violent crime is one too many, and all Washingtonians deserve to live in safety. But safety cannot be achieved through political theatre and military force. It requires honesty and sustained collaboration between government, civic, and private partners — work now being

Hey we're famous. MH/MH Park was mentioned in the The New York Times: "The federal government is everywhere in the District of Columbia — it owns golf courses, public parks, waterfronts, sidewalks, road medians and those little plots of land inside the city’s famous traffic circles. Its

I have written to MPD leadership and the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety & Justice for confirmation that these three principles are true and, importantly, whether officers/staff have observed them actually being implemented faithfully on the ground in the past 48–72 hours.

Vladeck: A lot of folks saw that unidentified federal law enforcement personnel had set up a checkpoint… Those kinds of checkpoints are not generally legal. The Supreme Court has upheld checkpoints for specific purposes — like sobriety checkpoints… But just stopping everyone

UPDATE: Response received: (1) So far National Guard is unarmed, not performing law enforcement functions, stationed at monuments etc. (2) MPD working as much as possible to accompany federal agents especially in neighborhoods. This can’t be guaranteed bc feds don’t report to

“It is my opinion that the Bondi Order is unlawful, and that you are not legally obligated to follow it.” 👊🏽 DC refuses to accept some administration goon as an “emergency police commissioner” (not a thing).

Last week, commissioners were reassured that federal agents would be identifiable by their uniforms or insignia/badges. Increasingly we are seeing videos of agents in vests that say only “POLICE” with no agency name, and the agents refuse to say which agency they work for. Since

Amen.

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