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*Updated with Additional Video* Suspects and Vehicle Sought in a Burglary One while Armed Offense: 1900 Block of 16th Street, Southeast

Tuesday, June 16, 2020   Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s Seventh District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects and a vehicle in reference to a Burglary One while Armed offense that occurred on Thursday, June 4, 2020, in the 1900 block of 16th Street, Southeast.   At approximately 4:00 am, the suspects entered an …

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AG Racine Shares Resources To Help Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID-19

April 15, 2020 Domestic Violence Calls from D.C. Residents Surge During Coronavirus Closures WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today shared resources to help combat domestic violence in the District during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the District’s stay-at-home order and social distancing guidelines are necessary to slow the spread of coronavirus, it may threaten the […]

National Poetry Month

“Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.” —Thomas Gray During the month of April devout readers and writers across the nation celebrate the literary genre of Poetry. According to Poets.org, National Poetry Month was established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to increase awareness about the importance of poets and how …

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Lynching Legislation: Too Little, Too Late

Featured photo – Crowd of people gathered to watch the lynching of Jesse Washington, Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916. Immediately after his quick confession based conviction, Washington was castrated and then slowly burned. By Everett Historical. Other photos courtesy of the Library of Congress (LOC) Just over one week ago, the United States House of …

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Suspects and Vehicle Sought in an Armed Robbery (Gun) Offense: 4600 Block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast

Friday, February 21, 2020   Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects and a vehicle in reference to an Armed Robbery (Gun) offense that occurred on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in the 4600 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. At approximately 11:14 pm, the suspects approached the victims […]