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The ACLU affiliates of the Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia call on the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority to open an independent audit of Metropolitan Transit Police Department policies and practices.
Today the D.C. Superior Court ordered the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to begin collecting stop-and-frisk data required by the NEAR Act. MPD has 28 days to comply.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the ACLU-DC seeking race data on traffic stops, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department has replied that the information can only be found by viewing 31,000 body-worn camera videos.
The incident has exacerbated Ms. Price's feelings of anxiety and fear of the police, making it hard for her to sleep or feel safe in her home.
Today, the ACLU of the District of Columbia sent a letter to Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the Department of Justice, calling for an investigation of the prosecutions of more than 200 political demonstrators by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.