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Protest During Pandemic: D.C. Police Kettling of Racial Justice Demonstrators on Swann Street
On the evening of June 1, 2020, MPD deployed significant force in and around Swann Street. The report is based on interviews with more than 50 individual eyewitnesses, including protestors who were kettled and Swann Street residents who witnessed the events from their homes. March 10, 2021
Racial Disparities in Stops by the Metropolitan Police Department: Review of Five Months of Data
This report analyzes five months of data collected pursuant to the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act on stops conducted by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) from July 22, 2019 to December 31, 2019. June 16, 2020
Racial Disparities in D.C. Policing: Descriptive Evidence from 2013–2017
MPD released 2013-2017 “arrest” data in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Open the Government and ACLU-DC, which revealed a pattern of disproportionate arrests of Black people. This report analyzes these trends and proposes steps for addressing them. May 13, 2019
Leaving Girls Behind: An analysis of Washington D.C.’s “Empowering Males of Color” Initiative
The ACLU and ACLU-DC summarize the results of a Freedom of Information Law request and focus on the exclusion of women and girls from the programming launched under D.C.'s $20 million "Empowering Males of Color" initiative. May 9, 2016