At Mayor Bowser's press briefing, MPD chief just referred to Rahul Dubey, who let kettled protesters on take shelter in his house to escape officers trying to arrest them, as the man who "claimed to be the homeowner." MPD chief is objecting to Dubey's descriptions of what he saw.
On Monday night, there were 292 protesters arrests in DC. Last night, there were 19.
Because last night, police decided not to herd peaceful protesters like cattle into dead end traps where they could be mass arrested for no apparent law enforcement purpose.
Because last night, police decided not to herd peaceful protesters like cattle into dead end traps where they could be mass arrested for no apparent law enforcement purpose.
Asked if Dubey was "harboring criminals," MPD chief says "you can get into technicalities," but although police officers *could* have said protesters were breaking and entering his home, "for police not to enter that home and exacerbate the situation" is something to be proud of.
I ran out of characters but I need to stress that the above is an utterly insane answer from the police chief.
