Thread by @StopCopTerrorDC

TOMORROW The DC Council’s Judiciary Committee will be holding an oversight hearing on the DC Police Department’s performance. So let’s see... how has the MPD performed over the last year? #DefundMPD #NoMoreStopAndFrisk

It stopped releasing data on stop-and-frisks, yet AGAIN violating the law. And again, when it was sued and forced to follow the law, it turned out MPD made a huge number of stops and a huge majority of those stops were of Black people. #NoMoreStopAndFrisk
dcist.com/story/21/02/17…

After working with the Oath Keepers and other far right groups to detain and try to convict 2016 inauguration protesters, DC police made no attempt to prevent or stop the violent attack on the Capitol by some of those same far right groups... 🤔
thedailybeast.com/feds-use-right…

Which is weird, because other times in the past year DC police had no problem violently and brutally attacking protesters, including children and families protesting the killings of their loved ones at the hands of DC Police. #DefundMPD
foxnews.com/us/washington-…

Or how about when MPD worked with federal agencies in June to attack protesters and those running for safety around Lafayette Square and then lied about doing it?
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/303930…

And then that same night trapped and teargassed a large group of young protesters who were forced to seek sanctuary in strangers’ homes? #DefundMPD #DefundDCPolice
washingtonian.com/2020/06/08/wha…

What else? A report by @DistrictOPC found that NOT ONLY do Black people make up 87% of stops, 91% of arrests, and 100% of use-of-force incidents by MPD’s notorious Gun Recovery Unit, it also continues to use jump-outs, a practice it has repeatedly denied.
dcist.com/story/20/09/29…

Oh and remember when it turned out that MPD paid out $15 million of taxpayer money in just a year and a half to settle lawsuits? #DefundMPD

https://twitter.com/StopCopTerrorDC/status/1336784747578716161

Plus, this year @wcp found that D.C. Police Department, DOJ, and DC Attorney General’s Office have concealed and protected hundreds of MPD officers who have been accused of misconduct, including lying in sworn testimony and criminal convictions.
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/304093…

All of this pales in comparison to the fact that MPD caused the deaths of two young men last year, #KaronHyltonBrown and #DeonKay. And the families of so many more are still waiting for answers, including #DQuanYoung, #JeffPrice and #MarqueeseAlston

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