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18 Dec

@DCist

Robert J. Contee, who has since become Chief of Police, once voted to overrule the firing of a DC officer who admitted to drunkenly attempting to solicit sex work and pointing his MPD-issued Glock at the sex worker when they refused, @DCist reports.

dcist.com/story/21/12/18…

Out of 24 cases in which MPD officers were found by MPD’s Disciplinary Review Division to have committed crimes and recommended for firing, the Adverse Action Panel blocked all but three firings.

dcist.com/story/21/12/18…

The cops got “an average of a 29-day suspension without pay. These officers amassed disciplinary records for domestic violence, DUIs, indecent exposure, sexual solicitation, stalking, and more. In several instances, they fled the scenes of their crimes.”

dcist.com/story/21/12/18…

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

15 Dec

@Paulisconi

NEW: I have obtained another independent videographer's complete recording of January 6 at the United States Capitol.

Later this afternoon, I'll be publishing all of the roughly 33 minutes of footage taken by @Paulisconi. Stand by.

@Paulisconi

These are the first 2 mins of footage shot by @Paulisconi on January 6.

He approaches the east side entrance and goes up the stairs, where the doors have already been breached.

Some Oath Keepers stand outside.

Note: It appears the mic he plugged into didn't work, so no audio.

@Paulisconi

On the east entrance, @Paulisconi's (audio-less) footage shows the fighting as police struggled to regain control from the crowd, both using riot weapons and attempting to calm them.

I've quote-tweeted my own shot from about the same time below.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1346980840501358592

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

14 Dec

@RevDrBarber

Today @RevDrBarber held a presser with @UniteThePoor for low-income workers outside the Hart Senate building, where he accused Senator Joe Manchin (D) of hiding "behind COVID" to keep the group out as they wanted to meet (or have a sit-in) to demand he support #BuildBackBetter.

@RevDrBarber

Amidst the presser, a Capitol Police officer threatened to arrest @RevDrBarber and his group for speaking too loudly outside while the senate was in session, but said that marching on the sidewalk at the Capitol without obstructing or being too loud would be okay.

@RevDrBarber

Ultimately, @RevDrBarber attempted to go into the Hart Senate Building where Capitol Police denied him entry based on COVID protocols.

The group left behind boxes of petitions for @Sen_JoeManchin and promised to return.

Uncut livestream quoted below.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1470809471056113669

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

14 Dec

@UniteThePoor

VIDEO: More than 70 activists including an interfaith coalition of clergy with the Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor were arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Capitol this afternoon in a protest for wage, voting, and immigration issues faced by low-income workers.

@UniteThePoor

"We're not violent," said @UniteThePoor's @RevDrBarber to @CapitolPolice's Lt. Ryan Schauf.

Rev. Barber implored him not to send activists to jail amidst pandemic.

Lt. Schauf said those with enough arrest history (as Rev. Barber has) would go to jail, and it wouldn't be waived.

@UniteThePoor

Ultimately, 70+ @UniteThePoor activists including their Co-Chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheo were arrested and processed on-site at the Capitol.

The group is expected to return tomorrow for a direct action specifically targeting Senator Manchin.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

5 Dec

The far-right "Patriot Front" rallied today in front of the United States Capitol and marched throughout Washington DC, protected at all stages by MPD, who kept press & counter-protesters away from them.

Their avowed fascist leader Thomas Rousseau led chants & spoke at Capitol.

Patriot Front marched through the National Mall, filming themselves as they passed locations like the WWII and Lincoln memorials with a roving police perimeter surrounding them.

They ultimately crossed the Arlington Memorial Bridge into Virginia.

After crossing into Virginia, about half of the "Patriot Front" members loaded into U-Haul moving trucks and were driven away.

The remaining 75 or so members stood in a shield formation behind a police line.

Officers detoured traffic in the area & closed one side of the bridge.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

2 Dec

@RepJayapal

"This is about controlling our bodies" said @RepJayapal today outside the Supreme Court as the abortion case began oral arguments.

"Do not criminalize me and millions of women like me across the country! Do not criminalize those that help us!"

#DobbsvJackson #RoeVWade

@AyannaPressley

"Nobody is free until everybody is free!" said @AyannaPressley speaking outside the Supreme Court. "Liberate abortion!"

"We must legislate and organize and mobilize as if lives depend on it, because they do!"

'#LiberateAbortion' was frequently chanted today outside the court.

Across from the Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists identifying as progressive and secular chanted "hell no, we don't need Roe!"

"We are the pro-life generation, and we will abolish abortion!"