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Reforms include improvements to body-worn camera procedures, use of force, and use of chemical and non-lethal weapons at protests. ACLU-D.C. advocacy helped establish a new police misconduct database and more transparency around police disciplinary records.
2 days ago · The consensus on Tuesday was to turn Downtown, D.C. from an office park to neighborhoods. “We really need housing as soon as possible,” Councilmember White said. “If we don't build it, the ...
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Dec 25, 2023 · “As we painfully learned recently with our criminal code reform measure, a simple vote by each house of Congress, and a signature from the President, is all it takes to overturn any law passed by...
- Ivy Lyons
Mar 4, 2023 · The criminal code reform passed by DC’s city council would have ended many mandatory minimum sentences and lowered sentence maximums, even for violent crimes like carjackings. Local Democrats...
Mar 29, 2023 · Partisan debates about public safety and police reform were on full display today in Congress, where a House committee discussed crime in the nation's capital and a D.C. bill that would impose...
- Martin Austermuhle
May 27, 2021 · As it stands, Democrats and progressive activists for democratic reform have coalesced around HR 1, a bill passed by House Democrats that would, among other things, end partisan gerrymandering...
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Mar 7, 2023 · Lawmakers’ push to roll back the city’s criminal justice reforms has renewed attention on how DC’s lack of statehood status makes it subject to the whims of the federal government.
