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Snowpocalypse Now: Redux

To abuse a cliche: After I got a full night’s sleep, it seemed like a bad dream. But another YouTube clip gone up overnight from my friend and past collaborator Robin Bell corroborates the reality of it all. Yesterday DC was hit with a snowstorm that we’re now told ranks higher than anything in 70 [...]

FOIAing special police operations in DC

The Washington Post reports that Partnership for Civil Justice has filed a FOIA request on the Federally-backed “Safe Streets task force” that is operating in DC, and which is implicated in allegations of an unjust shooting of a suspect they were pursuing this past week. “The residents in the District have a right to know [...]

An ugly morning in DC

Click through to view the set at Flickr, with captions. Also see these photos by Jake Cunningham, some of which more closely show demonstrators being pushed into the police car by police. The sun is hitting DC hard this morning. It’s going to be another hot one. Another day of protests against the World Bank [...]