Tag Archives: Washington DC

DC Mayor Reinstates Indoor Face Mask Mandate

CNN reports: Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state of emergency and reinstated the city-wide mask order that she had lifted on Nov. 22. Bowser also announced at a news conference Monday that the US capital will be expanding Covid-19 testing. The mayor said the purpose of the state of emergency declaration was “primarily to expand our administrative tools.” …

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DC Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

The Washington Post reports: D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) on Tuesday sued the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, seeking to use a law written to cripple the Ku Klux Klan to exact stiff financial penalties from the far-right groups that Racine alleges were responsible for the violence. The lawsuit filed in …

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DC To Ease Some Indoor Mask Rules Starting Monday

The Washington Post reports: Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday. The District had required residents to wear masks in most indoor settings since the delta variant caused coronavirus case counts to rise over the summer. On Tuesday, Bowser said that …

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DC Metro Pulls Half Of Subway Fleet Over Safety Issue

Washington DC’s NBC News affiliate reports: Metro trains will only run about every 30 minutes Monday as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority investigates an issue with axles on its newest rail cars, the transit authority said late Sunday. A defect – described as an out of compliance axle – found in a car that derailed on the Metro’s Blue …

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Rally For Rioters Cost Govt Agencies At Least $800K

The Washington Post reports: Local governments and the National Guard spent at least $792,500 to assist U.S. Capitol Police in its response to the Sept. 18 “Justice for J6” rally, a small right-wing rally supporting those arrested during the insurrection that prompted a massive law enforcement response. This is not the total cost to taxpayers as it does not include …

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Man In “Suspicious Vehicle” Arrested At Supreme Court

CNN reports: US Capitol Police on Tuesday took into custody a suspect from a “suspicious vehicle” parked near the Supreme Court after giving the person commands and using a flash bang device. They said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon they don’t know what motivated the man who they identified as Dale Paul Melvin, 55, from Kimball, Michigan. Deputy Chief …

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DC Council Sets First Hearing On Legal Weed Sales

The DCist reports: More than a dozen states across the U.S. have already legalized marijuana sales, and later this fall lawmakers in D.C. will start debating whether to join that group. The D.C. Council has scheduled a public hearing on Nov. 19 to consider legislation from Chairman Phil Mendelson that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, alongside a separate …

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Man Who Streamed DC Bomb Threat Pleads Not Guilty

ABC News reports: A North Carolina man charged over his claims he possessed a bomb near the Capitol building last month was deemed competent Wednesday to stand trial on the two counts he’s facing. Appearing in front of D.C. magistrate judge Zia Faruqui, Floyd Roseberry, 49, pleaded not guilty to both charges against him, including attempting to use a weapon …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Cultists Rally For Capitol Rioters

The Washington Post reports: Organizers of the “Justice for J6” rally argue that many of the hundreds of people charged during the January insurrection, when a crowd incited by President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election stormed the Capitol, were actually nonviolent and participating in a political protest. Now, rally organizers argue, those people are facing unjust charges …

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No Bail For White Nationalist Arrested Near DNC HQ

Law & Crime reports: A man recently arrested after authorities allegedly found a machete and bayonet-style knife inside a pickup truck with swastikas scrawled on it outside Democratic National Committee headquarters must stay behind bars, a D.C. judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. Capitol police arrested California man Donald Craighead, 44, after finding his Dodge Dakota pickup truck near the DNC …

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Nazi With Machete Arrested Near DNC Headquarters

NBC News reports: A California man, who had a bayonet and machete with him, was arrested near Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, authorities said Monday. Donald Craighead, a 44-year-old resident of Oceanside, was booked on suspicion of possession of prohibited weapons, U.S. Capitol Police said. Craighead’s Dodge Dakota pickup truck, decorated with a swastika and other white supremacist symbols, …

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Capitol Fencing To Return Ahead Of Rally For Rioters

ABC News reports: Fencing outside U.S. Capitol is expected to return ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News. The fencing, erected after the Jan. 6 riot, was removed in July. “Justice for J6” is being billed by organizers as a protest for defendants who are being detained by the government …

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DC Police On High Alert Ahead Of Coming Cultist Rally

The Daily Beast reports: D.C. police are on high alert ahead of a planned September rally in support of imprisoned Jan. 6 riot suspects, but those close to the ringleader of the original rally want nothing to do with it. Playing on popular pro-Trump talking points, the rally scheduled for Sept. 18 calls for the release of alleged Capitol rioters, …

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Cultist Would-Be Capitol Bomber Is Formally Charged

The Washington Post reports: A man who prompted an evacuation of the U.S. Capitol and surrounding buildings on Thursday by claiming to have a bomb inside his truck faces charges of threatening to use explosives and a weapon of mass destruction. Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina surrendered to authorities Thursday about five hours after he drove a truck onto …

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Man In Truck Outside US Capitol Claims To Have Bomb

The Associated Press reports: A man sitting in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress told police on Thursday that he had a bomb, prompting a massive law enforcement response to determine whether it was an operable explosive device, people briefed on the matter said. The truck had no license plates, and when law enforcement noticed it in the …

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Cop Who Responded To Riot Is Fourth To Die By Suicide

Washington DC’s ABC News affiliate reports: Four law enforcement officers who responded to the Capitol insurrection have now died by suicide, a sobering toll which doubled on Monday, after Metropolitan Police confirmed two of the department’s officers who responded on January 6 recently took their own lives. Officer Kyle DeFreytag served in the city’s 5th District and was at the …

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Pedestrian Bridge Collapses On DC Interstate, Four Hurt

Washington DC’s Fox affiliate reports: Authorities say four people were hurt after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Northeast D.C. The incident happened around 12 p.m. along Interstate 295 just prior to Polk Street. Officials say four people suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized. Emergency crews remained at the scene checking in vehicles beneath the fallen section of the bridge. Hazmat …

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REPORT: Capitol Police Contractor Uses Nazi Symbols

Roll Call reports: Capitol Police spent $90,075 of taxpayer dollars in 2018 and 2019 to train its specialized Containment Emergency Response Team with Northern Red Inc., a company that publicly displays symbols often associated with the white supremacist movement. Northern Red’s website and Facebook page prominently display the Devil’s Guard Patch, which stems from a 1971 novel titled “Devil’s Guard,” …

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VP And Second Gentleman Join DC Pride Walk [VIDEO]

Washington DC’s NBC News affiliate reports: Vice President Kamala Harris put her pride for the LBGTQ+ community on display Saturday in Washington, D.C. Harris surprised marchers by joining the Capital Pride Walk and Rally. She wore a pink blazer and a “love is love” shirt and walked with the procession for about a block. “Happy Pride,” Harris told members of …

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DC Cops Admit Using Tear Gas On Lafayette Protesters

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports: An attorney for DC Police said in court, for the first time, that the department did indeed use tear gas on protesters around Lafayette Square Park last June. Protesters and the ACLU are suing federal police, and MPD, over their use of tear gas. MPD has consistently said that it was “not involved” in …

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