All posts tagged "metropolitan police department"
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DC Center hosts discussion for trauma survivors in wake of Capital Pride Parade disruption
Social workers will be on hand to help people suffering from trauma to work out their feelings
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Gay DC bartender claims Uber driver kicked him out of car due to homophobia
Chris "Skipp" Williams says the driver called police on him after he refused to get out of the car
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Police searching for suspect involved in alleged homophobic attack on 14th Street NW
The man yelled homophobic slurs and punched one of the victims as they tried to call police
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Police searching for 3 suspects in anti-gay beating near U and 10th Street NW
MPD says attack that left two gay men severely injured appears to have been "unprovoked"
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Lesbian woman shot and burned alive in Southeast D.C.
D.C. police are still investigating the murder of a lesbian woman from Hyattsville who was murdered just days after Christmas. Kerrice Lewis, 23, also known as...
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Masked attacker maces transgender woman at Casa Ruby
Attack marks the third such incident where outsiders have harassed or assaulted clients or staff at community center
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Activists call on MPD and Prince George’s police to investigate murders of black gay men
On Monday, which marked the one-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub terror attack, a local advocacy group sent letters to MPD Chief Peter Newsham and Prince...
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Capital Pride executive producer resigns after outcry over controversial 2016 election post
"No Justice No Pride" coalition demands Capital Pride take further actions to support marginalized LGBTQ groups
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Familiar Face: Brett Parson returns to MPD’s Special Liaison Division office
“After almost ten years of working in liaison units, I was ready to go back on patrol,” says Lt. Brett Parson of his 2009 departure...
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Head of MPD LGBT Liaison Unit could face disciplinary action
Sgt. Jessica Hawkins is accused of taking underage interns to a bar and engaging in other inappropriate behavior
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Transgender woman stabbed in Northeast D.C.
A transgender woman is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times on Tuesday afternoon
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Behind Her Badge: Sgt. Jessica Hawkins on risking her family and career to become her true self
When Jessica Hawkins was a child, she would often try on her mother’s clothing. She would almost always get caught. To try and deal with...
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Transgender Female Assaulted in Dupont Establishment
Thanksgiving transgender attack could not have happened at Level One/Cobalt, which was closed at the time
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Lanier Hosts Town Hall Meeting
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier, several department heads within MPD, government leaders and community activists from within the LGBT community came together on Tuesday,...
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UPDATED: Ruby Corado Recounts Friday-Night Incident
A transgender woman was arrested Friday night in the city's 16th Street Heights neighborhood after police pulled her over for an apparently over-crowded SUV and...
