The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) closely watched Black-led organizations and anti-racist groups for years while ignoring the growing far-right threat, according to Hatewatch’s review of leaked documents. Experts say this is in line with broader law enforcement attitudes toward such groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. has sued the District in federal court on behalf of two photojournalists who allege local police assaulted them using banned chemical sprays and stun grenades.
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