Students at Georgetown University published a petition this week in which they argued that police should be banned from the campus. By banning police, the students suggest that officials could create a “sanctuary space” for protesters.
First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday surprised a group of firefighters and police officers with lunch in Washington, D.C.
The District of Columbia Council has passed what is being referred to as emergency legislation to reform D.C.’s policing just weeks after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police.
At least six children ranging from ages 6 to 14 have been killed in shootings across the country over Fourth of July weekend.
According to a number of videos posted to social media, protesters in DC placed a model guillotine in front of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Washington complex. A flyer for the event stated “End the abuse and profiteering. Abolish the police, the prisons, and Amazon.”
Four individuals who allegedly attempted to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House were charged Friday with the destruction of federal property, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Saturday.
Protesters in Washington, DC, taunted a black police officer on Thursday evening in yet another night of demonstrations, calling him a “f*ggot” and “bitch” as he calmly stood among a group of fellow officers.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said it was “anti-American” that her city is not a state with full representation in the U.S. Senate.
House Democrats blocked a motion on Friday that would require Washington, DC, to eliminate its sanctuary city status if it were to become a state.
Activists have appeared to move their plans to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in D.C.’s Lincoln Park to Friday, announcing the event on social media and emphasizing their intentions by noting that “no revolution has ever been just peaceful. We are no different.”
As leftist agitators have set their sights on the Washington, DC, Emancipation Memorial depicting President Abraham Lincoln and a freed black man, a group of black historians are calling for it to remain in the city park where it was placed in 1876.
Disgruntled protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, Wednesday night where they harassed and belittled black officers who were on the scene to offer protection.
The Trump administration is standing firm and will reportedly “not allow” the Emancipation Memorial to be destroyed by activists, who recently publicized their plans to tear it down.
A Black Lives Matter protester stared down an Asian policewoman during Tuesday night’s protests in Washington, DC, leaving after the officer continued to stand her ground.
Hundreds of troops with the Washington, DC, National Guard have mobilized to provide security for our monuments in the nation’s capital, according to a Pentagon spokesperson.
A Black Lives Matter protester unleashed a slew of expletives in an angry tirade against a group of officers during Tuesday night’s protest in Washington, DC, calling a black officer a “bitch-ass [n-word]” and adding, “keep sucking that white man’s d*ck.”
Black Lives Matter activists are back for another night of protests in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.
Twitter has censored President Donald Trump for the second time in the space of a month, hiding a tweet warning that lawless protesters will be “met with serious force.”
Protesters in D.C. on Monday harassed a black female officer, telling her that her ancestors are “upset with her.”
Protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, Monday night and faced off with police after attempting to topple the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park just ours earlier, screaming expletives at officers and demanding them to remain “quiet” as they continued in hurling insults their way.
“There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “If they try they will be met with serious force!”
Protesters in Washington, DC, are attempting to set up their own “Black House Autonomous Zone” (BHAZ) as they clash with police after attempting to topple the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park hours earlier.
Protesters began arriving at Lafayette Park in front of the White House with black-painted wooden shields, according to videos on social media, as they confronted police.
Tensions are escalating in the nation’s capital as protesters clash with U.S. Park Police and Metropolitan Police after attempting to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called for rioters who attempted to pull down the Andrew Jackson statue near the White House on Monday evening to be locked up.
Rioters attempted to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park near the White House on Monday evening in Washington, DC, before being dispersed by police.
The nation’s capital may start the second phase of its reopening plans on Monday, easing restrictions on public places and non-essential businesses after shutting down to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced on Wednesday.
Video obtained by Fox 5 shows Washington, DC, residents having a wild west shootout right along the street Friday just before 7 p.m.
Demonstrators — both Black Lives Matter protesters and LGBT pride activists — congregated outside of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) home in Washington, DC, on Saturday, holding signs, chanting, and twerking in front of cops.
The White House says that President Donald Trump’s decision to push for a surge in National Guard troops in American cities last week has paid off.
Please stop stressing. There is no massive social change taking place. There is no mass movement to defund the police and make white people kneel. This is a deep blue temper tantrum, an Astroturf campaign to make you feel like you’re outnumbered,
President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the National Guard to withdraw from the District of Columbia, as violent protests in the city subsided.
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Peter Newsham is preparing for an unprecedented Saturday night of protests.
Members of the National Guard on Friday were looking for a new place to stay, after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered that they leave.
City officials in Washington, DC, have painted “Black Lives Matter” in massive lettering on a portion of 16th street in front of the White House ahead of this weekend’s protests, with Mayor Muriel Bowser officially declaring the area “Black Lives Matter Plaza.”
Claims about the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters” disseminated by Democrat leaders but denied by U.S. Park Police galvanized people to join the estimated 2,000 demonstrators who descended on the nation’s capital on Tuesday, considered the most massive crowd yet.
Bowser said that she was exploring legal options about challenging the president’s authority to call in additional troops to the city.
“An overwhelming display of force eliminates the need to use force,” said Tom Cotton, calling for use of the Insurrection Act to end riots.
Dozens of National Guardsmen and federal police officers stood guard on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday evening.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her husband were spotted at a protest near the White House Tuesday evening, where she stated that President Trump is “imposing violence on our people.”
