Inside D.C. police's sprawling network of surveillance
From protesters to everyday residents, recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police.
18 June 2022
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From protesters to everyday residents, recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police.
18 June 2022
It was the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2014, awaiting word on whether a grand jury would indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Michael Brown. Unbeknownst to the demonstrators, the police were also waiting — and watching. Stowed away in a secure room known as the Joint Operations Command Center, officers and analysts from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department kept eyes on the news, activists’ social media accounts, and closed-circuit television feeds from across the district, according to internal MPD emails. The police ...
Inside D.C. Police’s Sprawling Network of Surveillance
From protesters to everyday residents, recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police.
theintercept.com