More kids and overwhelmingly black: New records show concerning trends in D.C. gang database
The D.C. Council wants answers about the Metropolitan Police Department’s growing, secretive gang database
9 January 2022
theintercept.com
The D.C. Council wants answers about the Metropolitan Police Department’s growing, secretive gang database
9 January 2022
The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department’s gang database almost tripled in size over eight years, and nearly nine out of 10 entries with a race listed are Black people, who make up 46 percent of D.C.’s population, according to internal records obtained by The Intercept. The records also include a breakdown of gang database entries by ZIP code, a partially redacted spreadsheet of the database, and an internal MPD slideshow. The documents and data show that the gang database contains increasing proportions of children and people with tenuous ties to groups the MPD has labeled as gangs. The Public Defender ...
More Kids and Overwhelmingly Black: New Records Show Concerning Trends in D.C. Gang Database
The D.C. Council wants answers about the Metropolitan Police Department’s growing, secretive gang database.
theintercept.com