to defend our autonomy. We know that our access to democracy is different than anywhere else in America.
Let us be clear about what the law requires during a Presidential declared emergency: it requires the mayor of Washingto...
We have followed the law. In reference to the U.S. Attorney General’s order, there is no statute that conveys the Distri...
I think they regard it as a success to have more presence and take more guns off the street, and we do too.
We all need to do what we can in our space, in our lane, to protect our city, to protect our autonomy, to protect our ho...
My expectation, though it can change, is that they will deploy the Guard on federal properties — that includes parks, mo...
We don’t live in a dirty city. We are not 700,000 scumbags and punks. And we don’t have neighborhoods that should be bul...
This is a time where community needs to jump in and we all need to do what we can in our space, in our lane, to protect ...
We have the best in the business in MPD Chief Pamela Smith to lead that effort and to make sure that the men and women w...
What I’m focused on is the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have.
And while this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, t...