All posts tagged "metropolitan police department"
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Pride Flag Burned Outside of Petworth Home
A Washington, D.C. resident says he replaced his Pride flag two times after someone kept tearing it down and set it on fire. In the...
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Troll Makes Bomb Threat Against Mayor’s “District of Pride” Showcase
D.C. police are investigating a message from a Twitter user who appeared to make a bomb threat against the D.C. Mayor's Pride celebration.
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Charges Against Brett Parson May Be Dropped
Florida prosecutors are expected to drop underage sex charges against Brett Parson, the former head of MPD's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit.
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Vigil Held in Memory of Jasmine Starr Parker, Slain D.C. Trans Woman
Community members rallied on Monday afternoon to remember a transgender woman who died after being stabbed earlier this month in Northeast D.C. A group consisting...
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DC Police Name New Head of Special Liaison Branch
D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has named Lt. Livio Rodriguez as the new supervisor of the police department’s Special Liaison Branch, which oversees various units that...
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Police Release Photos of Suspects in Shaw Anti-Gay Assault
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she's "extremely disturbed" by the incident, which is being investigated as a hate crime.
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Mother Claims LGBTQ Child Sexually Assaulted at Ballou High School
D.C. police are investigating a complaint from the mother of an LGBTQ student at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast D.C., who claims her child...
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Former D.C. police officer Brett Parson arrested on sex with minor charges in Florida
Former D.C. police officer Brett Parson has been arrested in Florida for allegedly having sex with a minor.
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Vandal breaks 5 windows at Red Bear Brewing Co.
Red Bear Brewing Co., an LGBTQ-owned craft brewery at 2nd and M Streets in Northeast D.C. that is a popular nightlife spot, recently had five...
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Man fatally shot in Northwest D.C. following alleged domestic dispute
A D.C. man was fatally shot, and a Virginia man was arrested and charged with murder, following an alleged domestic dispute.
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D.C. drag performer jailed for 38 hours after being accused of “unwanted sexual contact” during show
D.C. drag queen Kabuki Bukkake was arrested last week after an audience member accused her of assaulting her during a "twerking" number.
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Gay man hit over head with glass bottle while walking with date in Northeast DC
A Maryland man was hit over the head with a bottle by a man yelling homophobic slurs while walking his dogs with his date last...
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Three people charged with stabbing transgender woman in D.C. laundromat
Three individuals have been arrested for punching and stabbing a transgender woman in the head following a dispute in a local laundromat.
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Teenager arrested for threatening Shaw’s Tavern patron with machete in possible hate crime
A 13-year-old youth was arrested and charged with assault after threatening to stab a patron at Shaw's Tavern with a machete, police say.
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Capital Pride, The DC Center, and other LGBTQ orgs to hold educational forum on defunding police
June 15 event will explain how "defund" strategy works and offer advice on responding to D.C.'s proposed funding increase for MPD
