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START/SELECT: Press Pause, Seek Out Black Voices

START/SELECT: Press Pause, Seek Out Black Voices

By Mac Riga June 22, 2020

Given the recent murder of George Floyd among many others, it feels inappropriate to divert any attention whatsoever from the urgent and important work of protest and activism that has been both brought...

GUSA Passes Proposal To Reduce University Contracts With DC Police

GUSA Passes Proposal To Reduce University Contracts With DC Police

By Kelly Anderson June 11, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate passed a resolution calling for Georgetown University to reduce its contracts with the Metropolitan Police Department.  The June 7 vote follows...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Under a D.C. policy change, arrests made in relation to public marijuana consumption will result in field citations rather than custodial arrests.

Georgetown Community Calls for University To End Relations With Police Departments in Petition

By Moira Ritter June 8, 2020

A petition demanding that Georgetown University cease all relationships with “any police department” has garnered nearly 6,000 signatures as of June 8 amid nationwide demonstrations against police...

DC Black Student Unions Call for City Action Against Racism in Letter to Mayor and Police Chief

DC Black Student Unions Call for City Action Against Racism in Letter to Mayor and Police Chief

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo May 31, 2020

Content Warning: This article directly references content related to police brutality. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Four Black student unions from Washington,...

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

VIEWPOINT: Reform GUPD Practices

By Varsha Menon September 27, 2019

Reporter Kurt Bardella works for Our Daily Planet, is a former Republican turned Democrat and also hosts a country music website called the Morning Hangover. However, that’s not why I know Kurt Bardella. I...

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Mayor Muriel Bowser announced changes to MPDs body-worn camera protocol, including mandating officers to confirm with dispatchers that they are recording, following the shooting of Terrence Sterling.

MPD Updates Body Camera Policy After Shooting

By Paula Hong September 27, 2016

A new Washington, D.C. mandate announced Sept. 15 will require D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers to confirm that they have switched on their body-worn cameras with dispatchers when responding...

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Truth Telling Project Co-Directors David Ragland and Cori Bush held a discussion on police brutality and institutional racism as part of their nationwide initiative to spark dialogue after the Ferguson protests in the Healey Family Student Center last Friday morning.

Dialogue Project Founders Tackle Police Brutality

By Emma Rizk October 2, 2015

Truth Telling Project Co-Directors Cori Bush and David Ragland spoke about their experiences on the frontlines of the police brutality protests in Ferguson, Mo. Friday morning in the Healey Family Student...

FIEGE: Players Involved in Altercation

By Max Fiege April 14, 2015

Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland suffered an injured abdomen and elbow. Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha sustained a fractured tibia. Both players are out for the season. Ask any casual follower...

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Tunnel Vision: The Post-Ferguson American Morale

By Joshua Dostal December 30, 2014

I was riding a subway in New York City at the same time that Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, two New York City police officers, were shot to death in Brooklyn for merely being police officers. When...

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Georgetown University Medical Center students performed a die-in outside of the hospital today.

GU Medical Students Participate in White Coat Die-In Day

By Jess Kelham-Hohler December 11, 2014

Around 40 medical students from Georgetown University School of Medicine participated in a protest outside the hospital today as part of a nationwide medical student movement called White Coat Die-In...

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Protestors marched from Mount Vernon Square through Chinatown last night.

Ferguson Decision Sparks Protests

By Molly Simio and Kristen Fedor November 26, 2014

Protests erupted across the nation and around Washington, D.C., following St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch’s announcement Monday night that Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren...

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Sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson drew national attention for his appearance to discuss police and race on Meet the Press Sunday morning.

Dyson and Giuliani Debate Race Relations

By Kshithij Shrinath November 24, 2014

Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at Georgetown, engaged in a heated debate about police brutality and race relations with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the Sunday-morning talk...

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