Since 1996, October 22nd has been marked as a national day of protest against police brutality. As the September 6th murder of Botham Jean by a Dallas police officer has reminded us, the scourge of police terror ‒ and the racist criminalization, harassment, and mass incarceration that go along with it ‒ is as acute, unjust, and outrageous as ever.
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Washington, District of Columbia - July 18, 2018: Due to the neglect of Mayor Bowser, Deputy Mayor Donahue, Chief Newsham, and Councilmembers, 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson is dead and her mother was left holding her child’s lifeless body. Today we send our deepest condolences to the family of Makiyah Wilson, to the Clay Terrace community, and to all of those in Ward 7 who see the impact of violence everyday.
Read MoreWashington, DC -- On June 18, 2018, Stop Police Terror Project-DC in partnership with Black Lives Matter-DC, Keep DC 4 Me, BYP100, Pan-African Community Action, ACLU-DC and Showing up for Racial Justice-DC will launch a week of events around Juneteenth.
Read MoreOn 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,” and that the officer reloaded his weapon 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 - and the recent lawsuit filed against the DC government for its failure to collect stop and frisk data required by the NEAR Act. April Goggans, a Core Organizer of Black Lives Matter DC, and Eugene Puryear, co-founder and core organizer of Stop Police Terror Project-DC released the following statement in response:
Read MoreSTOP POLICE TERROR PROJECT DC, BLACK LIVES MATTER DC, #KEEPDC4ME AND 51 SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND THE D.C. COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TAKING TESTIMONY ON ISSUES OF RACISM AND VIOLENCE WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Today Black Lives Matter D.C., Stop Police Terror Project D.C., and the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia asked a Court to order Mayor Muriel Bowser and two other top D.C. officials to comply with a provision of the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act that requires D.C. police to collect comprehensive data on all stops and frisks conducted in the District beginning in October 2016.
Read MoreAs Officer Who Killed Terrence Sterling Appeals “Punishment,” Black Lives Matter DC, BYP 100, Stop Police Terror Project, No Justice No Pride, and SURJ DC March Against Rampant Police Violence, Racism, and Government Inaction
Read MoreOpen Letter: NEAR Act Implementation and Oversight
The Stop Police Terror Project-DC (SPTP) is an organization in the DC area committed to changing the system of racist, militarized policing. SPTP members have been involved in the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act at every stage - from its conception in mid-2015 to its unanimous passage by the DC Council in March 2015 to its full funding in the FY 2018 budget.