Body-worn camera footage allows the viewer to see first-hand what a police officer does and is intended to solve problems of officers fabricating and exaggerating events that transpired during the course of their official work duties. To devise a competent and successful criminal defense strategy, one must get the best possible understanding of the arrest. […]Continue reading
Updated on August 17th, 2023 at 09:07 pmThe Second Amendment preserves a person’s right to possess firearms. However, gun control laws vary from state to state. Some states have very strict rules and regulations as guns are considered a dangerous weapon and violent crimes can occur with firearms. So, can you open-carry a gun in […]Continue reading
Updated on April 27th, 2021 at 04:37 pmOn April 1, 2021, the D.C. Police Reform Commission released its report on the Metropolitan Police Force, which included more than 90 recommendations. Their report is the culmination of a seven-month-long intensive dive into the history of policing in the District of Columbia. Through extensive research, the report […]Continue reading
Updated on January 20th, 2021 at 04:36 pmOn January 6, 2021, the United States Congress convened in a joint session to certify that President-Elect Joseph Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election over incumbent President Donald Trump. Prior to the joint session beginning, President Trump told his supporters that the election was rigged against him, and […]Continue reading
Updated on December 17th, 2020 at 06:24 pmIn addition to casting ballots for political leaders, D.C. residents had the chance to vote on a single ballot measure this Election Day. Initiative 81 makes investigations and arrests of entheogenic plants and fungi the lowest level of police-enforcement priority. After receiving 76% of the voter’s support, this […]Continue reading
For decades, drugs and drug use have been heavily criminalized and prosecuted across the nation. Beginning in 1971, the so-called “war on drugs,” as coined by President Nixon, represented the effort by the federal government to stop the spread of drug use. More truthfully, and far more insidiously, however, the war on drugs was the […]Continue reading
On March 13, 2020, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, an African American EMT, was shot and killed by police carrying out a no-knock warrant on her Louisville, Kentucky apartment. The killing sparked months of nationwide outrage, Black Lives Matter protests, and calls for police reform, which resulted in the passing of Breonna’s Law, effectively banning no-knock warrants in […]Continue reading
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” -RBG On September 18th, 2020, the country mourned the loss of cultural and political icon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was only the second woman to serve on America’s highest court. One of […]Continue reading
