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After outrage over the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake, his alleged killer, Jason Michael Lewis, a D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation employee, turned himself in and has been charged with second-degree murder. (Courtesy photo)

Jason Lewis Identified as Karon Blake’s Alleged Killer, Charged with Second-Degree Murder

by Sam P.K. CollinsJanuary 31, 2023February 1, 2023

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Police Appoints First Chief People Officer

by James Wright Jr.January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

Hylton-Brown Case Latest in Pattern of Deadly D.C. Police Tactics, Family Attorney Says

by Sam P.K. CollinsJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023

Metropolitan Police Department Cadet Taron Alston speaks during an opening ceremony for the department's new Cadet Corps Training Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in D.C. on Oct. 19. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

MPD Cadet Program Moves Into New Facility in Ward 8

by James Wright Jr.October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Since Kevin Hargraves-Shird’s death, family, friends, community members and activists representing Black-led community defense hub Harriet’s Wildest Dreams have coalesced around movement to hold MPD accountable for his death and that of Lazarus David Wilson, a man shot and killed by MPD Cmdr. Jason Bagshaw at the Wharf last month. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Police-Involved Shooting of Kevin Hargraves-Shird Leads to Outrage

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 10, 2022August 10, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) speaks during a Feb. 1 joint press conference in northeast D.C. with Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (right) and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee (left) on the rise in juvenile carjackings in the region. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Admin, Police Union Reach Pay Accord

by James Wright Jr.July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

**FILE** Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee (Courtesy of MPD via Twitter)

Bowser, MPD Announce New $20,000 Hiring Bonus for Police Officers

by James Wright Jr.June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

EDITORIAL: Violence at Our Front Doors

by WI Web EditorMay 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Chief Pamela A. Smith (Courtesy of U.S. Park Police)

MPD Hires Ex-Park Police Chief Pamela Smith as Equity Officer

by James Wright Jr.May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Judge Tosses George Floyd Protesters’ Lawsuit

by Jamila BeyMarch 31, 2022March 31, 2022