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- Checkpoint to stop vehicles nearing 1400 block on Montello Avenue NE
- Will span a two-to-three block radius
- Police will search vehicles
- Arrests for non-compliance
- Checkpoints in effect for 10 days
- Pedestrians will not be questioned
- Since April 1, 2008, seven homicides, 16 robberies, 20 assaults with weapons
- Civil rights advocates and the ACLU oppose the tacticWashington Post: D.C. Police to Check Drivers in Violene-Plagued Trinidad (June 5, 2008)
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On June 4, 2008, in Washington DC, the local police set up military-style checkpoints in the Northeast neighborhood known as the Trinidad area.
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, officers will be checking asking drivers' for to identify themselves and their business in the area. If there is no legitimate reason, drivers will be sent away.
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Attempt to Stop Violence
The initiative is an attempt to stop gun violence in the area. Police will search cars, if they suspect the driver has guns or drugs. If people do not cooperate they will be arrested with the charge of failure to obey a police officer. Washington Post: D.C. Police to Check Drivers in Violene-Plagued Trinidad (June 5, 2008)
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DC Checkpoints Blogs and Commentaries
- D.C. Wire (Washington Post): Lanier: "More Extreme Tactics" Necessary (June 4, 2008)
- Google Blog Search: DC Checkpoints
- Philadelphia Daily News: D.c.'s "Checkpoint Charlie" -- Could It Happen Here? (June 5, 2008)
- Democratic Underground: DC Checkpoint Plan Latest 'Police State' Tactic (June 5, 2008)
- Godlike Productions: DC Checkpoints: Soviet Police State in The Nations Capitol (June 4, 2008)
- PrawfsBlawg: Stopping People at Checkpoints to Construct a Database (June 5, 2008)
- The Raw Story: Dc Checkpoint Plan Latest 'Police State' Tactic: Councilman (June 4, 2008)
- D.C. Wire (Washington Post): Gray Has Questions About Police Checkpoint (June 5, 2008)
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