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.

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)

• 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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