DCist: DDOT Suspends Capital Bikeshare, Pulls Scooters From Streets As Safety Precaution
The District Department of Transportation suspended Capital Bikeshare service and asked micro-mobility companies to remove their scooters from the streets as a safety precaution ahead of the third night of protests.
Washington Post: D.C. imposes curfew as protesters and police clash outside White House again
The third day of protests in the nation’s capital over George Floyd’s death began with bent knees, raised fists and pleas that this night, unlike the last, would remain peaceful. And for a moment Sunday afternoon, the more than 1,000…
Washington Post: ‘What we doing?’ On D.C. streets, protesters vent and engage.
As demonstrators prepared for a third night of protests in front of the White House, Sokka Asif, 19, a Towson University student who is black, saw a white woman photographing her two friends — who also were white.
DCist: Mayor Muriel Bower Institutes A Sunday Night Curfew Starting At 11 P.M.
As major protests continued downtown for a third night in a row, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will institute a citywide curfew, starting at 11 p.m. and remaining in effect until 6 a.m. on Monday, June 1.
DCist: Protesters, Law Enforcement Face Off In Lafayette Park On Third Night Of Demonstrations In…
Hours after D.C. woke up to the remnants of last night’s protests, demonstrators returned to the streets for a third night in protest of the death of George Floyd.
Press Release: Cheh Statement on the Death of George Floyd & Policing in the District
News Release — Ward 3 DC Council member Mary Cheh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2020
Communications Director: Kelly Whittier
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, May 31st, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) issued the following…
Press Release: Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Rescheduling Metropolitan Police…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2020
Contact: Erik Salmi
Councilmember Allen will also hold a virtual hearing for public testimony
Due to the importance of the protests…
WTOP: As COVID-19 forces camp closure, DC’s Hope House seeks new ways to help
COVID-19 has trampled a path around the globe, leaving many victims in its wake, and throwing a wrench into daily life — including forcing us to retool how people interact and what activities are deemed safe.
Colbert King in The Post: Now Trump is twisting the truth about the D.C. police
Why in the world would President Trump, in the midst of the unrest roiling our nation’s capital, tweet a demonstrable lie about the city’s mayor, Muriel E. Bowser, and the D.C. police? Praising the U.S. Secret Service for their handling of…
DCist: After Night Of Unrest, Demonstrators March From Howard University To White House
Demonstrators are back on city streets just hours after D.C. woke up to the remnants of last night’s protests.
Washington Post: Owner of damaged D.C. restaurant: ‘Black lives matter’
It was just after midnight, and her restaurant near the White House, Teaism, was on fire. Michelle Brown, still in pajamas, grabbed her hand sanitizer and car keys to check out the damage.
Washington Post: In D.C.’s Ward 8, Trayon White’s grass-roots activism approach is on the ballot
No one charts their own way in District politics quite like D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8).
Washingtonian: CityCenter Boarded Up, Downtown DC Businesses Damaged After Saturday Protests
Despite damage several business owners are standing behind the demonstrators' messages.
DCist: ‘From Sadness To Empathy To Anger,’ D.C. Officials And Business Owners Respond To Second…
As Washington woke up on Sunday morning, the alarm was still going off at a Michael Kors store in Georgetown. Mannequins lay scattered on the floor of a looted Kate Spade store. Discarded water bottles and glass shards littered the city’s…
WTOP: DC leaders anticipate third night of protests; 17 arrests, 11 DC officers injured
A third straight night of protests in D.C. is expected Sunday evening.
DCist: D.C. Wakes Up To Broken Glass, Graffiti After Intense Night of Protests
As Washington woke up on Sunday morning, the alarm was still going off at a Michael Kors store in CityCenter. Mannequins lay scattered on the floor of a looted Kate Spade store in Georgetown. Discarded water bottles and glass shards…
Washington Post: D.C. braces for third day of protests and clashes over death of George Floyd
Officials braced Sunday for a day of protests over the killing of George Floyd by police, following clashes Saturday between U.S. Secret Service, Park Police and D.C. police in the nation’s capital and confrontations across Virginia and…
Washingtonian: Teaism Owner Tweets “Black Lives Matter” After Her Restaurant Was Set on Fire
When Teaism co-owner Michelle Brown learned around midnight last night that her restaurant next to the White House was on fire, she got in her car and drove over there. The area was blocked off, and a police officer told her she couldn’t…
City Paper: Teaism, Other Downtown D.C. Restaurants, Damaged in Saturday Night Protests
“I don’t think we have any interest in it being about us. Because it’s not about us. It’s so much bigger."
Press Release: Mayor Bowser’s Statement on Protests in Washington, DC
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Chief of Police Peter Newsham provided an update following…