Juvenile Justice

A 9-YEAR-OLD boy was leaning against a car in Northwest Washington when a D.C. police officer told him to leave. The boy mouthed off to the officer. He shouldn’t have. But what followed — the clearly terrified young boy chased by police…

Another video surfaced of D.C. officers cuffing a 9-year-old boy.

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine on Wednesday launched a review of police procedures after an officer was seen on video chasing and detaining a 9-year-old boy whose mother said had committed no crime.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced that his office will survey the Metropolitan Police Department’s practices around interacting with children and potentially recommend changes after several well-publicized incidents involving…

An incident between a 9-year-old boy and police who told him to stop leaning on a car ended with the child in handcuffs on Monday. Now, D.C.’s attorney general is reviewing how officers interact with children.

Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested at least one juvenile on the street near H Street Northeast on Saturday afternoon, sparking outrage from a small crowd that gathered on the scene and across social media, where a video of…

Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year’s. Shamelen Henderson ticked off each as she recalled how at 13, she spent those holidays in a group home, with nowhere else to go.

Since his release from prison weeks ago, Kareem McCraney has spent time wandering around Washington, barely recognizing the places where he grew up. The apartments and homes he knew have been replaced by upscale shops and condos.