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News reports are still sketchy, but early information suggests that plain clothes officers of the federal Park Police, members of a special, FBI managed, "Safe Streets" taskforce, responded to a report of a "man with a gun," in the Trinidad neighborhood of the District of Columbia at about 8:30 Monday evening. Witnesses say that the suspect got out of a car and ran into an alley where the plain clothes officers caught him, but a moment later he broke free and tried to run, at which point the officers opened fire, mortally wounding the suspect. A gun was found at the scene.
This is the same neighborhood in DC where Metro Police have been setting up roadblocks requiring people to prove residency or a "valid reason" before entering the neighborhood.
It seems that local and federal authorities believe they are operating in a third-world country rather than the United States of America. It is unlikely that such tactics would ever be tolerated in any other city or neighborhood in the US, even Daley's Chicago, but Southeast DC seems more like a series of penal colonies than neighborhoods. Even with last June's Supreme Court ruling declaring that DC residents have the right to arms for home defense, the mere mention of a gun is justification for police to open fire.
This is the same neighborhood in DC where Metro Police have been setting up roadblocks requiring people to prove residency or a "valid reason" before entering the neighborhood.
It seems that local and federal authorities believe they are operating in a third-world country rather than the United States of America. It is unlikely that such tactics would ever be tolerated in any other city or neighborhood in the US, even Daley's Chicago, but Southeast DC seems more like a series of penal colonies than neighborhoods. Even with last June's Supreme Court ruling declaring that DC residents have the right to arms for home defense, the mere mention of a gun is justification for police to open fire.
