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Contacts:.The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) reported today that the FBI has concluded that the examiners testimony in at least 90 percent of trial transcripts the Bureau analyzed as part of its Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review contained erroneous statements.

Share this: Deon Kay poses with his mentor, Omar Jackson. An MPD officer shot and killed Kay on the afternoon of Sept. 2, 2020. Get to know D.C. with our daily newsletter We dive deep on the day’s biggest story and share links to everything you need to know. Get the free newsletter Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… At the moment MPD Officer Alexander Alvarez decided to shoot Deon Kay on Sept. 2, 2020, he was justified in doing so, the ...

MPD’s internal affairs investigation and D.C. prosecutors earlier determined the shooting was justified. Federal prosecutors in November declined to pursue civil rights charges against any D.C. officers in the case. The shooting prompted protests in the city, one at the 7th District police station and another at the mayor’s house. The report is the fifth conducted for Patterson’s office by The Bromwich Group, led by Michael Bromwich, who served as Monitor for a Memorandum of Agreement on police use of force between D.C. and Dept. of Justice, from 2001 to 2008. The shooting came after Of...

A new report finds that although the officer shooting and killing of 18-year-old Deon Kay was justified, citing self defense, it also says there were a series...

Yet, Robert Contee still wants the job. The 48-year-old, who grew up in the Carver Terrace neighborhood of Ward 5 and lives now in Ward 3, joined MPD as a cadet in 1989. He rose to the very top when Bowser nominated him to replace outgoing Chief Peter Newsham earlier this year. The D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted unanimously last week to move Contee’s nomination to the full Council. A final vote has not been scheduled but could take place as soon as April 20, according to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. In the meantime, stakeholders have laid out thei...