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D.C. Attorney General Racine Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Capitol Riot Participants
James Wright WI Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Dec. 14, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced a first-of-its-kind civil lawsuit against groups including The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and 31 other individuals for their role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection that took place earlier this year. “On January 6, organized violent actors and groups assaulted our country’s freedom and terrorized our community here in the District, threatening our safety of the more than 700,000 Americans — including children, families, teachers and businesses — who call the District home,” Racine said at a news conference on the Capitol grounds.
5 Attorney General Karl A. Racine explains his legal action against groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for their role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Dec. 14 on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)
“We are filing this lawsuit to hold accountable the groups and individuals who conspired to attack our freedom, brutalize our law enforcement officers and terrorize our community,” he said.
Debate about Encampment Clearances Reveals Frustration on Housing Over the last few months, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Coordinated Assistance and Resources for Encampments (CARE) pilot program has drawn the ire of council members, advocates and the housing insecure alike. Criticism has centered on treatment of the people living in the
District’s three largest homeless communities and whether transitional hotel rooms and apartments can sufficiently meet their needs. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Gigi Nelson, whose single-member district includes a homeless encampment near 21st and E streets in Northwest, said this ongoing issue reveals what she
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As War Rages, Ethiopians in Diaspora Explore the Obstacles to Unity
5 Vice President Kamala Harris charges an electric vehicle Dec. 13 at the Brandywine Maintenance Facility. She announced a nationwide plan to build 500,000 electric vehicle stations nationwide. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. The attorney general plans to utilize the Ku Klux Klan
Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 Kamau Grimes, a Pan-Africanist from Southeast, counted among several protesters who converged on the White House in November in support of the Ethiopian government. (Courtesy photo)
For several months, the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front [TPLF] have been embroiled in a conflict that has not only sent shockwaves throughout much of the Diaspora but sparked debate about U.S. interventionism and the future prospect of Ethiopia’s unity. Amid efforts by some U.S. lawmakers to label the Ethiopian government’s actions as genocidal, some Ethiopians, like Zemichael Yemane, continue to insist that his fellow countrymen and women, regardless of ethnic background, set their sights on rebuffing foreign influences and raising Ethiopia’s standing in the global community.
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