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It was a year ago when Rahul Dubey opened his door on Swann Street to Garrett Reaves, Jorge Fuentes and around 60 people, all strangers, while they were protesting against police brutality and systemic racism.

Some people who gathered in D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza hoisted their fists into the air when they learned a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd. Others just cried.  “Black Lives Matter!” some said with tears in their eyes as they stood outside the White House Tuesday evening....

Police are stationed around downtown D.C. and National Guard troops will stand guard as the District braces for potential demonstrations once a jury reaches a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.  Metropolitan Police Department officers were on patrol Tuesday, with some on foot and some on bikes, including...

Three adults and a 15-year-old were arrested in D.C.’s Chinatown late Saturday at a march over recent police shootings in the U.S. Protesters clashed with police and vandalized the Christopher Columbus statue and fountain outside nearby Union Station.  Dramatic video shows fireworks going off in close proximity to Metropolitan Police Department officers near the Chinatown arch. Officers can be...

The head of the National Guard says at least 10,000 troops will be deployed in Washington, D.C., by Saturday, and an additional 5,000 could be requested from other states. There are currently 6,200 Guard members in the city from D.C. and five nearby states. The increase in requests for Guard members on Monday comes as officials brace for more, possibly…

National Guard troops from D.C., Maryland and Virginia will remain in D.C. after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The D.C. National Guard will be placed on a 30-day mobilization, ensuring that troops will be on the ground through Inauguration Day and beyond, two defense officials told NBC News.  The Maryland National Guard will remain in D.C....

Washington, D.C., has entered a state of emergency through Inauguration Day after a riot inside the U.S. Capitol.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said it’s important to hold accountable those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting a joint session of Congress where lawmakers were counting Electoral College votes. Racine spoke to News4 Tuesday morning and lauded the action of the Metropolitan Police Department, comparing them favorably to the Capitol Police force that was overwhelmed by...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is no longer being updated. Go here to see the latest for Jan. 7, 2021. A U.S. Capitol Police officer died from injuries suffered during Wednesday’s riot in Washington, becoming the fifth related fatality. Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a chaotic protest Wednesday aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer...

A West Virginia lawmaker took video of himself and other supporters of President Trump rushing into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. In the video by Republican Del. Derrick Evans, later deleted from his social media page, he is shown wearing a helmet and clamoring at the door to breach the building in Washington, D.C. “We’re in! Keep it moving, baby!”...

Go here for the latest updates on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered for a wave of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, the day before Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. Trump’s supporters planned rallies for Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter...

Some D.C. business owners are concerned about Wednesday’s protests, so they’ve boarded up to prevent potential damage. But to some, the financial damage is already too much to bear.

Some churches are bracing themselves for another round of protests surrounding the results of the presidential election, and asking for special security after pro-Trump protesters destroyed Black Lives Matter banners several times.

Thousands of people are expected to be in D.C. to protest the 2020 election on Jan. 6, the day Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election. Multiple groups have applied for permits for First Amendment activity on that day, and President Donald Trump has called on supporters to descend on D.C. for a “wild” protest....

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people Sunday to stay away from the downtown area during the upcoming demonstrations, and away from people coming to the area to cause violence and destruction.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people Sunday to stay away from the downtown area during the upcoming demonstrations, and away from people coming to the area to cause violence and destruction.

The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and their leader, Enrique Tarrio, in D.C. Superior court Monday, saying the group trespassed on its property and destroyed its Black Lives Matter banner.

People around the world have their eyes on D.C. while waiting for the results of the presidential election, and a local protest group wants them to know two things: They want every vote counted, and they’re willing to dance for it. “Count every vote” demonstrators took to the streets of D.C. again Friday, this time blasting go-go music and...

Carrying signs saying “count every vote” and “we are watching,” several dozen protesters circled the White House Thursday morning, closing streets as they demanded that all votes cast in the 2020 election get counted. Protesters in cars, on bikes and on foot planned to caravan around the White House grounds Thursday morning to “make as much noise as possible in…

Activists in the nation’s capital are banding together for Election Day, pooling resources, running training sessions for demonstrators, forming rapid-reaction teams and organizing events that are expected to draw large crowds.

Protesters filled the streets of D.C. and cities across America Wednesday night in reaction to a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to charge Louisville officers in the death of Breonna Taylor. Hundreds of demonstrators marched from the Department of Justice to Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House. D.C. police said rolling road closures were in effect as...

Police body camera footage shows the moments when a D.C. officer fatally shot 18-year-old Deon Kay, then went to search for a gun he says he saw in Kay’s hand. Kay, of Southeast D.C., was killed by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Kay was running from Seventh District patrol officers and pulled out a gun....

A man who was arrested for driving a van into a crowd of protesters near Black Lives Matter Plaza over the weekend was released and faces no charges.  Jeremy Vajko, 27, was arrested by D.C. police on a reckless driving charge. Video shows an officer ordering him to stop the van he said he’s used to support protesters in...

“Outside agitators” wreaked havoc on D.C. streets over the past four days, the city’s mayor and police chief said Monday, describing protesters who set off fireworks toward police officers, pointed laser pointers into their eyes and threw balloons full of urine.  Ten officers were hurt and police arrested 69 people. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief of Police Peter Newsham...

Five police officers were hurt as they responded to a protest in D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza late Saturday and into Sunday, police say.  Information on the extent of the officers’ injuries was not immediately released. The officers were hit with rocks, bricks and fireworks, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday morning.  At least five protesters — three men...

The head of U.S. Park Police is denying that his officers violently turned on protesters near the White House to clear the area for a photo event by President Donald Trump

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who mobilized to Washington, D

President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports. Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two...

As anti-racism demonstrators vandalize and topple monuments across the country, the president is threatening arrests and prison time. He said he will soon issue an executive order to protect monuments. President Donald Trump said in tweets Tuesday that anyone who vandalizes a monument on federal land can be arrested and face as much as 10 years in prison. He said…

A fourth weekend of demonstrations is underway in the District as protesters continue to advocate for racial equality and justice in America. D.C. police said the following streets may close at intermittent times on Saturday and Sunday. If street closures are made in the following locations, vehicles will be allowed to enter the restricted area if they are on...

A third weekend of demonstrations for racial justice are underway in Washington, D.C. The group No Justice No Pride demonstrated outside D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home in Northwest D.C. Saturday evening. Police shut down the road for what the group called a block party. Protesters danced and blasted music while calling for D.C. to defund the police department. Earlier...

Tens of thousands of people who have attended racial justice demonstrations in Washington, D.C., starting in late May should monitor themselves for coronavirus symptoms, get tested for the virus and work from home for two weeks if possible, the city’s health director says.  Any mass gatherings of people, including protests, pose a risk of spreading the virus, Dr. LaQuandra...

The National Park Service is calling a newly erected fence in front of a White House protest area temporary. Park Service spokeswoman Katie Liming said Monday that her agency and the Secret Service expect to reopen part of Lafayette Park in front of the White House on Wednesday. Liming says some areas of the park will remain closed to allow…

Tens of thousands of people streamed into Washington, D.C., amid heat and humidity Saturday for what might have been the capital’s largest protests yet against racism, police violence and the killing of George Floyd. Video from Chopper4 showed a massive crowd extending for blocks leading up to the White House in the evening. An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 protesters were…

Editor’s note: This story is no longer being updated. Go here for the latest information on demonstrations Saturday. Scores of people are expected to attend several demonstrations in Washington, D.C., on Saturday in what may become the highest-attended in a string of protests against racism and police violence. People have taken to the streets in D.C. and across the...

“I am really missing the voice of Jim Vance.”  That’s how News4’s Doreen Gentzler began a remembrance Friday of her longtime coanchor and friend.  As demonstrations for racial justice shake Washington, D.C., and the nation after the police killing of George Floyd, News4 broadcast one of Vance’s popular “Vance’s View” segments at the end of our 6 p.m. show...

The city of Washington, D.C., is echoing a call for justice by ceremonially naming a road and painting an unmissable message on a street that leads to the White House: Black lives matter. A section of 16th Street in front of the White House is now ceremonially named Black Lives Matter Plaza, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Friday. Earlier,...

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice demonstrations continue in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Mayor Muriel Bowser shared a letter Friday that she sent to President Donald Trump. She requested the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington,...

Two National Guard members were injured when lightning struck near their post at protests in downtown Washington, D.C., as demonstrators and law enforcement weathered strong storms. Lightning struck within Lafayette Square, leading to the injuries. Ambulances were called shortly after midnight Friday and the guards were hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening, D.C. Fire and EMS said. Demonstrators...

Protests in Washington, D.C., over the death of George Floyd on Wednesday swelled to over 5,000 — the largest yet in the capital— without a single arrest, injury to a police officer or any damage to police property. “I had hoped to report on this today and thankfully I am,” D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said. “Moving forward over the…

In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C., region, amid growing tensions with the White House over the military response to the protests. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The Associated Press that the reversal came after Esper attended a meeting...

The National Guard of the District of Columbia is investigating the use of one of its helicopters to make a “show of force” against protesters near the White House. The helicopter is normally designated for use in medical evacuations. But on Monday night, it hovered low enough in downtown Washington to create a deafening noise and spray protesters with rotor…

The Washington, D.C., police chief defended the actions of officers who were involved in a mass arrest of protesters who were out after curfew and allegedly being destructive near Swann and 15th streets Northwest on Monday night, saying that there is no evidence anyone was beaten. Protesters were being unruly and officers reported that some were kicking on doors...

For a fifth night, scores of people took to the streets of D.C. to call for change. Peaceful protests continued well past the curfew that went into effect at 7 p.m. The crowd started thinning out after 8 p.m., although a core group of several hundred remained at the fence at Lafayette Square for hours, chanting at the line...

Data on the spread of the coronavirus in the D.C. area suggests improvements but public health experts fear demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd could fuel new transmissions.  Though stage one reopening has begun across the region, infections and deaths continue and families are still postponing memorial services for their dead.  In D.C., community spread of the virus...

A D.C. man opened his doors to dozens of protesters overnight Tuesday after he said officers physically attacked and pepper-sprayed a group of over 200 demonstrators. Protesters emerged from the three-story rowhome a few minutes after a citywide curfew expired at 6 a.m. and clapped for the man who housed them overnight, Rahul Dubey. Dubey said that he acted on…

Protesters who took refuge in a stranger’s home after a confrontation with police streamed onto the streets of Northwest Washington, D.C., minutes after a curfew was lifted early Tuesday as primary election day arrived. Monday brought the fourth night of anti-police brutality and anti-racism demonstrations fueled by outrage over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. More...

The leaders of a historic church near the White House say they are praying for the nation to heal after the building was damaged when violence erupted following anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests in Washington, D.C. Bishop Mariann Budde later on Monday criticized President Donald Trump for allowing police to use tear gas to clear protesters away from the...

A fourth night of demonstrations continued and protesters were arrested after Washington, D.C.’s curfew went into effect at 7 p.m. Monday. The new curfew started as protesters continued expressing outrage across the city over the death of George Floyd across. Protesters reported tear gas or pepper spray being thrown into crowds. As the curfew began, Metropolitan Police Department officers...

Data released by the D.C. police department shows that 79 of the 87 people arrested during protests Sunday over the death of George Floyd live in the D.C. area.  Eight-seven people were arrested Sunday and early Monday. Of those, all but eight suspects live in D.C., Maryland suburbs or Virginia suburbs, data published Monday night shows. Eight suspects were...

Angry protesters took over the streets of downtown D.C., again Sunday night, with some setting fires, looting, and vandalizing buildings and cars as unrest cropped up elsewhere in Northwest D.C. Sixty-one U.S. Park Police officers and seven D.C. police officers were hurt in the clashes, officials said in updates Monday.  Three Park Police officers were hospitalized, a representative said....

Police have identified several people who were charged for their alleged involvement in riots during a weekend of protests in DC. Large demonstrations triggered by the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died while in custody of Minneapolis police, turned destructive in the District and other parts of the nation. DC police say the following people were charged:…

Seventeen people were arrested and 11 D.C. police officers were hurt as a second night of protests over the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd brought tear gas, small fires and the National Guard to downtown D.C. Saturday night.  Demonstrations outside the White House were peaceful for hours Saturday afternoon. Then a “small number of people” grew violent, Chief of...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed the District Saturday after protests were held in front of the White House Friday night over the death of George Floyd. She also responded to tweets put out by President Donald Trump Saturday morning. “We are grieving hundreds of years of institutional racism,” Bowser said. “People are tired, sad, angry and desperate for change.”...