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Prince George’s County officers suing police department over racial discrimination claims
- Fox 5
Officers cite racist texts, use of N-word in federal suit against Prince George’s Co. police
- WTOP
Challenge to Ending of El Salvador Protected Status Survives
- Law 360
Metro calls decriminalizing fare evasion ‘unfair’ to riders who do pay
- WUSA 9
D.C. Council Votes to Decriminalize Fare Evasion
- DCist
D.C. Council Votes to Decriminalize Fare Evasion
- Washington Post
Jump the Metro Gate and You Might As Well Be Taking $2 of Councilmember Jack Evans’ Wallet
- Washington City Paper
Sessions, in Last-Minute Act, Sharply Limits Use of Consent Decrees to Curb Police Abuses
- The New York Times
Metro Transit Police target Black youth for fare evasion, report says
- Street Sense
#ItsNotFare campaign fighting to decriminalize fare evasion
- WUSA 9
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Eric Holder, former Attorney General of the United States

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