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- US Court of Appeals, opinion in Caneisha Mills, et al.,
appellants, vs. District of Columbia, appellee, confirming the
unconstitutionality of the Trinidad blockades, July
10, 2009- Peter Nickles, District of Columbia Attorney General. Petition
for rehearing en banc in Caneisha Mills v. DC, August
10, 2009
- Peter Nickles, District of Columbia Attorney General. Petition
- US District Court for the District of Columbia, Memorandum Opinion
in Caneisha Mills, et al., plaintiffs, vs. District of Columbia,
Defendent, upholding the Trinidad blockades, October
30, 2008 - Partnership for Civil Justice, press release on lawsuit against
Neighborhood Safety Zones Initiative, June
20, 2008- Class Action Complaint, June 20, 2008
- Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction, June
20, 2008
- Ciy Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary hearing on
the administration’s public safety initiatives, video, June
16, 2008 - Councilmember Phil Mendelson, request to MPD Chief Cathy Lanier for
information on the NSZ Initiative, June 5,
2008 - John Faust, Metropolitan Police Department, Neighborhood Safety Zone
Lesson Plan (PDF format), June 5,
2008 - Office of the Attorney General, legal memoranda on the Neighborhood
Safety Zones, June 4, 2008, and June
10, 2008 - Mayor Adrian Fenty, Press release: Public Safety Initiatives,
Focused Improvement Areas, Neighborhood Safety Zones, June
4, 2008 - Metropolitan Police Department, MPD Special Order establishing Neighborhood
Safety Zones, June 4, 2008 - Councilmember Phil Mendelson, press release comment on
mayor’s public safety initiatives, June
4, 2008 - Metropolitan Police Department, Frequently Asked Questions
about the Neighborhood Safety Zone, June
2008 - Metropolitan Police Department, Neighborhood Safety Zone
Initiative brochure, June 2008 - Bradley Weinsheimer, United States Assistant District
Attorney, comments on the Neighborhood Safety Zones program, May
20, 2008
Metropolitan Police Department home page for the Neighborhood
Safety Zone Initiative
Press Coverage
- Bill Myers, “Lanier Lied About Training of Checkpoint Officers,
Union Says,” June 24, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1455770~Lanier_lied_about_training_of_checkpoint_officers__union_says.html - Tom LoBianco, “Suit Filed over NE Checkpoints: City Scoffs at
Group’s Charges,” June 21, 2008, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/21/suit-filed-over-ne-checkpoints/ - Del Quentin Wilber, “Class Action Filed Over Checkpoint: Rights
Group Calls Police Activity in Trinidad Neighborhood
Unconstitutional,” June 21, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001954.html - Brian Westley, “Group Files Lawsuit Against DC Vehicle
Checkpoints,” June 20, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002036.html,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/20/group-files-lawsuit-against-dc-vehicle-checkpoints/
http://www.examiner.com/a-1451807~Group_files_lawsuit_against_DC_vehicle_checkpoints.html - Matt Welch, “The Washington Post’s Phony
‘Balance,’” June 18, 2008, http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127094.html - Sommer Mathis, “Secret Reason for Trinidad Checkpoint?” June 18,
2008, http://dcist.com/2008/06/19/secret_reason_for_trinidad_checkpoi.php - Editorial, “Political Checkpoint: Why Are There More Protests
About a Police Crackdown in Northeast Than About the Murders That
Caused it?" June 18, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802835.html - Angela Valdez, “Secret Reason for Checkpoints Revealed, or Not,”
June 18, 2008, http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/19/secret-reason-for-checkpoints-revealed-or-not/ - David C. Lipscomb, “Residents Hit Crime Initiatives as Less
Personal: Ask for Community Policing,” June 17, 2008, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/17/residents-hit-initiatives-as-less-personal/ - Michael Neibauer, “Trinidad Survey Finds Rejection of
Checkpoints,” June 17, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1444902~Trinidad_survey_finds_rejection_of_checkpoints.html - Sarah Abruzzese, “After Checkpoints, Gratitude and Deep
Skepticism,” June 16, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/us/16roadblock.html?ex=1214280000&en=bfd94b22c3408af7&ei=5070&emc=eta1 - Allison Klein, “Interim Attorney General, Others Consulted on
Plan,” June 15, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061401719.html - Jonathan M. Smith, “In DC, What an ‘Operation’ Won’t Fix,”
June 15, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061200778.html - Benjamin Newell, “Security Checks Expansion Debated: ACLU at Odds
with Residents,” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/14/security-checks-widening-debated/ - Allison Klein and Clarence Williams, “Police Suspend Trinidad
Checkpoint Program,” June 13, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061200778.html - Editorial, “‘Checkpoint Fenty’ Targets the Wrong Group of
People,” June 12, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1437269~_Checkpoint_Fenty__targets_the_wrong_group_of_people.html - Jonetta Rose Barras, “Checkpoint Zone Debate Offers Choice in DC
— Saving Rights or Saving Lives,” June 12, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1437282~Checkpoint_zone_debate_offers_choice_in_D_C____saving_rights_or_saving_lives.html - Associated Press, “DC Police Extend Checkpoint in Trinidad
Neighborhood,” June 12, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1437434~D_C__police_extend_checkpoint_in_Trinidad_neighborhood.html - Marc Fisher, “Liberty Takes a Holiday in Occupied Trinidad,”
June 12, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ - Courtland Milloy, “Shining a Harsh Light on Trinidad Neighborhood,” June 11, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/
- Alison Klein and Elissa Silverman, “Police Close Streets in
Trinidad to Steer Drivers to Checkpoint,” June 10, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ - Dan Genz and Eric Roper, “Drivers Turned Away as Police Launch New
Safety Checkpoints in Trinidad,” June 9, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1431571~Drivers_turned_away_as_police_launch_new_safety_checkpoints_in_Trinidad.html - Michael Neibauer and Bill Myers, “Police Dispatched to
‘Neighborhood Safety Zones’ Without Necessary Constitutional
Training,” June 9, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1433344~Police_dispatched_to__neighborhood_safety_zones__without_necessary_constitutional_training.html - Keith L. Alexander and V. Dion Haynes, “In Face of Protests,
Police Call Area Checkpoints a Success,” June 8, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701806.html - David C. Lipscomb, “Police Checkpoints Get Mixed Response: Some in
Trinidad Neighborhood Critical of Anti-Crime Measure,” June 8, 2008,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/08/police-get-mixed-response-to-checkpoints/ - Michael Neibauer, “Civil Rights Group to Protest as First
Checkpoint Introduced,” June 7, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1429567~Civil_rights_group_to_protest_as_first_checkpoint_introduced.html - Nikita Stewart, “Thomas Outlines Safety Plan on Eve of
Checkpoint,” June 7, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603662.html - Michael Neibauer, “Checkpoints Draw Heated Criticism in
Cyberspace,” June 6, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1427584~Checkpoints_draw_heated_criticism_in_cyberspace.html - Allison Klein and Nikita Stewart, “Directive Details Trinidad
Checks: Questions Raised on Effectiveness, Legality of Stops,” June
6, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503684.html - Michael Neibauer, “U.S. Attorney Questioned Constitutionality of
Sealed Safety Zones in May,” June 5, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1425545~U_S__attorney_questioned_constitutionality_of_sealed_safety_zones_in_May.html - Allison Klein, “DC Police to Check Drivers in Violence-Plagued
Trinidad,” June 5, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402205.html - David C. Lipscomb, “Police to ID Drivers in 5th District: Rash of
Killings Prompts DC to Crack Down,” June 5, 2008, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/05/police-to-id-drivers-in-5th-district/ - Orin Kerr, The Volokh Conspiracy, “Is the DC Checkpoint Plan
Unconstitutional?” June 5, 2008, http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_01-2008_06_07.shtml#1212701862 - Associated Press, “DC Police to Set Up Checkpoints,” June 4,
2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1425545~U_S__attorney_questioned_constitutionality_of_sealed_safety_zones_in_May.html - Matthew Yglesias, “If It’s
Good Enough for Baghdad,” June 4, 2008, http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/if_its_good_enough_for_baghdad.php. - Megan McCardle, “All Hail
Comrade Fenty,” June 4, 2008, http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/all_hail_comrade_fenty.php. - Michael Neibauer and Bill Myers,
“Lanier Plans to Seal Off Rough ’Hoods in Latest Effort to Stop
Wave of Violence,” http://www.examiner.com/a-1423820~Lanier_plans_to_seal_off_rough__hoods_in_latest_effort_to_stop_wave_of_violence.html - Allison Klein and Debi Wilgoren,
“In DC’s Trinidad, Police to Set Up Checkpoints,” June 4, 2008, http://www.examiner.com/a-1423820~Lanier_plans_to_seal_off_rough__hoods_in_latest_effort_to_stop_wave_of_violence.html - Sommer Mathis, DCist, “Police
to Seal Off DC Neighborhoods,” June 4, 2008, http://dcist.com/2008/06/04/mpd_to_seal_off.php. - Eugene Volokh, The Volokh
Conspiracy, June 4, 2008, http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_01-2008_06_07.shtml#1212631930,