Archive: police
A Bethesda Speed Trap
S.D. Soopramanien Chevy Chase When my husband and I both picked up our first-ever speeding tickets during the same week and along the same westbound stretch of East West Highway between Connecticut and Wisconsin avenues in Bethesda, we figured that...
By Michael Larabee | August 12, 2009; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (3)
Hate Speech Against the Police
By Annyce Andresen Alexandria In his Aug. 9 Local Opinions commentary, “My ‘Crime’ on U Street? Offending the Police,” Pepin Andrew Tuma took pains to paint the police officers who arrested him as dangerous. Certainly, if true, their lying about...
By Michael Larabee | August 11, 2009; 12:52 PM ET | Comments (8)
Nothing 'Shocking' About This Arrest
By James Brady McLean I don’t find it “shocking” that Pepin Andrew Tuma ["My 'Crime' on U Street? Offending the Police," Local Opinions, Aug. 9] was arrested for disorderly conduct after walking past five or six police cars “engaged in...
By Michael Larabee | August 10, 2009; 06:10 PM ET | Comments (0)
A Page From Professor Gates's Script
By Steve Lenkart Alexandria In his Local Opinions commentary, "My 'Crime' on U Street? Offending the Police," Pepin Andrew Tuma wrote about his shock at being arrested by D.C. police after chanting in a public place (and directly in front...
By Michael Larabee | August 10, 2009; 05:39 PM ET | Comments (1)
Ever Heard of Computers?
By Frances Alexander Newburg, Md. We live in a digital age. We pay our bills online and have our checking accounts and credit cards debited monthly for payments, and, in fact, many of us do not even write paper checks...
By Marisa Katz | July 12, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Lights Out in Montgomery
By Nikki Rouse Germantown There aren't enough adjectives to describe my indignation after reading that Montgomery County police officers can ticket drivers who flash their headlights to warn other motorists of speed enforcement zones. I applaud Mark Zaid -- who...
By Marisa Katz | June 21, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
