#DMVBLM
#SURJ_DC
Stop Police Terror DC
ACLU DC

Grassroots DC

Cash Bail 101

DC Indy is moving! During this transition, posting has been disabled and the site may be slow to respond and at times unavailable. Please have patience till this process is complete, thank you!

Newswire

DCMJ activists give out pot seeds near White House

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 22:36

On the 16th if April, DCMJ's full cannabis legalization activists returned to the White House, only to find Penn Ave closed, no doubt in fear of a return of the famous "51 foot joint." Undeterred, they headed to the H st side of Lafayette Park and give away cannabis seeds for free. The demand on the White House was simple: take cannabis off the DEA's "Schedule 1" total ban list.

Video of the cannabis seed giveaway near H st by the White House

Drugs

Read more about DCMJ activists give out pot seeds near White House

Climate Activists sit-in for Democracy Spring on Day 6, arrests reach 1,000

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 15:14

On the 16th of April, Friends of the Earth and other climate activists participated in the Democracy Spring sit-ins, bringing the arrest total for the week to over 1,000. Police attempted and failed to block the route into the Capitol plaza area used for the sit-in

Elections/Legislation/Government

Environment/Food/Health

Photo by Democracy Spring

Read more about Climate Activists sit-in for Democracy Spring on Day 6, arrests reach 1,000

Kayaktivists deploy anti-Dominion banner at Solomons opening of Tiki Bar

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 22:23

On the 15th of April, the "Tiki Bar" in Solomons, MD opened for the year, drawing a huge crowd to tiny Solomons, MD. As the partying began, activists opposing Dominion's under-construction LNG/fracked gas export plant at nearby Cove Point paddled in from seaward and deployed a banner reading "Dominion=Disaster." This is the literal truth due to the extreme size of explosions resulting from accidents at other LNG plants, none of them in populated areas like Lusby and Cove Point.

Video shot from another kayak showing the banner deployment, both HD 1080p and half HD 540x960 available

Environment/Food/Health

Kayaktivism at Solomons against Dominion's LNG export dreams

Read more about Kayaktivists deploy anti-Dominion banner at Solomons opening of Tiki Bar

Things start gettting a bit rough at Democracy Spring

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 22:04

On the 15th of April, the Democracy Spring protests included the DC Statehood issue and the count for civil disobedience arrests rose to nearly 1,000 for the week. In a few cases police have been getting out of line. On April 15, one of the last protesters to be arrested was tackled and pinned to the ground after dancing a bit just before arrest. Also, there is a report that at least ten spurious charges of "assaulting a police officer" were filed by police, only to be immediatly dismissed in court. Usually police file that charge when they are the ones using violence e.g hitting a cop on the club with your head can draw an ASPO charge.

RT'syoutube video including rough arrest for dancing in the street

Elections/Legislation/Government

Police/Legal/Prisons