police coverup alleged after mass arrests
Police in Washington, D.C., mishandled a 2002 anti-globalization protest by not telling participants to disperse and then arresting them for disobeying the nonexistent order, according to a D.C. Council report. The report also faults D.C. police for its dealings with protesters as far back as 2000, says the Washington Post. Police chief Charles Ramsey calls the findings "bullshit."