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Demonstrators gather outside D.C. police station seeking details of deadly crash (Karon Hylton)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/moped-driver-dies-in-collision-with-vehicle-in-dc/2020/10/27/bde88cb8-1882-11eb-bb35-2dcfdab0a345_story.html
By Justin Wm. Moyer and Peter Hermann
Oct. 27, 2020 at 7:35 p.m. EDT
A group of demonstrators gathered outside a police station in Northwest D.C. Tuesday night seeking more information about a deadly accident involving a moped driver who crashed after police tried to pull him over.
Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said authorities were aware of a planned demonstration regarding the death of Karon Hylton.
Sternbeck said two windows were broken at the 4th District police station in the 6000 block of Georgia Avenue NW. Video posted by WUSA 9 showed several people jostling with police at the station door as they apparently tried to force their way into the building.
Police formed a line in front of the station as the demonstration continued.
Police said that due to demonstration activity, Georgia Avenue NW was closed between Rittenhouse Street and Missouri Avenue. Several side streets also were closed.
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By Justin Wm. Moyer and Peter Hermann
Oct. 27, 2020 at 7:35 p.m. EDT
A group of demonstrators gathered outside a police station in Northwest D.C. Tuesday night seeking more information about a deadly accident involving a moped driver who crashed after police tried to pull him over.
Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said authorities were aware of a planned demonstration regarding the death of Karon Hylton.
Sternbeck said two windows were broken at the 4th District police station in the 6000 block of Georgia Avenue NW. Video posted by WUSA 9 showed several people jostling with police at the station door as they apparently tried to force their way into the building.
Police formed a line in front of the station as the demonstration continued.
Police said that due to demonstration activity, Georgia Avenue NW was closed between Rittenhouse Street and Missouri Avenue. Several side streets also were closed.
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Link to tweet
Tom Lynch @TomLynch_
NEW: DC Police say a man operating a Revel Moped has died from injuries sustained in a crash that followed a police pursuit in the 700 block of Kennedy Street NW Friday night. @patcollins4 speaks with 20 year old Karon Hylton’s girlfriend tonight on News4 @nbcwashington
Link to tweet
Tom Lynch @TomLynch_
Per MPD: “Officers activated their emergency lights and attempted to make a traffic stop,” after they observed Hylton driving that moped on a sidewalk without a helmet. Hylton’s family is asking for body camera footage to be released @nbcwashington
Tom Lynch @TomLynch_
Protests are planned outside of the 4th District station Wednesday. In addition to BWC video, groups want officer’s names and the police report to be released. MPD doesn’t release reports for traffic fatalities, which is how Hylton’s death is currently classified @nbcwashington
1:55 PM · Oct 27, 2020
