INTERVIEW. YOU'LL FIND IT NOT4@ JUST ON OUR
WEBSITE BUT ON OUR APP TOO.
>> TO IT EXTENT THERE HAS BEEN A
DELAY IN THIS DATA PIECE AND NOT
A COMPLETE UND4@ERSTAN4@DING OF
DELAY IN THIS DATA PIECE AND NOT A COMPLETE UND4@ERSTAN4@DING OFE
NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, WE'RE
GUILTY.
GUILTY.
GUILTY. >> DC POLICE CHIEF SHOULD HOPE A
JUDGE DOESN'T AGREE.
TODAY THE CHIEF AND HIS BOSS
MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER WERE SUED
OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
FAILURE TO COLLECT COMPREHENSIVE
STOP AND FRISK DATA.
IT'S JUST4@ THE4@ LATEST MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT IN OUR 10-MONTH
INVESTIGATION INTO DC POLICE
STOP AND FRISK.
THE GROUPS FILING4@ THIS LAWSUIT
ARE HOPING A4@ JUDGE CAN FORCE E
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FINALLY DO
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE TWO
YEAR4@S AGO.
YEAR4@S AGO. >> THE LAW REQUIRING POLICE T4@O
RECORD COMPREH4@ENSIVE STOP4@ AD
FRISK DATA WAS PASSED BACK IN
2016.
2016.
2016. THIS LAWSUIT ASKING A JUDGE TO
FORCE THE DEPARTMENT TO FINALLY
DO THAT.
DO THAT.
DO THAT. >> THE LAWSUIT, WHICH CITES WUSA
9'S O4@NGOING REPORTING ON THE
STOP AND FRISK PRACTICES WAS
FILED IN DC SUPERIOR COURT BY
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BLACK
LIVES MATTER DC, AND STOP4@ POLE
TERROR PROJECT DC.
IT NAMES MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER,
KEVIN DONOHUE, AND4@ POLICE CHI@
PETER NEWSOM AS DEFENDANTS.
>> I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY
UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAD4@ TO TAE
THIS STEP, THAT THEY DIDN'T JUST
DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO
WHEN THE4@4@ COUNCIL REQUIRED I.
4@TO KEEP POLICE IN CHECK AND
IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RACIAL BIAS.
>> THEY ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH
THE LAW TO HAVE4@ A GOVERNMENT
AGENCY THAT DOESN'T THINK THAT
THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH4@ THE W
IS DEEPLY TROUBLING.
NOW IT IS TIME TO TURN IT OVER
TO A COURT AND HAVE A COURT
ENFORCE THEM COLLECTING THE DATA
IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM FOLLOW
THE LAW.
THE LAW.
THE LAW. >> SO LET'S BREAK DOWN A4@
TIMELINE FOR YOU.
THE LAWSUIT COMES SIX WEEKS
AFTER THE ACLU SENT4@ A LETTER O
DC GOVERNMENT DEMANDING RECORDS
AND DATA ABOUT STOP AND FRISK BY
THE4@ DC POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT DEMAND LETTER CITING WUSA
9'S ONGOING INVESTIGATION, WHICH
FOUND 83% OR 8 OUT OF 10 POLICE
STOPS IN THE DISTRICT INVOLVED A
BLACK PERSON.
BLACK PERSON. EVEN THOUGH LESS THAN HALF THE4@
CITY'S POPULATION IS AFRICAN
AMERICAN AND THAT DC POLICE4@ HD
FAILED TO FOLLOW THOSE STOP AND
FRISK DATA REQUIREMENTS.
AT A DC COUNCIL HEARING ONE DAY
AFTER THAT DEMAND LETTER WAS
SENT, THE CHIEF ADMITTED THE
DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEM
OR PLAN IN PLACE TO STOP
COLLECTING THE STOP AND FRISK
DATA.
DATA.
DATA. LAST WEEK WUSA 9 OBTAINED THIS
LETTER FROM MAYOR BOWSER ASKING
DC COUNCIL FOR $300,4@000 TO PAY
FOR UPGRADES FOR DC 4@POLICE THT
WOULD FINALLY ALLOW THE
DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT THE STOP
AND FRISK DATA.
>> THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO
IT.
IT.
IT. YOU
IT. YOU DON'T TRUST THEM?
>> I DON'T TRUST THEM.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF
REASONS TO TRUST THAT NOW THAT
THEY'RE SAYING BETTER THINGS
THAT THEY'D IN FACT,4@ DO THEM.
>> Reporter: THAT STOP AND
FRISK DATA IS ABOUT MORE4@ THAN
JUST NUMBERS.
JUST NUMBERS. >> THESE DATA POINTS4@ ARE REALY
REAL EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE
PRACTICES OF POLICING HERE IN
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT W@
ACTUALLY KEEP THIS DATA AND KEEP
IT THE RIGHT WAY.
>> Reporter: I4@N THE RESPONSE O
THE4@ LAWSUIT, A SPOKESWOMAN FOR
THE MAYOR TELLING WUSA 9
TONIGHT, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS ON THE COUNCIL TO4@
SOLIDIFY INVESTMENT IN
COLLECTING DATA.
COLLECTING DATA. >> HERE'S THE THING.
PART OF THE FRUSTRATION WITH ALL
THIS4@ IS DC COUNCIL GAVE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT $150,000 BACK@
IN 2016 TO PAY FOR SYSTEM
UPGRADES TO START COLLECTING TH@
STOP AND FRISK DATA.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAID IT WOULD COST4@
BACK THEN.
BACK THEN. IT NOW APPEARS DC POLICE SPENT
THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING ELSE AND
NOW SAY4@ IT WILL COST TWICE THT
AMOUNT TO ACTUALLY GET THE JOB
DONE WITH.
DONE WITH. >> THAT'S4@ A TOTALLY OTHER STO.
THE ACLU IS SAYING THEY DON'T
THINK DC POLICE ACTUALLY NEED
ALL THAT MONEY.
>>4@ IN THEIR COURT FILINGS, AS
PART OF THEIR LAWSUIT, ACLU
ARGUES ANY CHANGES TO DATA
ANALYSIS SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY
COVERED UNDER THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT CONTRACT
WITH THE COMPANY THAT RUNS ITS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THEY WANT A JUDGE TO ORDER A
POLICE DEPARTMENT START DOING
THIS IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IMMEDIATELY. >> WE'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. IF YOU WANT