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EDITOR’S NOTE: This morning, WMATA unveiled its revamped web portal – www.wmata.com/harassment – for Metro-riders to report incidents of sexual harassment or assault. The updated portal includes greater options for users to enter details on incidents. More details below. The piece below is by Caroline Lukas is Media Relations Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area […]

Location: Klingle Road, NW (Adams Morgan; between Adams Mill & Connecticut) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Was walking with my roommate (both of us are young females) in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon (March 3rd). We were walking to Mt. Pleasant from Cleveland Park on Klingle Road. Just off the sidewalk and in the woods of rock creek park […]

Note: We submitted the following letter to the editor to the Washington Post on January 25th. Our letter was not published, so we are publishing it here in full. The Post’s editorial, “The District’s Response to Rape Charges” (January 22, 2013) hailed Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s Chief Cathy Lanier for implementing recommendations by Human Rights […]

On Thursday, January 24, CASS staff attended a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to mark the release of Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s report, “Capitol Offense: Police Mishandling of Sexual Assault Cases in the District of Columbia.” (See video below.) According to HRW, which is an international nonprofit that conducts research […]

Location: Swann St. and 19th St. NW (N of Dupont Circle) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This was in 2010.. but walking home at 11:30pm on a weeknight I heard someone clear their throat loudly and I looked up to see a man leaning out of a well-lit upstairs window masturbating. It happened again later that week. I called […]