and a local government—under Mayor Muriel Bowser—collaborating rather than resisting. He frames it as colonial occupation at home: an “internal colony” dynamic that criminalizes homelessness

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DC Under Occupation: Netfa Freeman on Policing, Poverty, and Resistance

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Davey D taps Netfa Freeman of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) and the Black Alliance for Peace to unpack what’s really happening in Washington, D.C. Freeman says the story isn’t a sudden “DC takeover” but an intensification of long-running policies: federal agents augmenting MPD, a crime narrative used to justify containment, and a local government—under Mayor … Continued