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Donte's death speaks not only to a tragic crime but the under belly of gentrification and politics in the Ward. At the time the goal of real estate interests and the Council Member was to push out the tenants and to force the owner to sale. Although this was a hotspot in need of sustained police attention, MPD under pressure from CM Graham moved the HotSpot designation from this area to another to shift police protection from the Warner to a recently opened condo building. After police raided the Warner they shift operations to the new condo, this is when Donte was shot and killed as well as MPD staged a show of force parade up and down U St. and 18th St.

The pattern at the time was to neglect such properties/areas use fines and enforcement actions to force out the tenants, force the onwers to sale to a friend of the Council Member under nuisance property laws.

This would be a very good story to tell, if we have the courage to tell the entire story. This property and many others and the people they housed have many stories to tell.

by W Jordan on Mar 29, 2012 5:03 pm • link • report

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