Reporters removed from DC Taxicab Commission meeting

dcogcadmin | June 23, 2011

Two reporters were led away from a meeting of the D.C. Taxicab Commission in handcuffs and a third was barred from entry, a Washington Post columnist reported. The June 22 meeting of the commission — a public body — was the sort of meeting covered by the new D.C. Open Meetings Act. According to the article, attendees assert the commissioners violated the law by having the reporters removed by U.S. Park Police.

Two reporters were led away from a meeting of the D.C. Taxicab Commission in handcuffs and a third was barred from entry, a Washington Post columnist reported. The June 22 meeting of the commission — a public body — was the sort of meeting covered by the new D.C. Open Meetings Act. According to the article, attendees assert the commissioners violated the law by having the reporters removed by U.S. Park Police.