Residents of D.C.’s Trinidad neighborhood overwhelmingly oppose the use of police checkpoints in their community, according to a recent survey that directly challenges Mayor Adrian Fenty’s claim of broad support for the tactic.

A third of the D.C. Council argued during a committee hearing Monday that the “neighborhood safety zone” checkpoints are a constitutionally questionable quick fix and have done little but embarrass the District on a national scale.

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