D.C. police department punishes our best cops

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s total disdain for street cops has reached a new level. The message from the brass is: Risk your life at your own risk; and we don’t have your back. Think I’m overreacting?

On Thursday, Jan. 27, just before noon, D.C. police officers Tamika Hampton and Kimberly Sillah received a radio call about an “unwanted guest” at a row house in far Southeast. They rolled up in cruiser 7014 and saw broken furniture strewn about the front yard.

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