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DC, Va. reps want release of 911 calls in fatal Park Police shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 11/19/2019 01:48pm • After the U.S. Department of Justice ended its civil rights investigation into the U.S. Park Police following the fatal shooting of a Fairfax County, Virginia, man, there is a renewed call to release the 911 tapes related to the shooting. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and U.S. Reps. Don Beyer a Ghaisar family demands answers about Park Police fatal shooting 11/17/2019 07:57pm • Demands for justice and police transparency rang out between the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool Sunday afternoon, exactly two years after 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean, Virginia, was fatally wounded during a traffic stop after a fender bender and chase along the GW Parkway. After the DOJ letter outlines why US Park Police officers won’t be prosecuted for civil rights violations in Ghaisar case 11/17/2019 06:54am • On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a pair of US Park Police officers would not be prosecuted for federal civil rights violations related to the shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar. WTOP has obtained the letter outlining the rationale behind that decision. The letter, sent t Lawmakers urge internal Park Police investigation into Bijan Ghaisar shooting 11/15/2019 10:11pm • Three members of Congress are calling on U.S. Park Police to begin an internal investigation into the death of unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar of McLean, Virginia, who was shot in the Fort Hunt area almost exactly two years ago. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it has decided not to Search for details in Justice Dept. decision to not charge Park Police officers in shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 11/15/2019 07:55am • Almost two years since unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police, the Justice Department's decision to not charge the two officers with federal criminal civil rights violations has lawmakers and family members asking for a more specific explanation. The news release f No charges for US Park Police officers in fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 11/14/2019 07:52pm • FILE — A large crowd gathered to demand answers in the death of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar, an accountant from McLean, Virginia, in 2017. (WTOP/Mike Murillo, File) The Justice Department announced Thursday that it would not pursue federal charges against two U.S. Park Police officers who fatall Federal police officers to wear body cameras — in certain circumstances 10/30/2019 01:37pm • For the first time, federal police officers will use body-worn cameras while serving search and arrest warrants, and while making arrests — but only while participating on task forces with local and state agencies. In recent years, a growing number of local police agencies, including most in th Nearly 2 years and no answers: Family of Bijan Ghaisar holds protest at US Interior Dept. 09/16/2019 09:34am • Virginia Rep. Don Beyer joined the family of Bijan Ghaisar in protest, marking 22 months since Ghaisar was shot and killed by Park Police with no answers. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) The family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was killed by U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017, gathered in front of the U.S. Ghaisar family 'shocked and hurt' over promotion of US Park Police chief 08/26/2019 04:04am • The family of a man who was killed by U.S. Park Police officers is expressing outrage that the agency's chief, Robert MacLean, will soon be elevated to a more prestigious federal government role. Starting Sept. 16, MacLean will become director of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of La US Park Police chief stepping down 08/22/2019 12:52pm • Robert D. MacLean is stepping down as chief of the U.S. Park Police Department. Sgt. Eduardo Delgado, spokesman for the park service, confirmed to WTOP that MacLean is leaving. MacLean has been with the department for 28 years. He told his staff on Wednesday. A memo to U.S. Department of th Fatal shooting of driver Bijan Ghaisar was self-defense, officers say 06/27/2019 05:34pm • For the first time, the U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed motorist Bijan Ghaisar during a November 2017 traffic stop have said why they pulled the trigger — it was in self-defense. In his initial substantive answer to the civil suit filed Wednesday by Ghaisar's family in federal cou Bill in Congress would require federal officers to use bodycams, dashcams 06/20/2019 04:24am • In the wake of the fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist in Fairfax County, Virginia, a push is underway in Congress to require that federal officers wear body cameras. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia have introduced a bill that would require not only bodycams, but Senators criticize FBI probe of fatal Park Police shooting 06/18/2019 04:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators are faulting the FBI for the slow pace of its investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist after a stop-and-go chase on a Northern Virginia highway. Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote Tuesday to FBI Director Christop Officer's lawyer: Criminal investigation of Bijan Ghaisar shooting will be resolved in 20 days 06/07/2019 12:33pm • The lawyer for one of two U.S. Park Police officers who shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar during a November 2017 traffic stop has told a federal judge that after discussions with prosecutors, the criminal investigation into the Ghaisar shooting will "be resolved" within 20 days. During a motion 500 days after Park Police shooting, Bijan Ghaisar's family holds protest at DOJ 04/01/2019 08:47am • Several members of Bijan Ghaisar's family demonstrated outside the U.S. Department of Justice on Pennsylvania Avenue Monday, 500 days after the McLean, Virginia man was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police. Ghaisar, 25, was fatally shot by two Park Police officers on Nov. 17, 2017 in the Fort Hunt