Leaders of Activist Group Opposing Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown Have Criminal Records
14th August 2025
My, what a surprise.
Three leaders of an anti-police group protesting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., have criminal records in the district.
Free DC advisory council member Darrell Gaston served sentences of community service for two cases involving violence and threats in the past nine years, while the group’s executive director Keya Chatterjee and campaign director Alex Dodds both have misdemeanors on their records that were dismissed after they paid bond, court records show. Free DC organized a protest downtown on Monday and encouraged residents to “get visible,” “get loud,” and “bang pots and pans” in response to Trump’s law enforcement agenda in the nation’s capital.