Street Law 101: Know Your Rights When Interacting With Police

**In DC’s Black and brown neighborhoods there is the law on the books and then there is street law. Street law is the way policing actually happens in the streets, in real-time.**

When police approach you on the street, question you, detain you, or pat you down, what so-called constitutional rights are you supposed to have? What should you do? If police lie and you are arrested, what do you need to know? How do we as a community document, report and share what is happening and which cops are responsible? In addition to addressing those questions, this training highlights the contradictions between policies and tactics used by law enforcement.

Join us for a **HYBRID** training in collaboration with [Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) DC Chapter](https://freethelandmxgm.org/washingtondc-chapter/), [Pan African Community Action (PACA)](https://pacapower.org), and [Stop Police Terror Project DC](https://www.sptdc.com). **Join us in person at 2500 MLK Ave. SE or join us virtually by registering at [https://bit.ly/street_law_july](https://bit.ly/street_law_july)**.

With the city and Congress fighting for more tough-on-crime measures, we know this means more police and more police means more negative interactions with police.

Knowing our rights won’t reform or fix policing but it is an important part of community defense and keeping each other safer in the street and stronger in the courtroom. It helps expose the true scope and cost of policing in our neighborhoods.

**Register TODAY at [https://bit.ly/street_law_july](https://bit.ly/street_law_july)**