Reversing a decades-old ban, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department will now allow officers to fire on moving vehicles. The policy change comes after several recent vehicle attacks on pedestrians by terrorists, and mirrors change in other major U.S. cities like New York, Chicago and Las Vegas. Kojo explores the shift in viewing vehicles as potential weapons, and why critics of law enforcement are voicing concern over the change.

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  • Peter Hermann Reporter, Washington Post; @phscoop

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