Legal Opinion
In re D.P.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 13, 2015No. 13-FS-1347PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
As sixteen-year-old D.P. was traveling home from school on a crowded Metrobus, she and two girlfriends started a fight with M.G., another girl from a different high school. The entire incident was captured on video by the Metrobus camera. From start to finish, the fight lasted approximately fourteen seconds. D.P. and her friends pushed through other passengers standing in the aisle to get at M.G., exchanged blows with M.G., and then got off the bus. M.G. stood her ground for most of the incident but, at the very end, disappeared from view. Apparently, she hit her…
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