▁after ▁it ▁set ▁up ▁random ▁road block s ▁in ▁the ▁Tr in idad ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁N ortheast ▁Washington ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁stem ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁summ ert ime ▁violent ▁crime ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood . ▁The ▁Part ners hip , ▁representing ▁four ▁D . C . ▁residents , ▁alleg ed ▁the ▁" mil it ary - style " ▁check points ▁led ▁to ▁" w ides p read ▁civil ▁rights ▁viol ations " ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁District ▁had ▁" eng aged ▁in ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁and ▁un const itution al ▁system ▁of ▁susp icion less ▁stops ▁and ▁se iz ures ." ▁The ▁Part ners hip ▁initially ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia , ▁where ▁Judge ▁Richard ▁J . ▁Leon ▁ruled ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁government . ▁On ▁appeal , ▁however , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ▁revers ed ▁that ▁decision . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁D . C . ▁chief ▁of ▁police ▁C ath y ▁Lan ier ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁halt ▁the ▁check point ▁practice . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁after ▁an ▁eight - year - long ▁lit ig ation ▁battle , ▁PC J F ▁secured ▁a ▁$ 8 . 2 5 ▁million ▁settlement ▁of ▁a ▁class ▁action ▁ar ising ▁from ▁the ▁mass ▁arr ests ▁of ▁nearly ▁ 4 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁Pers hing ▁Park ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0