Crime & Safety
Speed Camera-Destroying Vigilante Strikes Again In DC: Report
A new incident on April 12 was caught on camera, and police are once again asking for help in finding him.

WASHINGTON, DC -- D.C.'s speed camera-destroying vigilante is back, and police have released a new video to the public hoping to track him down (although judging by public sentiment, they aren't likely to get much help), according to a report.
Multiple speed cameras were knocked over and damaged in Northeast back in February, and video released by police showed a man getting out of a vehicle and then violently attacking a speed camera -- much to the delight of many in the city who hate the cameras.
"Someone out there is doing God's work," remarked Reddit user Scattered_Castles on the D.C. subreddit after the first round of vandalism.
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Now new video posted by Fox 5 has emerged from another attack that happened earlier this month. And it appears it may be the same person: the vehicle looks similar, and the method of attack appears the same as well.
The video, embedded below, shows a person wearing dark clothing getting out of the back seat of an SUV (which police believe is a Hyundai Santa Fe), walking up to the camera, and then pushing it over. The person then gets back into the vehicle and leaves.
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The latest incident reportedly happened at around 4 a.m. in the 3700 block of Southern Avenue SE back on April 12.
WATCH: @dcpolicedept are looking to identify a 'person of interest' seen in surveillance video pushing over a traffic camera in Southeast DC and getting away in a dark van. https://t.co/mbthGKmSro pic.twitter.com/agk6RCMTe6
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) April 25, 2018
The following is video from the Metropolitan Police Department showing the original attack back in February:
Image: Screengrab of video from Metropolitan Police Department
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