D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine offers to seal arrest records of over 200 BLM protesters

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is offering to seal the arrest records of more than 200 protesters accused of violating curfew in D.C. during last summer's protests over the murder of George Floyd. 

Racine has been sending letters to individuals who are eligible for relief, notifying them that his office won't prosecute them and will request a judge seal their arrest record if they respond. Sealing the record would allow individuals who were arrested to keep the records from view by the general public.  Hundreds of protesters were arrested in D.C. in June for violating curfew, after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a citywide curfew effective May 31. Anyone outdoors for nonessential reasons could be arrested for curfew violation. While most of the protests were peaceful — there were incidents of looting, destruction of property and some police officers were injured.