On Thursday, Mystics guard Natasha Cloud called out D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 8 Councilman Trayon White on an apparent lack of action since two shootings near Hendley Elementary School resulted in three stray bullets breaking its windows. Both shootings happened in the last two weeks, including one last Wednesday.
Cloud requested a sit-down with them or solutions to those issues. If she received neither, then she (and likely the Mystics as a whole) will have a “media blackout” for Friday night’s game against the Storm.
In a statement to Kelyn Soong of The Washington City Paper, Councilman White said the following.