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Alexandria Police Department Chief Michael Brown announced last week that he would be retiring at the end of the month, citing ongoing family issues. Brown’s retirement marks the end of the law official’s 45-year career, the last four of which were spent helming APD. Brown leaves the department after a challenging year, as the city and nation have started to rethink the role police play in communities across the country in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. He also leaves a complicated legacy behind, with support for his focus on community-based policing and increased transparen...

Civic Education Americans are divided by age and race on the fairness of the justice system, ABA civics survey finds     ABA President Patricia Lee Refo (clockwise from top left) spoke with panelists Laura Coates, Bryan Porter, Juan Thomas and Roslyn Brock. Screenshot by Amanda Robert. A new survey released by the ABA on Thursday found stark divisions based on age and race when it comes to believing that there are racial biases built into the rules, procedures and practices of the justice system. While 45% of white respondents said they agree or strongly agree with that statement, 80% of Bl...

(Graphic by Lyvian Sieg) Welcome to Speak Easy, the Alexandria Times’ first podcast. Each month, our reporters will sit down with noteworthy residents, business owners, artists and community leaders to chat about all things Alexandria. Don’t worry about missing an episode; Speak Easy is available on the Apple Podcast app, Google Play and Spotify, and all episodes will be archived on the Times website. Episode 17: Joe Cerutti

ABA survey finds differences in support for pandemic requirements, trust in justice system Share: WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 — Most Black and Hispanic people and young adults believe the U.S. justice system exhibits racial bias, but fewer white people and older people do, according to a new American Bar Association survey.   The survey also found strong public support for legally permitting employers to require employees to wear masks at work and refusing service to customers who don’t follow mask requirements. But a majority does not support legally permitting employers to re...

Not at all funny. Back on June 14, 2017, a deranged leftist and Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer named James Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of congressional Republicans who were practicing on a nearby Alexandria ball field for their annual Congressional Baseball Game. The assailant kept firing until he was ultimately engaged and killed by two Capitol cops. As the Washington Examiner’s Jake Dima reports, “Hodgkinson struck [then-House Majority Whip Steve] Scalise in the hip, hit a lobbyist in the chest, and injured two U.S. Capitol Police officers in the spree. Scalise required m...