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JUST IN: APD concludes investigation of ‘I Can’t Breathe’ masked pig display in police cruiser

Published November 8, 2023 at 5:45PM

Alexandria Accountability footage of police vehicle with displayed pig wearing an 'I Can't Breathe' shirt (image via ALX Accountability/YouTube)

The Alexandria Police Department has concluded its investigation into the masked pig wearing an “I can’t Breathe” shirt inside a police cruiser, the department announced Wednesday night.

Last month, video surfaced by citizen journalism page Alexandria Accountability showing an Alexandria Police Department vehicle with the display in the cruiser’s passenger seat. The display prompted a condemnation from the Alexandria NAACP, and gained the attention of Fox 5, NBC4 Washington, and National Public Radio.

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Would-be West End car thieves make brazen getaway from Alexandria police

By James Cullum

Published November 7, 2023 at 1:30PM

Four suspects fled police after allegedly trying to steal from vehicles in the 4600 block of Duke Street on Oct. 14, 2023 (via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating alleged car thefts that resulted in a high-speed chase across state lines.

At around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, APD was notified of multiple men in ski masks in a dark blue minivan and a white 2016 Acura MDX trying to break into vehicles in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Duke Street. The 911 caller observed the incident from a surveillance video, according to APD scanner traffic.

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Police: Multiple gunshots reported Monday night near Bishop Ireton High School

By James Cullum

Published November 7, 2023 at 9:30AM

Gunfire was reported in the 2800 block of Nob Hill Court next to Bishop Ireton High School, Nov. 6, 2023 (via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating reports of gunfire approximately 100 feet from Bishop Ireton High School on Monday night.

Five gunshots were reported in the 2800 block of Nob Hill Court at around 6:23 p.m. on Nov. 6, according to the APD scanner. No injuries were reported, and APD discovered that one bullet smashed through an apartment window 350 feet away in the 2900 block of Seay Street, according to scanner traffic.

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Police: Two separate commercial robberies reported across Alexandria last night

By Vernon Miles

Published November 2, 2023 at 9:50AM

7-Eleven at 25 S. Reynolds Street (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department said the city responded to two separate robberies in different parts of the city last night.

In both cases, police said a weapon was displayed, but no one was injured.

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Alexandria man allegedly beaten, robbed and forced to strip naked at knifepoint in West End

By James Cullum

Published November 1, 2023 at 10:45AM | Updated November 1, 2023 at 12:02PM

A man was beaten and robbed and forced to strip on Oct. 5 in the 4300 block of Duke Street (via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department found an Alexandria man who was beaten, robbed and naked outside his apartment building in the West End last month.

APD responded to a call for service for a possible assault at around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, outside an apartment building in the 4300 block of Duke Street.

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Police investigating ‘suspicious death’ after teen shot in West End apartment

By James Cullum

Published October 31, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated October 31, 2023 at 10:22AM

(Updated 9:35 a.m.) After being unable to find a handgun or shell casing, the Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in a West End apartment building as “suspicious.”

The shooting occurred in an apartment in the 300 block of S. Whiting Street at around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 29), according to APD. The call to police was made by a person who said that the victim shot himself, but APD could not find a firearm or shell casing at the scene, according to scanner traffic.

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Alexandria police investigate alleged stabbing Sunday night in Arlandria

By James Cullum

Published October 30, 2023 at 2:35PM

The man talking to police was stabbed in the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Avenue on Sunday night, Oct. 29, 2023 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a stabbing that allegedly occurred in Arlandria on Sunday night.

APD was initially dispatched at 10:45 p.m. to the 4000 block of Mount Vernon Avenue for a report of a motor vehicle crash. The incident was recategorized as a stabbing, and police interviewed a man who was allegedly stabbed while riding his bicycle, according to the police scanner. The victim was interviewed by police at the scene.

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Police: No injuries after shots fired outside West End apartment building

By James Cullum

Published October 25, 2023 at 10:50AM

Gunshots were reported in the 3200 block of S. 28th Street on Oct. 25, 2023 (via Google Maps)

There were no reported injuries after gunshots were reported early this morning in Alexandria’s West End, according to police.

The Alexandria Police Department was notified from multiple witnesses of two gunshots at around 12:15 a.m. today, according to the police scanner.

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Alexandria NAACP condemns ‘disturbing’ police video

By Vernon Miles

Published October 25, 2023 at 10:00AM | Updated October 25, 2023 at 10:21AM

Alexandria Accountability footage of police vehicle with displayed pig wearing an 'I Can't Breathe' shirt (image via ALX Accountability/YouTube)

(Updated 10:20 a.m.) The Alexandria branch of the NAACP expressed condemnation of police activity in a video showing a toy pig in an Alexandria Police Department (APD) cruiser wearing an I Can’t Breathe shirt.

The video, posted this past weekend by the page Alexandria Accountability, shows a propped-up figure with a cartoon pig head, a black domino mask, and a shirt with the words “I Can’t Breathe.”

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‘I Can’t Breathe’: Alexandria Police investigating display in police cruiser seemingly mocking police brutality victims

By Vernon Miles

Published October 23, 2023 at 3:45PM | Updated October 23, 2023 at 5:01PM

Alexandria Accountability footage of police vehicle with displayed pig wearing an 'I Can't Breathe' shirt (image via ALX Accountability/YouTube)

(Updated 4:20 p.m.) A video posted this weekend by citizen journalism page Alexandria Accountability shows an Alexandria Police Department vehicle with a display in the passenger seat that seems to mock police brutality victims George Floyd and Eric Garner.

The Alexandria Accountability footage shows a propped-up figure with a cartoon pig head, a black domino mask, and a shirt with the words “I Can’t Breathe” — the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man killed by a New York City Police Officer in 2014, and were said later by George Floyd in 2020 when he was murdered by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Police: Driver seriously injures pedestrian in Duke Street crash

By Vernon Miles

Published October 23, 2023 at 9:50AM

Intersection of Duke and Paxton Streets (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said a woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a driver on Duke Street yesterday.

APD said around 9:46 a.m. on Sunday morning, officers responded to a collision involving a pedestrian at the Duke and Paxton Streets intersection.