The former chief and three ex-officers in Fairfax County, Virginia, are facing a civil lawsuit from an illegal immigrant and alleged trafficking victim alleging they paid for sex acts.
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The Fairfax County Democratic Committee wants county leaders to fire newly hired county Police Chief Kevin Davis in response to continued controversy surrounding his history as an officer.
The local political group passed a motion at its general membership meeting yesterday (Tuesday) recommending that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors fire Davis, reopen the police search, and implement a transparent hiring process.
“We believe we need to overhaul the criminal justice system from top to bottom, to end racial inequity in policing, end police brutality and build a police force built on trust where our residents don’t need to worry about protecting their families from the police sworn to protect and serve them,” FCDC said.
Two people are in the hospital, and one officer was grazed by a bullet in a Thursday morning shootout in Falls Church, Virginia.
County police and Fairfax County sheriff’s deputies responded to an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Peach Orchard Drive around 10:50 a.m. after receiving a report that a teenager had been shot, police Chief Edwin Roessler said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
The teen told 911 he had been shot in the face and that the shooter was actively trying to break into his room.
Police “immediately started negotiations with those inside the apartment,” Roessler said. “However, the suspect was still armed with a firearm and was actively trying to attack the victim again.”