The Blacksburg Police Department is sad to announce the passing of retired Chief of Police William “Bill” H. Brown. Chief ...
Walter Coe moved to Grand Rapids in 1916 from Nashville and became the city's first Black police officer in 1922.
After serving his country in Vietnam, Chief Brown became the first African American police officer in the New River Valley in 1970. He rose through the police department ranks and was appointed ...
Former Blacksburg Police Chief Bill Brown, a trailblazer for black officers in the New River Valley, is remembered for his ...
Benjamin Thornton stood with his back against a wall, pistol drawn, surrounded by a gang of thieves, pickpockets and ...
Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
"Why'd you do that?" the man at the center of the call says as he's lying face-first on the ground. "Ain't nobody do nothing.