Commission wants district commander reinstated

Published July 21, 2006 4:00am ET



An upper Northwest advisory neighborhood commission is calling on police Chief Charles Ramsey to reinstate its district commander.

Acting Second District Cmdr. Andrew Solberg was reassigned last week after making controversial comments, which some people took as raciallymotivated, during a community meeting in Georgetown. His remarks followed the slaying of Alan Senitt, a British political activist whose throat was slashed during a July 9 robbery.

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