Category: Investigative
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Police vs. Civilians: What will it take to establish an effective Police Civilian Review Board?
In 2008, when then Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo provided his recommendations for a proposed Police Civilian Review Panel to City Council, he used an argument that those pushing for a strong CRB in Charlottesville, given the current climate, would have likely found laughable. “Charlottesville is fortunate to have a professional, well trained police department…
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Knock, knock: men involved in Mall “beating” tell their side of the story
The DTM – In an exclusive interview with the two men arrested and charged with assault in connection with a December 20 altercation on the Downtown Mall, which was initially portrayed as a “knock out” style attack for mere sport and entertainment by the alleged victims in the press and on Facebook, Malcolm Stevenson and…
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Glitchy system: Inside the student software debacle
Why did Albemarle County school officials commit nearly $2 million to a software system that has proven faulty, despite multiple complaints from teachers that using it was a “waste of time,” and an admission from one County school official that it was “glitchy, to say the least”? At a time when school systems are facing…
David McNair 