Category: Crime
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Title IX Remix: will new rules on sexual harassment & assault investigations serve justice?
Eight months ago I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the US Department of Education for information about a Title IX investigation that was opened at the University of Virginia on April 19, 2019, thinking it might provide information and insight about a process often shrouded in secrecy. Last week, I received…
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Video: “White silence is violence…”
Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr. was just sentenced to life in prison for killing Heather Heyer in a vehicular attack in Charlottesville, Virginia last year. In this video, the Charlottesville community reflects on its history and recovery since the August 2017 rally. pic.twitter.com/EaS3T6vxPs — HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 11, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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Ununite the Right: Charlottesville responds by taking names and…(Updated)
Charlottesville has responded to summer of 2017’s deadly rally by going after the nazis and white supremacists, one by one, who thought it was a good idea to come here. As a result, the list of those facing criminal charges, jail time, lawsuits, job losses, and being ostracized by their own families and communities keeps…
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State Investigation of August 12 in Charlottesville cites miscommunication
From the State investigation into the events of August 12: “…James W. Baker, a consultant with the International Association of Chiefs of Police who led the review, said state police and local police each had their own response plans, which should have been unified before the event. Baker said that despite collaboration and meetings in…
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From Comedy to Tragedy: what I saw at the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville
By David McNair The first thing I saw when I approached the Unite the Right rally on Saturday, August 12 here in Charlottesville was a guy across from Market Street Market selling bottled water for $2 out of his car, saying, “I figured I had to make the most of it.” The next thing I…
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Private security on the DTM? Local firm, for now, is doing it for free in the wake of the Hannah Graham abduction
Downtown Mall store owners and visitors might have noticed a new security presence on the DTM. That’s because Jim Traynor, owner of Crozet-based Traynor Security & Investigations, has taken it upon himself to add additional Mall security in the wake of the abduction of UVA student Hannah Graham. “ No one hired my firm to…
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DTM more dangerous for women than UVA? Stats, evidence suggest otherwise
DTM safety has again become the focus of national news in light of the disappearance of Hannah Graham, who was last seen outside Tempo restaurant on September 13. A recent article in USAToday ran with the theme of “differing sense of security” between UVA campus and the Downtown Mall area, suggesting the DTM is far…
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Important to focus on this: where did Graham and Matthew go after they left Tempo?
Graham and Matthew were last seen walking away from Temp restaurant at 1:45am on Saturday, September 13 toward the Downtown Mall. Did they turn left, in which case others might have seen them walking along the Mall, or did they turn right toward the Pavilion? Or did they continue straight up 5th Street? Also, might…
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Exclusive from Coy Barefoot: The Hours Before LJ Met Hannah
Did you see Hannah Graham or Jesse Matthew on the DTM in the hours after 1:00am on Saturday, September 13? Please consider speaking up if you did. Here’s the most detailed account of the hours before Graham disappeared: “He kept trying to put his hands on my legs, above and below the knee,” the young…
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