C-Ville Weekly editor Giles Morris on the crazy racists who have been taking over their comments sections, and race generally. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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“Preserve the blacks?” I see a bumper sticker stuck between “Save the Whales” and “Obama Biden.”
But it seems all so patriarchal and condescending. And really, at one point in time should the White Folk start saving the Black Folk? Perhaps 3PM on July 28th 1995 would be a good time. And what exactly should the cap on black be, 13.1% like the rest of the USA or 19% like Virginia.
And what do we do with the black person that actually does well? Treat them, numerically, as a white person so they dont take away from the black people?
I fear city council hiring Greenpeace as consultants. And is it me or does the writer look like a light skinned Ray Charles or a young Roy Orbison?
I hardly ever swear in writing, but what the effing bloody hell? Am I taking crazy pills? There’s not a word in Morris’s editorial about the role played by Courtney Stuart’s choice to pass along without substantiation Adams/Doucette’s speculative, musing about “the knock out game” AND the (presumably) editor’s choice to put the phrase “knock out” in the headline of the article in catching the attention of virulent racists nationwide. He says the story “went viral,” it was “picked up on The Drudge Report.” Well, guess why–because the story included phrases that the obsessive racists search for as they roam the internet looking for more fodder for their race-war hysteria. It was inflammatory; it was unsubstantiated; it was unnecessary if you all you wanted to do was say “here’s a troubling incident that happened and a troubling lack of police response.” You didn’t *need* the speculation coming out of the mouths of the alleged victims. That whole sh1tstorm of racist commentary that Morris deplores was largely of his paper’s own making.
Yeah, pretty much a fial on all levels from our media. So many smart people making so many dumb statements.
Yeah, pretty much a fial on all levels from our media. So many smart people making so many dumb statements.
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