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News Reporter at @cville_weekly | @EmmaLBowenFdn alumna | UVA Class of 2019 | Views are my own | Have a story idea? DM or email me at reporter@c-ville.com
Jun 15, 2022 11 tweets 2 min read
Update on city employee insurrectionist: I reached out to Allen Groat on LinkedIn, and he confirmed with me that this (now deleted) Twitter account did belong to him! He has also since deleted his LinkedIn. I don't understand why he replied to me if he didn't want to be identified...
Jun 15, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
Didn't get to include this in this week's paper before press time (I was told "no comment"), but Mayor Snook responded to former CPD Chief Brackney's tweets claiming the city took no action against an employee who participated in the Jan 6 insurrection:
nbc29.com/2022/06/14/may… Brackney said the employee was a "he" but Snook said it was a "she" actually
Jul 10, 2020 19 tweets 4 min read
THREAD slash rant on yesterday's violent arrest of an unhoused man of color on the Downtown Mall. If you haven't seen the press release or body cam footage yet, here's the link: charlottesville.gov/CivicAlerts.as… Okay I’ll start with a side note — where are y’all’s masks @cvillepolice! Multiple officers weren’t wearing them, and one wasn’t wearing his mask correctly at all. You could have given Mr. Gonzalez COVID, or he could have given it to you and you could pass it on to anyone else!