Police Chief delivers a blistering rebuke to church leaders and social justice agencies who accused CPD officers of racial profiling and harassment

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Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney blasted church members, local activists, and local media during a December press conference, calling a "fourth-hand" public account of an October police incident on Rugby Road "inflammatory and baseless allegations" that were "harmful, divisive, and reckless." She ended by saying the church members and activists who created the false narrative are the ones who need to be held accountable.

Fascinating post and thread here on Mayor Walker's Facebook page. She's responding to criticism of Chief Brackney’s press conference, and the calls for her firing, following an investigation of alleged racial profiling by the CPD. What's fascinating is all the opinions about Brackney's statement. Apparently, she's too powerful, too weak, bold, reckless, violating America's founding principles and taking steps towards fascism, publicly harassing residents, doing a great job, standing up for her officers, calling out white fragility and white gaslighting, b…