Two CPD Officers fired, one for "unlawful" detention, another for use of "excessive" force.

The "harm they have inflicted will linger," but their actions are "not reflective" of the police department as a whole, said CPD Chief RaShall Brackney.

Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney today indirectly revealed that Charlottesville Police Officer Joseph Wood has been fired by referring to him as "former" Officer Wood during a press conference today. Indeed, when a reporter asked if there would be consequences for Officer Wood, Brackney referenced her use of the word "former" rather than saying he had been terminated.

An IA investigation found that Officer Wood's decision to detain LaQuinn Gilmore on the night of January 12, 2021, was "unreasonable" and that patting him down was "unwarranted and unlawful," Brackney said. However, Brackney said it was determined that no excessive force was used, that there was no racially biased based harassment on the part of Wood, and that several claims that Gilmore had made about the incident were untrue.

Brackney also showed the police bodycam footage of Wood detaining Gilmore, which will be available online.

As Brackney pointed out, Officer Wood was about to leave after checking on Gil…