with reference to the young women in VA who were terrorized by the abtf guys: the last time

[niyad]

I was in VA (admittedly, quite a number of years ago) alcohol was not sold in supermarkets. when did that change?

[NYC_SKP]

1. You can get wine at the CVS in Arlington.

But hard liquor only in the ABC store, AFAIK.

[arcane1]

2. I left VA at 32 in 1999, and liquor was only available in ABC stores as far back as I can remember

Socialism!!

Beer and wine are sold in stores, however.

What is this about young women being terrorized?

[niyad]

5. here

Fri Jun 28, 2013 at 10:29 AM PDT
University of Virginia student arrested in near fatal mix-up with police—for buying bottled water

How does one get arrested for buying bottled water and ice cream? Twenty-year-old Elizabeth Daly, a student at the University of Virginia, found out the hard way:

A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.

"They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," she recalled Thursday in a written account of the April 11 incident.

"I couldn't put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were ... terrified," Daly stated.

Who wouldn't be terrified in that situation? Never mind that the entire operation seems like an excessive use of force for what they (wrongly) believed was a 12-pack of beer. Really? We need police to pull guns on 20-year-olds allegedly buying beer in a college town?

And even though it turned out that Elizabeth was carrying a 12-pack of LaCroix sparkling water, she was jailed overnight and initially charged with three felonies

. . . .

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/28/1219672/-University-of-Virginia-student-arrested-in-near-fatal-mix-up-with-police-for-buying-bottled-water#

[arcane1]

7. Yikes!!

[StrayKat]

3. Right.

Hard liquor needs to be purchased from the ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control) store. Wine & beer (and beverages under 14% alcohol) can be purchased at the supermarket.

I don't know how long it's been that way, but all my life. Possibly since the repeal of prohibition?

[WovenGems]

4. Does that include shine?

[StrayKat]

6. You make that yourself.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Otherwise, you could

make friends with Dan, Dan, the Moonshine Man.