"if you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention"
http://www.tricities.com/news/local/article_859e7cc4-e34b-11e2-8061-0019bb30f31a.html
Excerpts:
"The arrest of a University of Virginia student by state alcohol agents who mistook her bottled water for beer has sparked a public outcry.
The Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control's headquarters in Richmond was besieged on Monday with phone calls and emails from the public questioning the way the incident was handled, agency spokeswoman Maureen Haney told The Daily Progress.
"They're calling the governor's office, they're calling our public affairs office, they're calling every office," Haney said. "We're hearing about it on Twitter, they're using our website's email form, they're commenting on our Facebook."
The ABC is reviewing the incident. An earlier review by the agency found no wrongdoing.
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Here's NPR's story on the debacle, which includes a statement from the student:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/02/198047492/felony-arrest-of-student-who-bought-water-riles-many-in-virginia
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Google is showing 324,000 posts about this incident.
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And here's a very powerful post by a local resident:
"As I read yet another account of the incident, I thought about Alicia Showalter Reynolds who was abducted and murdered 17 years ago on Rt. 29 north of Charlottesville, reportedly by a man who had a flashing police light on the roof of his truck and pulled her over. She went missing for two months until her body was found in Culpeper. The murder was never solved ... the case is still open.
At the time, police advised women who were apprehended by a "police" vehicle to find a safe area before stopping, and were assured real officers would know they were not fleeing.
With that in mind, perhaps ABC officers, especially those working in college towns, should be reminded of the Alicia Reynolds tragedy. "
http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/07/charlottesville-abc-agents-should-be.html
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