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The man suspected of killing five people in or near the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper had sued the paper for defamation and lost, and an Anne Arundel County police official said, "It was quite obvious this individual had a vendetta against the Capital newspaper." Ramos seemed to carry a grudge for years against the newspaper after he was the subject of a column describing how he harassed a former classmate from Arundel High School online, first through Facebook and then through emails. Ramos pleaded guilty in July 2011 to harassment. In a column written by Eric Hartley several days later, the victim described how Ramos had stalked her online and perhaps caused her to lose her job. Ramos then apparently created a website that detailed his complaints against Hartley and the newspaper, and noted that his conviction had been reduced to probation four months later. "I certainly did a bad thing," the website states, "but don't shun me for how it was portrayed by this newspaper."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Note: Hartley is now an editor at The Virginian-Pilot
Body cameras have been a valuable tool in documenting police misconduct and vindicating officers wrongly accused of misconduct. But reviewing hours of footage in routine cases is time-consuming for prosecutors, many of whom are already overworked. As the use of body cameras by police has proliferated, complaints have increased from prosecutors over the amount of time spent reviewing the video. Winchester Commonwealth’s Attorney Marc Abrams noted that in addition to reviewing video, prosecutors also must decide if some footage needs to be redacted to avoid privacy violations.
The Winchester Star
Normally off limits to the public, the Radford Army Ammunition Plant hosted about 40 visitors, curious and concerned citizens and media last week in a recent push toward transparency and community outreach by the 70-year old military plant that manufactures the nation’s nitrocellulose, an explosive used to propel missiles.
Redford News Journal
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