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Chief investigator takes stand in Richmond police discrimination trial

By: Robert Rogers | March 16, 2012 – 6:10 pm

The man who conducted an investigation into alleged discrimination in the Richmond Police Department testified Thursday that he was inundated with complaints from both sides...

City manager calls Magnus ‘good leader,’ credits him for reforms during testimony in discrimination case

By: Robert Rogers | March 16, 2012 – 9:02 am

As police command staff officials began peppering his hand-picked police chief with complaints of discrimination, Richmond’s most powerful executive official did all he felt he...

Economist testifies in discrimination suit about lost earnings

By: Robert Rogers | March 14, 2012 – 9:48 pm

The plaintiffs in the discrimination suit against Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus, former Deputy Chief Lori Ritter and the city aren’t suing for a specific...

Testimony in discrimination case centers on internal disagreements in Richmond police

By: Robert Rogers | March 11, 2012 – 6:43 pm

In recent years, the Richmond Police Department has been riven with discord between sworn and civilian employees, mediation meetings undertaken in bad faith and at...

Attorneys on both sides of discrimination suit allege shenanigans

By: Robert Rogers | March 9, 2012 – 8:46 am

Hours after court recessed Wednesday, attorney Stephen Jaffe was still miffed. That morning, defense attorneys filed a motion seeking sanctions against Jaffe—who is representing six...

Blacknell convicted in murder of Marcus Russell, other counts

By: Robert Rogers | March 8, 2012 – 6:55 pm

Joe Blacknell III was found guilty Thursday of 20 felony counts, including the first degree murder of Marcus Russell in 2009. Jurors reached their decision...

Clashes on – and off – the witness stand in Magnus race-discrimination suit

By: Robert Rogers | March 7, 2012 – 10:00 am

Lt. Johan Simon, a decorated member of the Richmond Police Department who some thought of as a potential candidate for chief of police, instead gained...

Infographic: Promotions within the Richmond Police Department

By: Spencer Whitney | March 5, 2012 – 2:12 pm

These graphs display data showing the gender and racial demographics of all the promotions made to the positions of deputy chief, captain, sergeant, and lieutenant...

Lt. Whitney: ‘We screwed up as an agency’ in ’08 investigations

By: Robert Rogers | March 4, 2012 – 11:51 am

A Richmond Police lieutenant on Thursday testified that systemic failures within the department were to blame for a botched investigation into serious crimes in the...

Ritter testifieds for a second day in Richmond discrimination suit

By: Robert Rogers | March 2, 2012 – 10:01 am

During her second day of testimony in the discrimination lawsuit against herself, Police Chief Chris Magnus and the city of Richmond, former Deputy Chief Lori...

Ritter takes stand, rejects accusations of racist behavior in Richmond discrimination suit

By: Robert Rogers | February 29, 2012 – 4:00 pm

Scattered across more than a month of testimony, former Richmond Police Department Deputy Chief Lori Ritter has been accused by some of her former colleagues...

Magnus’ last day of testimony delves into a lonely, divisive period atop department in 2006

By: Robert Rogers | February 28, 2012 – 3:00 pm

After more than a week on the witness stand, Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus’ last day of testimony as a defendant was one of more...

Closing arguments recount Richmond crime spree, differ on whether Blacknell responsible

By: Robert Rogers | February 25, 2012 – 4:02 pm

After more than a month of proceedings, one of Richmond’s biggest murder trials in years is in the jury’s hands. Closing arguments Thursday painted two...