Happy Birthday to Mr. Howler and Ingrid. May 16 was a very good day, regardless of the year.
Time for a new weekly open thread, for those things we don’t cover.
An Object Lesson in Honor
A black University Law student who filed a complaint of police misconduct admitted last week that the incident never occurred.
Jonathan Perkins, who claimed he had been a victim of racial profiling in an alleged March 31 encounter, told University Police that he made up the story to “bring attention to the topic of police misconduct,” according to a press release.
Police Chief Michael Gibson, who completed a full investigation of the alleged incident, said he will not press charges because he does not want to deter other students from coming forward with evidence of police misconduct.
“I recognize that police misconduct does occur,” Gibson said in a statement. “Pressing charges in this case might inhibit another individual who experiences real police misconduct from coming forward with a complaint.”
This isn’t the end of the ruse. Jonathan Perkins might not be graduating. Why? Honor Code violation. The University of Virginia has a long tradition of Honor Code that is about as strict as any in the United States higher education system.
