Historic hire: Al Thomas is Charlottesville’s first black police chief


A big Wahoo fan, new Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas, left, says he wanted to make sure the community’s values were compatible with his own before moving here. With Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy.
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