Years of FOIA Stonewalling: How UVA Is Withholding the Public’s Right to Know
One of the greatest tragedies in the history of the University of Virginia occurred on November 13, 2022 when three UVA student athletes were brutally and senselessly murdered by another student. The facts and the truth surrounding the University's investigation and actions regarding the perpetrator PRIOR to the murders has never been disclosed to the public. The Ryan administration did everything in its power time and again to withhold all relevant information from the University community. Now, over two years later, a party who has assiduously attempted to reveal the facts and truth through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests has a final court order demanding that the relevant actions of the UVA Threat Assessment Team be disclosed--however UVA continues to take evasive action by promising to produce documents and failing to do so. The time is long overdue for the University community, particularly the loved ones of the slain students, to learn who knew what and when, and what actions were and were not taken.
