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The city of Charlottesville retracted a statement about a Police Civilian Review Board member about Police Chief RaShall Brackney’s availability.

In an email Tuesday evening, the city said it regretted suggesting on Friday that CRB member Josh Bowers made a statement that inaccurately characterized Brackney’s availability in June to discuss a memorandum of understanding in a public setting with the board.

“Specifically, there is no record that a member of the CRB made a statement that Chief Brackney could not meet for the entire month of June at the CRB’s April 23, 2019, meeting,” the release said.

The email says city officials discussed having The Daily Progress issue a correction for its coverage of the meeting. Editor Aaron Richardson said the Progress stands behind its reporting.

The city said its Friday statement was meant to clarify that Brackney “never stated she was unavailable to meet with the CRB for the entire month of June as implied by the April 24, 2019 Daily Progress story and to publicly clarify the next steps communicated by the City Council.”

Officials said they will “continue to work on the next steps outlined in our previous communication as we continue the work to form a permanent review board.”

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