Not V&V in particular — that would be just slightly too self-congratulatory, even for us. After I posted about the dog shooting at Adams Morgan Day, I heard from Simon Owens, who pointed me toward an interview he conducted with DCist Editor-in-chief Aaron Morrissey. The topic is DC bloggers scooping traditional news outlets, both with the aforementioned story and in regard to others (the Discovery Channel hostage situation in particular). It’s an interesting article, and you can find it here. As for the dog story itself, an update from Washington Post perhaps validates my hunch that the...
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Police News of the Weird
This afternoon I stopped by Adams Morgan Day in DC, an annual street festival. B. and A. and I ate at Amsterdam Falafel, always a treat, and then I was talking to a couple friends while B. and A. walked around checking out the assorted booths. At around 1:15 pm, things got weird. Reports vary, but one thing is for sure: “There was definitely a gun involved,” says B. According to eyewitnesses, two dogs (a poodle and a rottweiler or pug) got into a scuffle. The poodle and its owner left the scene, while the man with...
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