PGPD Chief: Post Editorial on Student Beating 'Misleading'
In a letter to the Washington Post, Mark Magaw argues that a recent editorial exaggerated the facts of a 2010 UMD beating case.
Last month's Washington Post editorial criticizing the Prince George's County Police Department for its handling of a 2010 student beating case was "exaggerated and misleading," Police Chief Mark Magaw wrote in a letter published Sunday. Magaw's submission came in response to a Dec. 28 piece ("Prince George’s police get away with a beating") in which the editorial board condemned two officers caught on tape hitting University of Maryland student John J. McKenna in College Park. The incident occurred during the unruly aftermath of a victory over Duke by the UMD men's basketball team. But the board reserved its harshest criticism for those who oversaw the official response to the incident, accusing the PGPD of engaging "in a conspiracy of …
michael mcardle
2:55 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Mark Magaw has been an outstanding Chief of the Prince George's County Police Department. The Washington Post editorial in question concurred, exculpating him personally - as well as his professionalism and his leadership - from the criticism leveled against the Department. But effective leadership means you have to be willing to take on the mantle of the organization that you represent, whether … more ›