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Virginia Beach: On May 31, a protest in Virginia Beach started out peacefully, but ended in violence and vandalism as protesters smashed windows and looted shops on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. At least 48 businesses sustained around $300,000 worth of damage. Police sprayed tear gas on protesters and made 19 arrests. [75]
Protest organizers said in a statement that they were “deeply angered and disappointed” that negotiations with the university had failed. The protests stem from the conflict that started Oct. 7 when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The protests, organized by the Pride Liberation Project, are scheduled to happen throughout the day. Students at nearly 100 Virginia schools stage walkout to protest governor’s anti-trans ...
On June 1, 2020, the Richmond, Virginia chapter of Our Revolution called for Stoney and Chief William C. Smith to resign in regards to their handling of the protests. [ 72 ] Several statewide politicians, including Jennifer McClellan and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring , condemned the use of the Richmond Police's use of tear gas on ...
Bloody Monday is a name used to describe a series of arrests and attacks that took place during a civil rights protest held on June 10, 1963, in Danville, Virginia. [1] [2] It was held to protest segregation laws and racial inequality and was one of several protests held during the month of June. [3] It attracted veteran protesters from out of ...
A Virginia man who drove into a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in June and was described as a local Ku Klux Klan leader by a prosecutor was sentenced Monday to six years in jail.
Thousands of so-called 'Stop the Steal' protesters descended on Washington, D.C. on Tuesday -- a day before a symbolic vote in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 victory - to ...
On June 6, there was a large number of protests across the North Country, along with dozens of other cities across the country, attracting thousands of local protesters, with all the protests remaining peaceful. At the June 6th protests, the participants all took a knee for nine minutes, in silence, in respect for George Floyd.