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A pick-up truck drove through a crowd of 20 to 30 people. Protesters reported the incident as a hit-and-run. [60] June 13, 2020: Richmond: Virginia: A police vehicle hit protesters near the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue. [61] June 16, 2020: Dallas: Texas: A driver hit a protester with his car before exiting and pulling out a firearm ...
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]
Journalists at several protests were injured and arrested by police while trying to cover the story, being shot by rubber bullets, or sprayed by tear gas. [ 188 ] [ 189 ] As of May 31, Bellingcat had identified and documented at least 50 separate incidents where journalists were attacked by law enforcement officials during the protests. [ 190 ]
Inauguration festivities will begin in full force Saturday as President-elect Trump and his allies — and protesters — arrive in Washington ahead of Monday’s inauguration of the 47th ...
President Donald Trump wanted U.S. troops to shoot protesters during the racial justice demonstrations in 2020, according to a new book from former Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
[127] [128] On May 30, protesters in Charlotte blocked traffic on Interstate 277. The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The city was also placed under a State of Emergency. [129] Protests also occurred in over twenty other communities in North Carolina.
Eyewitness footage shows the immediate aftermath of a shooting incident in Richmond, Virginia, where a man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a ...
I never thought I would live to see the kind of damage and destruction that has been inflicted on Richmond, and we need to end this now." [75] On June 16, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said he did not support the protesters demands to defund state police, and offered additional reforms instead, which was met with widespread criticism. [76]