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A letter writer argues fixing Norfolk's gun violence problem takes everyone.

The toddler, named locally as Chyasia Evans, died Monday with a body temperature of 106 degrees inside an SUV in Smithtown after her grandmother forgot to drop her off at daycare.

Chyasia Evans, 14 months old, was left in a hot car by her grandmother for eight hours as she went to work.

By Victor Omondi A recently leaked police body camera video showing a police officer assaulting a Black bicyclist, Derrick Rountree, for riding around without a headlight nearly three years ago on Christmas Eve in Norfolk, Virginia, has left his family seeking for justice. The roughly 30-minute police body camera video was obtained by the Virginian-Pilot […]

Bodycam footage of Roundtree's tackling was submitted as evidence a few weeks ago in a $1.5 million excessive force lawsuit.

A family is seeking justice for their loved one featured in a newly released police body camera video that showed Norfolk, Virginia, police tackling a

The family of a man who said he was tackled by a Norfolk Police officer in 2018 is suing the officer, federal court records show.

Derrick Rountree was riding his bike on Christmas Eve 2018 when two Norfolk police officers noticed he was riding at night without a bike headlight, which is illegal in Virginia. The officers attempted to get Rountree's attention and when he didn't stop, one of them ran after him and knocked him off his bike, breaking his leg in three places.