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George Floyd’s face projected onto the Lee Monument. (twitter.com)
Earlier this December, while I was visiting family in the US, Israel closed its doors to foreign nationals and I got grounded in Richmond, Virginia. During my stay I became re-acquainted with the city of my childhood and one of the more notable changes was the monument of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The monuments pediment had been covered with graffiti art and writing that reads, “Black Lives Matter,” “I CAN’T BREATHE,” “F the police,” “Black Trans Women,” “BLACK & BROWN UNITY,” and surrounded by basketball hoops, a small community garden, the occasional barbeque, and numerous pho
Policy experts believe the next issue that needs addressing in Virginia is qualified immunity. Author: Alex Littlehales (WVEC) Updated: 7:29 PM EDT May 26, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Data from the National Conference of State Legislatures shows Virginia lawmakers have heard and responded to the continued calls for police reform.
It s been a year since George Floyd s death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked the first wave of social justice protests across the country. According to the NCSL, Virginia enacted 23 bills regarding police reform policies since May 2020. Some of the bills listed on the NCSL s data portal show duplicates of certain bills, and include some pieces of legislation that are chamber-copies of other pieces of legislation.
While eight women currently serve as governors in the mainland United States (plus one in the territory of Guam), there’s never been a Black woman governor, ever, in the country.
In Virginia, three Black women are among those running for governor in the June 8 Primary Election, seeking to ascend to the Commonwealth’s highest office and potentially make history. Two Democrats Jennifer Carroll Foy and Jennifer McClellan as well as Liberation Party candidate Princess Blanding are in the race. Lt. Governor, Justin Fairfax, the state’s first Black man in that role is also running.
They are joined by Terry McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chair who served as Governor from 2014 to 2018, and Republican Glenn Youngkin, who has been endorsed by former president Donald Trump.