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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]
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]
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
National political leaders ratcheted up the pressure for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests continued at the school’s New York ...
College protests live: Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists arrested as NYPD under fire for crackdown Katie Hawkinson,Josh Marcus,Gustaf Kilander and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar May 5, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria and her GOP challenger, Virginia state Sen. Jen Kiggans, will face off in their first debate to represent Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday. The ...
At the time of the pro-Palestinian protests, there was still a strong community memory of the 2017 white supremacy rally, Unite the Right. [6] More generally, former president Donald Trump had been comparing pro-Palestinian protesters at universities nationwide to the hostile aggressors at the Unite the Right rally. [ 7 ]
All the latest news today on Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign as grand jury indictment looms