On Friday night, a Virginia Beach police officer shot and killed Donovan Lynch, an unarmed Black man. It’s difficult to know exactly what happened because the officer’s body-worn camera was turned off for unknown reasons, according to police Chief Paul Neduigate. Since the beginning of 2021, police have killed 132 people across the United States. […]
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Rich Anderson Represents the NRA. Not Me. And Not You. [Election Update]
This is part of a series of posts on Delegate Rich Anderson, who is up for re-election in District 51. Read the other posts in this series: Rich Anderson’s Dog Whistle Racism 7 Years of Votes Against Raising the Wage Rich Anderson: Another Old White Dude With Opinions About Your Body Rich Anderson has been […]
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18 Miles for Gun Control
18 miles. That’s the distance protesters, marchers, and gun control advocates will walk from the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in Fairfax to the Department of Justice in Washington DC. Virginia gun control activists have organized a monthly protest on the 14th of every month at the NRA headquarters. The protests began in January 2013, […]