Portsmouth, VA: Months After a Confederate Monument Was Brought Down, Police Are Slapping Protesters With Felonies

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Report about ongoing repression of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Portsmouth, Virginia, following the toppling of a Confederate statue in June of 2020. On August 17, 2020, the Portsmouth Police Department issued warrants for the arrests of fourteen members of the Tidewater community. Local activists, multiple NAACP members, two public defenders, a school board member,... Read Full Article

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