RICHMOND, VA, June 12 — Richmond police have confirmed the arrest of one of several heavily armed individuals involved in an incident early this morning at the Lee statue on Monument Avenue. Several others were “detained,” but apparently have not yet been charged.
STATEMENT BY DEFENDER JOSEPH ROGERS ON THE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1, 2020
Statement by member of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality Joseph Rogers regarding the night of June 1, 2020.
STATEMENT BY THE VIRGINIA DEFENDERS ON THE IMPENDING REMOVAL OF RICHMOND’S CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS
The Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality has been calling for taking down all the city’s white-supremacist memorials since 2007 and is elated to learn today that some of the statues’ days are now officially numbered. Their demise is long, long overdue.
Statement by Defender Kat McNeal on the mass arrests of Sunday, May 31, 2020
Statement by member of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality Kat McNeal regarding the night of May 31, 2020 and the mass arrest that took place on that date.
Racist monuments trashed in former capital of the Confederacy
RICHMOND, VA, May 31 — For the second night in a row, Virginia’s capital city has experienced an unprecedented rebellion against racism.
STATEMENT BY THE VIRGINIA DEFENDERS ON THE EVENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS
Militant and at times violent protests have erupted across the United States over the incredibly depraved, racist and brutal murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American security officer, by a white policeman in Minneapolis, Minn.
RICHMOND ACTIVISTS PROTEST RESUMPTION OF EVICTION CASES
Dozens of housing activists gathered in downtown Richmond May 26 to protest the resumption of eviction cases by the city’s housing courts.
The Virginia Defender 