*Virginia

Context | Current Aggressions

20 MAY 2022 Meet the Activist Who Sued the White Supremacists Behind Charlottesville & Won | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bwXSjQezzw

22 APR 2022 Virginia AG ends effort to prosecute Park Police officers for killing Bijan Ghaisar, 25, of McLean | https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/virginia-ag-ends-effort-to-prosecute-park-police-officers/

25 JAN 2022 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR URGES PARENTS TO RAT OUT SCHOOLS FOR TEACHING KIDS ABOUT “DIVISIVE” TOPICS LIKE RACISM | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/glenn-youngkin-virginia-parents-tip-line

2021

24 OCT 2021 2 Killed in Crash after unjust traffic stop by Virginia Police, Dispatcher Was ‘Mistaken’; Vehicle in Deadly Pursuit Not Stolen | https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/2-killed-in-crash-after-attempted-traffic-stop-police/2848866/

24 OCT 2021 Curtis Armstead Jr., 24 and Miquel D. Jenkins, 23 burned alive, killed in fiery crash by police after unjust traffic stop | https://wjla.com/news/local/fatal-crash-prince-william-county-i-95-police-pursuit-virginia

22 OCT 2021 US park police Kill Bijan Ghaisar, 25, will not be charged | https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/park-police-officers-cleared-in-killing-of-bijan-ghaisar/2847266/

19 OCT 2021 Trafficking Victim: They Made Me Have Sex With Cops | https://www.thedailybeast.com/sex-trafficking-victim-files-lawsuit-against-fairfax-county-police?ref=home

18 OCT 2021 30-year-old man shot, killed as DC police served temporary protection order | https://wjla.com/news/local/person-shot-killed-as-dc-police-served-temporary-protection-order

15 OCT 2021 Assistant House Sergeant at Arms arrested in child pornography investigation | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/assistant-house-sergeant-arms-arrested-child-pornography-investigation-n1281660

12 OCT 2021 Police Chief of Troubled Dept. Flames Out After Calling Female Employees ‘B*tches’ | https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-chief-of-troubled-virginia-department-flames-out-after-calling-female-employees-btches?ref=home

5 OCT 2021 Mom takes action after her 5-year-old was put in a chokehold at school | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mom-takes-action-5-year-old-was-put-chokehold-school-rcna2614

29 SEP 2021 Cops refuse to take action against neighbor who plays monkey noises and racial slurs at black family because officers say ‘it is not criminally actionable’ | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10042091/Black-family-harassed-monkey-noises-neighbors.html

05 SEP 2021 Charlottesville City Manager fires Police Chief RaShall Brackney | https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2021/09/charlottesville-city-manager-fires-police-chief-rashall-brackney

8 JULY 2021 Pretextual Stops – Elon Wilson brings civil rights suit against the cop and county | https://www.courthousenews.com/pretextual-stops/

29 JUNE 2021 Homicide Victim’s Mom Questions Police Policy Denying Her Access to His Body | https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/homicide-victims-mom-questions-police-policy-denying-her-access-to-his-body/2715150/

22 JUNE 2021 Father of Virginia Man Shot by Police Files $50M Wrongful Death Suit | https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/father-of-virginia-man-shot-by-police-files-50m-wrongful-death-suit/2707877/

23 APR 2021 Isiah Brown calls 911 for help — and winds up getting shot by cop 10 times | https://www.rawstory.com/cops-shoot-black-man/

12 APR 2021 A Black Army lieutenant is suing Virginia police after being held at gunpoint | https://www.vox.com/2021/4/12/22380429/black-army-lieutenant-traffic-stop-pepper-sprayed-gunpoint

2019

22 APR 2019 Color Me Shocked: 2 Virginia Police Officers Fired for Ties to White Supremacist Orgs,” Root, April 22, 2019, https://www.theroot.com/color-me-shocked-2-virginia-police-officers-fired-for-1834211339

Legislation

Legislation: None

Trajectory: Opposed; (as of May 2021)

Opposes all of the UN standards; 1) systemic racism, 2) use of lethal force, 3) qualified immunity, 4) ‘pretext’ stops, 5) ‘militarisation’ of policing, 6) Fourth Amendment rights of black people (minorities) to be secure in their persons, houses and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures, 7) excessive force/police brutality (use-of-force tactics), 8) creation of a statewide use-of-force database, or 9) create system of certification/decertification standards