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Richmond police chief forced out as protests continue
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, announced that he asked the city’s police chief to resign amid the ongoing protests. Mayor Levar Stoney said at a Tuesday news conference that Richmond Police Chief William Smith has resigned and that Maj. William "Jody" Blackwell is now the interim police chief, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Stoney called Smith "a good man" and said the now-former chief has "served this city with grace." "But we are ready to move in a new direction," he added. The shake-up comes after video emerged over the weekend, showing a police SUV driving through a crowd of demonstrators who blocked its path, although the police said that demonstrators had been attacking the vehicle. It is also two weeks since police controversially fired tear gas at protesters 20 minutes before a city curfew went into effect. Posted by: Fred 2020-06-17 |
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