Incidents

Richmond Police, Virginia State Police, and the National Guard wreak havoc and terror.

Richmond Police and Virginia State Police block off, enter, brutalize, and deploy chemical weapons on protesters peacefully attending a teach-in at City Hall.

Officers also physically assaulted several individuals, confiscated belongings, used weapons in a dangerous/potentially life-threatening manner, and threatened reporters attempting to video their activity.

Police stormed Marcus David-Peters Circle where less than 30 people lay relaxing playing music, talking among one another, or playing board games. They unleashed tear gas, upended free food distribution stations, confiscated books from the little free library, and stole the trash cans donated to the site.

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Richmond Police attempt to drag a reporter out of her vehicle.

Sergeant Kevin McGee sparked a series of controversial events by authoring a heated letter about events at a 2020 monument protest the day earlier, slamming politicians and protesters alike. He sent the letter to the mayor, the then-chief, and others at 11:38 PM in the evening.

Fairfax County Officer Tyler Timberlake was arrested June 6 and charged with three counts of assault and battery against Lamonta Gladney. In 2022, Timberlake was not found guilty.

"Fairfax County Officer Tyler Timberlake was arrested June 6.. [B]odycam shows him striking Lamonta Gladney man with a stun gun and then getting on top of him. Once Timberlake is on top of the man, he presses the stun gun into the back of his neck and fires again.

...As part of the investigation into the incident, the other three officers involved were placed on administrative leave. The man was treated at a hospital and released, the chief said."

Richmond Police officers attack a crowd of everyday citizens protesting the police killing of George Floyd with chemical weapons and physical violence. Two years later, a federal court ordered the Richmond Police Department to correct the record with an admission that it had lied about the circumstances of the attack (it did so with a tweet). While multiple lawsuits, complaints, and inquiries emerged from the terror of that day, no officer was fired as a result of their conduct on June 1, 2020.

In the summer of 2020, Layton, along with Officers Nicholas Caesar and Cleophas Williams, was named in an Internal Affairs complaint (I.A.D. 2020-0038) alleging abuse of chemical weapons and the use of excessive force on two individuals, one a journalist, during a police attack on a protest in early June.

At a protest during the George Floyd Uprising of 2020, Fredericksburg Police used tear gas two minutes after declaring the event an unlawful assembly.

Although the police themselves in an internal investigation ruled their actions were justified, an independent review by the Police Executive Research Forum determined the officers were too quick and too aggressive in deploying gas on the crowd.

Body camera footage revealed during the investigation also showed FPD officers patrolling the streets and engaging in "crowd control" tactics against protesters while carrying large patrol rifles, which is prohibited by department policy.

Several individuals sued the City of Fredericksburg for FPD's actions.

"On May 27, 2020, an individual later identified as having a name with the initials J.R. (hereinafter “JR”) was arrested by Fairfax County Police Department (hereinafter “FCPD”) officers in the parking lot of the Office Depot located at 2901 Gallows Road.

On June 22, 2020, JR contacted the Office of the Independent Police Auditor to complain about the three officers’ use of force (hereinafter “UOF”) against her during the arrest. She also alleged other misconduct by the officers which was considered by the Fairfax County Police Civilian Review Panel.

JR alleged that prior to and during the arrest, she was forcibly yanked out of her car, dragged across the concrete parking lot, lifted from the ground by her hair, and punched in her stomach."

Officers Chad Mason and Christopher Russo of the Prince William County Police Department were named in a lawsuit alleging they assaulted and bodyslammed a man with a broken pelvis.

A civil rights complaint was filed against the City of Lynchburg, LPD Officer Robbin Miller, LPD Officer Seth Reed, and ex-LPD Officer Zachary Miller (whom the lawsuit states was/is employed by Amherst County Sheriff's Office as a deputy, but whom did not appear in rosters requested as of one month later) by Shanta Lynette Brown and Aquasha Sandidge on the 18th of September, 2023 for an incident that occurred on April 28, 2020 at 1503 Kemper Street. The complaint alleges excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution.

Alvin Lamont Baum II was shot and killed by Virginia Beach Police Department officers.