Police in Virginia's capital declared an unlawful assembly on Sunday night as anti-racism protesters tried to tear down a Confederate-era monument. The Richmond Police Department announced the unlawful assembly declaration on Twitter, urging people to 'leave the area.' The department
Police in Virginia's capital declared an unlawful assembly on Sunday night as anti-racism protesters tried to tear down a Confederate-era monument.
At around 9:20 p.m. this evening, an unlawful assembly has been declared at the J.E.B. Stuart Monument. Please leave the area. pic.twitter.com/Gj2yL9cZ2u — Richmond Police June 22, 2020 Richmond police responded to the scene Sunday night when demonstrators blocked an intersection on Monument Avenue and climbed atop the bronze statue depicting Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart on horseback. The protesters tied ropes around the monument, but it was only when they"began throwing bottles at officers" that an unlawful assembly was declared, according to the Virginia State Police, which tweeted that it"responded to disperse the rioters.
— VA State Police June 22, 2020 The Richmond Police Department described an unlawful assembly as"whenever three or more persons assembled share the common intent to advance some lawful or unlawful purpose by the commission of an act or acts of unlawful force or violence likely to jeopardize seriously public safety, peace or order.
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