VCUPD releases annual safety report for 2020, robberies and assaults down from 2019
Mae Oetjens, Contributing Writer The VCU Police Department recently released its 2020 annual safety report for the Monroe Park and MCV campuses, as well as areas of Richmond that are close to campus. The report is required to be conducted and released due to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime […]
Robert E. Lee monument to come down
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor The towering Robert E. Lee monument is set to come down on Wednesday morning after over a year of legal entanglements. Gov. Ralph Northam ordered for the statue to be removed on June 4, 2020, 10 days after the murder of George Floyd in Minneanpolis. However, Northam’s executive order was blocked […]
Community members celebrate the life of Marcus-David Peters
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor Electric keyboards, bubbles floating through the air and the chatter of community members on a sunny afternoon marked a celebration of the life of Marcus-David Peters in Richmond on Saturday. The event was organized by Justice and Reformation, a Richmond-based community activist group that was founded in response to Peters’ death. […]
American policing: A history of racism and white supremacy
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor The year is 1770. The Colonies are near their breaking point with Great Britain. Intense policing by British soldiers has proven unbearable to colony citizens, especially those in Boston. British soldiers walk around with chips on their shoulders, entering any home they please simply because they wear the British flag. They […]
Richmond community reacts to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict
Iman Mekonen, Managing Editor Katharine DeRosa, News Editor Emma Carlson, Contributing Writer Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges for the murder of George Floyd in a verdict decided Tuesday afternoon. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed in May after Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck in […]