VCU activists: students have a “responsibility” to get involved
Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer As the semester starts, students return to a different Richmond; one where monuments to the Confederacy have been torn down, and the words “Black Lives Matter” are spray-painted across the boarded-up city. Demonstrators gathered at the Compass on Monday, the first day of classes for many, to protest against VCU Police. […]
Student demonstrators, local activists demand defunding, abolishing VCU Police
Eduardo Acevedo, News Editor A VCU student organization is demanding the university defund and abolish its police department, joining the Richmond facet of a nationwide movement seeking change in law enforcement and justice for those killed by police. Student organization VCU Student Power held a protest outside Cabell Library on Wednesday to honor Marcus-David Peters. […]