NEW: Virginia prosecutor considering hate crime charges against a man who allegedly drove into protesters. The suspect 'is an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology.'
3:30 p.m.: Alleged KKK leader arrested for driving into protesters, prosecutor says
Taylor said,"Protesters acting peaceably, well within their constitutional rights of assembly, should not have to fear violence. We lived through this in Charlottesville in 2017. I promise Henricoans that this egregious criminal act will not go unpunished."On Tuesday, the city council in Washington, D.C. will consider emergency legislation to ban chokeholds, speed up release of body camera video and increase funding for alternative measures to reduce and respond to crime.
Demonstrators lie on the pavement during a peaceful protest against police brutality and racism, June 6, 2020, in Washington, DC.A sign painted by protesters reading "Defund the Police" is painted next to a "Black Lives Matter" sign painted on 16th Street near the White House in Washington, D.C., June 7, 2020.
"I heard the protests described as largely without violence," said Newsham."I would correct that statement and say exclusively without violence."A six-hour public viewing is underway for George Floyd at a church in Houston, his hometown.People pay their respects during the public viewing for George Floyd in Houston, June 8, 2020.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott pays his respects during the public viewing for George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis police custody has sparked nationwide protests against racial inequality, at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, June 8, 2020.Men carry the coffin of George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, June 8, 2020.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday said Richmond's statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee would be taken down. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Thursday said a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a prison camp in the city will be removed from a local park. A group of protesters take a knee while marching in lower Manhattan Saturday, June 6, 2020, in New York.He said proposals in new state legislation include: disciplinary record transparency; banning chokeholds; and appointing the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in police shooting cases to promote objectivity.
At about 12:15 a.m. on June 1, members of the Louisville, Kentucky, police and Kentucky National Guard were trying to disperse a crowd when they"were fired upon," Gov. Andy Beshear said last week.A makeshift memorial for David McAtee along a fence outside the location where he was shot and killed by police in the early hours of June 6, 2020, in Louisville, Ky.
McAtee's mother, Odessa Riley, said at a news conference Monday that McAtee"had nothing in his hand" in the video and did not fire the first shot. Louisville police stand guard at the intersection of 26th and Broadway on June 1, 2020, in Louisville, Ky., after a man was shot and killed by police and National Guard personnel outside Dino's Market.After McAtee was shot, Riley said that"no ambulance showed up -- my son laid in there for 12 long hours."Fischer said this case did not have as many investigators as usual because of the protests.
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