virginia
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Va. Officer Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old William Chapman
A Virginia jury found a white former police officer guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the April 2015 shooting death of an unarmed black teen who was accused of shoplifting, ABC News reports. Former Portsmouth, Va., Police Officer Stephen Rankin, who was fired from the police force as he awaited trial, fatally shot 18-year-old William Chapman…
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Noodles & Co. Employees Fired Over Refusal to Serve Police Officer
On Wednesday it was reported that Noodles & Co. agreed to post signs on its doors indicating that it supports blue lives after an altercation during which one of the restaurant’s cooks and cashiers refused to serve a female police officer in Alexandria, Va. The Washington Post has since reported that both employees have been fired because…
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Noodles & Co. Chef Refused to Cook for Uniformed Alexandria, Va., Police Officer: Report
An Alexandria, Va., police officer was denied service at a local Noodle & Co. after the cook reportedly refused service, according to Fox5DC. Police say that the incident occurred Monday evening when the female officer, dressed in full uniform, decided to get a meal from the Noodles & Co. on Duke Street. According to the…
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Va. Gov. to Restore Voting Rights to 200,000 Ex-Offenders
In what some will surely call “executive advocacy” (or abuse), the governor of Virginia will sign a staggering number of individual clemency grants to restore the voting rights of thousands of ex-offenders in the state after a court decision Friday threatened to take them away, reports ThinkProgress. In a 4-3 decision late Friday, the Supreme…
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3 Injured in Va. Shooting Reportedly Caught on Facebook Live
Authorities are investigating the existence of a Facebook Live video that apparently captured a shooting in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday evening, the Virginian-Pilot reports. Three men in a car were injured in the shooting. The video was reportedly taken by one of the victims. In the video, the three men are sitting in a car, smoking and…
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Confederate-Flag-Waving Man Arrested After Pointing Shotgun at Black Woman, Vandalizing Car
A Virginia woman says she was terrified after a white man waving a Confederate flag pointed a shotgun at her and vandalized her vehicle, WTVR reports. Cierra Mayes was at a community yard sale Sunday morning when the incident occurred. According to police, Thomas Lee Campbell, 54, got upset after he saw a car parked…
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Authorities Arrest Another Cop in Underage Sex Sting
A northern-Virginia underage-sex sting operation targeting men who wanted to have sex or commit indecent acts with minors has led to the arrest of a Montgomery County police officer, officials confirmed Monday, the Washington Post reports. Christopher Dunkes, a 27-year-old patrolman with Montgomery County, was arrested after he agreed to meet up with an undercover…
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Va. Woman Dies After Being Stabbed by a Wind-Blown Beach Umbrella
A Chester, Va., woman has died of injuries she suffered after being stabbed in the chest by a beach umbrella that was caught up in the wind, WTKR reports. Virginia Beach police responded to emergency calls just after 5 p.m. Wednesday after being notified about a woman in cardiac arrest. The woman, identified as 55-year-old…
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Va. Student Handcuffed, Charged With Larceny for ‘Stealing’ Carton of Milk That Came Free With Lunch: Report
A Virginia middle school student has been suspended from school, charged with larceny and ordered to appear in juvenile court for “stealing” a 65-cent carton of milk that his mother says was free. Shamise Turk told WTVR that she is angry, frustrated and mad that her son Ryan was handcuffed and charged with stealing a milk carton…
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What A Difference A Year Makes: On Battling And Beating Depression
If I had moved to New York last fall as intended, you would be surely be referring to me in the past tense today. I wasn’t ready, mentally, financially or emotionally to give up my chill yet scatterbrained and spiraling life in Panama to write and power-walk for a living in the City That Never…