'One thing is clear after the past few weeks -- Richmond is ready for a new approach to public safety,' Mayor Lavar Stoney told reporters Tuesday. 'There is work to be done, and we’re ready to do it.'
"Chief Smith is a good man," the mayor added."He has served this city for a very long time. He has put his heart and soul into the service of the police department, and to this city, and I thank him for his service."
Protesters surround the police head quarters, calling for an end to police brutality and racial injustice, in Richmond, Virginia, on June 14, 2020.Stoney named Maj. William"Jody" Blackwell as interim chief of the Richmond Police Department. Three advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, sent a letter on Monday to Richmond's mayor, police chief and commonwealth's attorney raising concerns over the"escalation of violence against protesters."
Thousands of protesters take to the streets for the 5,000 Man March in Richmond, Virginia, on June 13, 2020. Protests continue in cities throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.Protests against police brutality and racial injustice erupted in cities across the United States and around the world following Floyd's death while in police custody.
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