Virginia state senator, NAACP leaders charged with felony 'injury' to Confederate statue
The arrest of Virginia's Senate president pro tempore is raising suspicions from the state's top Democrats.
Louise Lucas, the legislature's top ranking Democrat, who represents Portsmouth, was charged with felony "injury to a monument" and conspiracy Monday, as were the city's NAACP president and vice president, a school board member, and four others. The charges stemmed from a June protest where protesters tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier, though it's unclear if Lucas played a role in taking it down, per local station WAVY.
The timing of the arrest raised questions from Virginia House Rep. Lee Carter (D), given that the state legislature was set to reconvene this week for a special session on criminal justice reform. Virginia's constitution bars the arrest of General Assembly members during or 15 days before their sessions, except for "treason, felony, or breach of the peace."
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) echoed Carter's suspicion.
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The Confederate statues are of democrats.
Why not compromise and put up republican statues for Trump and the right wing; Grant, Sherman, Lincoln.
Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s.
