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Yonnie3
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(17,376 posts)Post Date:08/08/2018 3:00 PM
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Brian Wheeler
Director of Communications
434-970-3129
wheelerb@charlottesville.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Governor Ralph Northam and the City of Charlottesville today declared states of emergency for the Commonwealth and the city to address the potential impacts of events in and around the City of Charlottesville and outside of Washington, D.C., on August 10-12, 2018.
Multiple events are planned to mark the anniversary of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, which resulted in the deaths of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, and Virginia State Police Troopers Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen, III and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates.
These state of emergency declarations will enhance planning and cooperative response efforts that have been in development since March. A state of emergency is an administrative tool that allows state agencies to perform actions outside the scope of normal operations in order to ensure that all necessary resources and assistance are provided as quickly as possible to local governments, and Virginias residents.
Declaring this state of emergency in advance of the anniversary and the related planned events will help us ensure that the state and the city have all available resources to support emergency responders in case they're needed," said Governor Northam. "Virginia continues to mourn the three Virginians who lost their lives in the course of the demonstrations a year ago. We hope the anniversary of those events passes peacefully."
We have learned many lessons from the tragic events of August 12, 2017. For the anniversary of that difficult August weekend which resulted in three lost lives, the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia are working closely with law enforcement and public safety agencies from around Virginia to plan for potential events and to keep our city safe from violence, said Charlottesvilles Interim City Manager Mike Murphy. We join the Commonwealth in declaring a state of emergency in advance of these planned events to ensure all available resources are in place and that we are fully prepared to keep the peace in Charlottesville August 10-12.
The Commonwealth state of emergency declaration mobilizes and funds state resources from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Health, Virginia National Guard, and other state agencies that will be deployed to Charlottesville and Northern Virginia. It further activates the Virginia Emergency Operations Center to coordinate state resources. Finally, it allocates $2 million to pay for this response and authorizes the Virginia National Guard to assign forces to assist in security efforts.
To learn more about what a state of emergency declaration does and does not do, visit http://www.vaemergency.gov/what-we-do/state-of-emergency/
To read the Governors Executive Order declaring this state of emergency, visit https://www.governor.virginia.gov/executive-actions/
To read the Charlottesville state of emergency declaration, visit http://www.charlottesville.org/resilientcville [edit: I do not find the declaration at this link - perhaps later - they are having a press conference at the moment]
For more information about how Charlottesville and its public safety partners are at work to plan for and respond to demonstrations August 10-12, visit http://www.charlottesville.org/resilientcville-FAQ
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(41,052 posts)Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Wednesday for Charlottesville, Virginia, in preparation for the one-year anniversary of last years deadly white nationalist Unite the Right rally that left three dead and dozens injured. The state of emergency will last from Wednesday through the rally's anniversary Sunday.
Northam said because of anniversary events, rallies, and protests planned in Charlottesville and in nearby Washington, D.C., he ordered a state of emergency to "prepare and coordinate our response to ensure the protection of residents lives, property, and Constitutional rights.
I am urging Virginians to make alternative plans to engaging with planned demonstrations of hate, should those arise, Northam said in a statement. Virginia continues to mourn the three Virginians who lost their lives in the course of the demonstrations a year ago. We hope the anniversary of those events passes peacefully.
The emergency declaration allocates $2 million to pay for the response and security provided by the Virginia State Police, Virginia National Guard and other state agencies that will be sent to Charlottesville and Northern Virginia, according to the governors statement. Local governments and businesses have already started preparing for a second Unite the Right rally planned for Sunday in Washington by many of the same white nationalist groups who attended last years rally. Metro officials said last week they were considering putting white nationalists on separate trains in an attempt to minimize conflict...More...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-of-emergency-declared-for-charlottesville/ar-BBLFR8y?li=BBnbfcL