Category: Virginia

Virginia Officer Fired After Holding Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint During Traffic Stop

A Virginia police officer who pepper-sprayed an army officer during a traffic stop last year has been fired, the Windsor Police Department announced on April 11. Joe Gutierrez was one of the officers seen threatening Lt. Caron Nazario at gunpoint during the traffic stop at a gas station on Dec. 5, 2020. The incident first drew…


Virginia Gov. Northam Orders Investigation After Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Sunday that he has ordered the Virginia State Police to conduct an independent investigation into a December traffic stop that saw two police officers pepper-spraying an army officer. “The incident in Windsor is disturbing and angered me—and I am directing the Virginia State Police to conduct an independent investigation,” Northam…


Virginia Beach Police Arrest 3 Additional Suspects Allegedly Connected to Mass Shootings

Authorities in Virginia Beach arrested three more suspects believed to be connected to a deadly shooting that took place last week, officials said Tuesday. The latest arrests over the shooting incidents that left two people dead and at least eight wounded brought the total suspects taken into custody in relation to the violent crime to…


Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Man’s Skin to Peel Off: Doctors

A reaction to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine caused a severe rash that eventually led to a man’s skin peeling off, doctors and the man said. “It all just happened so fast. My skin peeled off. It’s still coming off on my hands now,” Richard Terrell, 74, of Virginia, told WRIC. Terrell received the shot earlier…


US Counties Warn Americans Against Organ Tourism to China

Americans who travel to China for organ transplants are at risk of becoming accomplices in state-sponsored forced organ harvesting, warned a resolution recently passed by a U.S. county. Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on March 23 became the eighth county this year to pass a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for forcibly harvesting organs from…


Virginia Governor Signs Executive Order to Allow 69,000 Released Prisoners to Vote

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed an executive order on Tuesday to allow released prisoners to vote in a move he claimed will restore their civil rights. “Going forward, any Virginian released from incarceration will qualify to have their rights restored, even if they remain on community supervision,” a press release from Northam reads. According to the…


Virginia Governor Signs Bill Giving Students Day Off to Attend Protests

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill into law that gives students across the state an excused absence when they use it to “engage in a civic or political event,” such as a protest. Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest public school system in Virginia, began giving students from 7th-12th grade a day off…


Virginia County Passes Resolution in Support of Falun Gong

Loudoun County recently became the fourth county in Virginia this year to pass a resolution to express support toward Falun Gong and condemn the Chinese Communist Party for killing practitioners for their organs. “The killing of religious or political prisoners for the purpose of selling their organs for transplant is an egregious and intolerable violation…


‘Virginia Arcadia’ at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

What’s 215 feet high, 90 feet long, and has been admired in great art and literature for centuries—from Thomas Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia” to Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” to Frederic Edwin Church’s landscape paintings? Here’s another hint: Jefferson bought it, along with 157 acres of land, from King George III of England for…


Police Officers Killed in Louisiana, Virginia

Police officers in two states were killed on Friday. Stanley officer Dominic “Nick” Winum, 48, was fatally shot in the afternoon while attempting a traffic stop in the Virginia town, Stanley Police Chief Ryan Dean said in a statement. Virginia State Police told news outlets in a statement that Winum was trying to stop a…