Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – BLM protest officer-involved shooting at Virginia Beach Oceanfront
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Introduction To This Series:
This post is one installment in an ongoing news series: a “living history” of the current national and international uprising for justice.
Today’s movement descends directly from the many earlier civil rights struggles against repeated injustices and race-based violence, including the killing of unarmed Black people. The posts in this series serve as a timeline of the uprising that began on May 26, 2020, the day after a Minneapolis police officer killed an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, by kneeling on his neck. The viral video of Floyd’s torturous suffocation brought unprecedented national awareness to the ongoing demand to truly make Black Lives Matter in this country.
The posts in this series focus on stories of the particular killings that have spurred the current uprising and on the protests taking place around the USA and across the globe. Sadly, thousands of people have lost their lives to systemic racial, gender, sexuality, judicial, and economic injustice. The few whose names are listed here represent the countless others lost before and since. Likewise, we can report but a few of the countless demonstrations for justice now taking place in our major cities, small towns, and suburbs.
To view the entire series of Rising Up for Justice! posts, insert “rising up” in the search bar above.
BLM protest officer-involved shooting at Virginia Beach Oceanfront
By Kara Dixon, WAVY, Virginia Beach
March 27, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Black Lives Matter 757 held a protest Saturday night regarding the recent officer-involved shooting at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront…
The march was held to protest the officer-involved shooting and death of Donovon Lynch, who was shot and killed Friday night…
The group also raised concerns about police conducting an internal investigation and want Virginia State Police to take over.
“I don’t understand how this officer didn’t have their body cameras on just conveniently during the time of firing on this young Black king. But we need to make sure that all officers have body cameras functioning at all times,” said Japharii Jones, with Black Lives Matter 757.
Jones also said that investigators should also be required to wear body cameras and brought up Virginia Beach’s City Council’s decision to not allow citizens on their Investigative Review Panel the right to investigate and discipline officers.
The group says they will continue to protest at the Oceanfront most weekends and on major holidays until their is justice.
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