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Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, and the REFORM Alliance secured a monumental victory in Virginia today. The REFORM alliance with the help of Justice Forward VA, the American Conservative Union, and Faith and Freedom were able to sway the Virginia legislation to ratify a bill that puts a cap on probation terms. The new HB 2038 law—which will […]
Virgina has become the first southern state to legalize marijuana. On Wednesday, the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature voted to approve Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed amendments to a legalization bill. One such change was to legalize marijuana possession beginning July 1, 2020, rather than the initial date of Jan. 1, 2024. Though the bill will allow adults 21 and over […]
Pharrell is calling for “transparency, honesty, and justice” after revealing that his cousin was among those killed in separate Virginia Beach shootings earlier this month. In an Instagram post shared Monday night, the North Hollywood producer said his cousin Donovon was killed, describing him as a “bright light” for his friends and family. “It is critical […]
On Monday, the wife of former Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested on international drug trafficking charges at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport, according to an announcement by the Justice Department. 31-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro, who holds dual-citizenship in the U.S. and Mexico, is expected to appear on Tuesday in a federal court in Washington, as […]
A Virginia mother is calling for justice after her teenage son was fatally shot by state police. According to the Richmond-Times Dispatch, 18-year-old Xzavier Hill was killed Jan. 9 following an alleged high-speed chase on Interstate 64. State police say officers began pursuing Hill after he was spotted in Henrico County driving 98 miles per house in a […]
Robert Keith Packer, the MAGA cult member who was photographed during the Capitol attack last week wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie, has been arrested. Packer was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities in Virginia on a D.C. warrant, per a report from CBS News citing a senior law enforcement official. The anti-Semite is now facing federal charges that include […]
A sheriff‘s deputy in Virginia has been fired after the department was alerted to “disturbing comments” on Parler, the far-right social media platform. “Early yesterday our agency was notified about disturbing comments being made on several social media outlets by a deputy sheriff,” a rep for the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office said over the weekend. […]
An investigation has been launched after an innocent Black man who allegedly matched a suspect’s description was arrested at a Virginia Beach mall. The man, who has since been identified as Jamar Mackey, was eating with his family in the food court of the Lynnhaven Mall when the arrest—which was recorded—occurred. WTKR reports that the incident is now the […]
Authorities discovered the body of an aspiring rapper in the trunk of his friend’s car in Miami. The Miami Herald reports that the friend, 25-year-old Robert Avery Coltrain got into a car accident on a Florida expressway on Sunday afternoon. After towing the car to a mall parking lot, State Highway Patrol troopers became suspicious […]
The same far-right militia group that was allegedly planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (above), the Detroit News writes. The group reportedly talked about “taking out” a second politician, according to testimony from an FBI agent on Tuesday. FBI Special Agent Richard Trask identified that politician to be Northam during a […]
