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Racial Disparities Found in Virginia Speeding Convictions: RAND

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According to a RAND Corporation study, Black motorists in Virginia face more-serious charges for “excessive speeding” than white motorists do — even when committing the same speeding infraction. At the court stage, the courts amended or dismissed misdemeanor speeding charges 42 percent of the time.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

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According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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Virginia Couple Plead Guilty in Capitol Riot, Opening Door For Future Cases 

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A Virginia couple on Monday pleaded guilty to demonstrating unlawfully in the U.S. 6 attack, a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to six months, in a plea deal that could set a benchmark for hundreds of other cases, reports Reuters. Capitol during the Jan.

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Former Virginia police officer convicted in January 6 Capitol attack case

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In addition, the jury found Robertson guilty of the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. The post Former Virginia police officer convicted in January 6 Capitol attack case appeared first on JURIST - News. The investigation remains ongoing.

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As Virginia Changes Direction, Debate Over State Funding of Prosecutors Grows

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The thousands of misdemeanor cases that some local prosecutors also handle every year — something they are not required by the state to do — are also not calculated into the state formula.

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White Supremacists Nabbed in Plan to Disrupt Idaho Pride Event

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Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group known as Patriot Front are being charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor, after being arrested over the weekend in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho before they could act on plans to disrupt a local Pride event, reports the New York Times.

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Jaywalking Sets Stage for Debate on Racial Justice, Pedestrian Safety

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Virginia passed a law that prohibits officers from stopping a pedestrian just for jaywalking. Nevada no longer considers it a misdemeanor. And in California, the state Assembly approved a bill in May that would allow people to cross outside of an intersection when it’s safe to do so.