Police Chief Gerald M. Smith said that fliers promoting anti-police rallies for the weekend had been produced outside of Richmond and that several of the people arrested were from other parts of the state. ADDemonstrations have been going on virtually every night in Richmond since May 31, triggered by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody a few days before. ADADThat night, several hundred protesters staged a confrontation outside the heavily fortified headquarters of the Richmond police. ADSix people were arrested Saturday night — five charged with unlawful assembly and the sixth with assault of a police officer. Nine of the 15 adults arrested were from Richmond or nearby Henrico County, and the rest were all from Virginia.

Source: Washington Post July 27, 2020 20:35 UTC