From The Richmond Standard: “Roughly 200 volunteers, including members of Bay Area Peacekeepers, which put out a community call for assistance, came out to 23rd Street on Monday to help board up businesses to ensure their protection. As night fell, while Richmond police were busy responding to vandalism and looting at the Shops at Hilltop and Target, volunteers remained stationed along 23rd Street to defend any onslaught that might come their way. Some drove up and down the strip to monitor for bad actors.

While the volunteers are outraged over the death of Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and support the Black Lives Matter movement, they felt strongly that local, family-owned businesses remain protected….

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