This is 🚨 . The Portsmouth Police Department is attempting a frightening coup.

They have put felony warrants out against a state Senator, who is black, a local NAACP leader, & public defenders, for ‘conspiring’ against Confederate monument.

AND... 1/2 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/portsmouth-police-confederate-stephanie-morales_n_5f3bf494c5b6b1015127f1bd
Cops Who Charged Civil Rights Leaders With Felonies Try To Sideline Progressive Prosecutor

The Portsmouth Police Department in Virginia doesn't want its local prosecutor handling criminal cases connected to the destruction of Confederate monume...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/portsmouth-police-confederate-stephanie-morales_n_5f3bf494c5b6b1015127f1bd
They are claiming, apparently falsely, that the chief prosecutor, Stephanie Morales, also black woman is a “witness” to conspiracy to pressure her against dropping cases.

Just last month Morales formed an unprecedented progressive alliance in Virginia: https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/virginia-prosecutors-form-progressive-alliance/
Eleven Prosecutors Form a Progressive Alliance in Virginia

Their move breaches expectations of a monolithic law enforcement perspective, which in the past has helped DA associations push a punitive agenda.

https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/virginia-prosecutors-form-progressive-alliance/
This is all on the heels of other cases of police retaliation against critics or reform proponents.

This, in New Jersey a few weeks ago, ended up being dropped after outrage. https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1291488157993775111?s=21 https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1291488157993775111
And others are joining in the punitive retaliation.

Tennessee’s lawmakers and governor first and foremost: https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1295539655950110720?s=21 https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1295539655950110720
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