Staunton City Council has voted for the city to pay the legal fees of Councilwoman Brenda Mead and Mayor Andrea Oakes following their 2020 FOIA court case.
Staunton NAACP holds rally following councilors response to Capitol violence Jazmine Brooks (Source: WHSV) By Simone McKenny | January 27, 2021 at 8:54 AM EST - Updated January 28 at 11:41 AM
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Members of the Staunton NAACP and other local leaders met on the campus of Mary Baldwin University to voice their concerns around the way Staunton mayor and several members of the City Council responded to the attack on the Capitol that took place in Washington, D.C. on January 6.
“It was important for us to make a public statement and a bold stand against the words of several of our council members and our mayor because those words are not just words. It is not mere rhetoric, it is violence and that violence shows up in their sentiments and in their policies,” Jazmine Brooks with the Staunton Chapter of the NAACP explained. “Those policies impact the daily lived experiences of citizens across Staunton. Black, brown, impoverished, white, whoever it might be