RCF Connects (formerly Richmond Community Foundation) will host a fundraiser gala on March 1 that will serve to support the nonprofit’s Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative, which works to uplift and empower Black women and girls in the local community, including entrepreneurs and leaders. | The Richmond Standard RCF Connects (formerly Richmond Community Foundation) will host a fundraiser gala on March 1 that will serve to support the nonprofit’s Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative, which works to uplift and empower Black women and girls in the local community, including entrepreneurs and leaders. Richmond Police Chief Bisa French and
The memorial, taking place at 3322 Cutting Blvd., will bring together members of the Perez family with local police, city officials and Richmond community members to “honor a life cut short [and] to support our advocacy for police accountability and reduced deadly encounters,” according to a family statement.
Police chief and husband had accused their daughter's boyfriend of pimping her as a sex worker in Oakland. Now they have a restraining order against them and are unable to talk to their daughter for two years.
Richmond’s mayor said, Wednesday, that Police Chief Bisa French has been placed on paid administrative leave "because of an unfolding family situation."