Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Sen. Tim Kaine's office says he was not taken to the basement for his safety and that he had no rule in the music played at the venue or its volume.
Fatima Bahandr shouts at police outside Quirk Hotel on West Broad Street in downtown Richmond on April 7. Pro-Palestine protesters called for Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who was at the hotel for a book-signing event, to make an appearance. Sereen Haddad, a VCU student who organizes pro-Palestine events in Richmond, called Kaine a “coward” who was “complicit in genocide.” She cited Kaine’s February vote in favor of a $14 billion aid package to Israel as the group’s reason for demonstrating at the event. At least one person was arrested after Richmond police declared an unlawful assembly and ordered the group to disperse.
Fatima Bahandr shouts at police outside Quirk Hotel on West Broad Street in downtown Richmond on April 7. Pro-Palestine protesters called for Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who was at the hotel for a book-signing event, to make an appearance. Sereen Haddad, a VCU student who organizes pro-Palestine events in Richmond, called Kaine a “coward” who was “complicit in genocide.” She cited Kaine’s February vote in favor of a $14 billion aid package to Israel as the group’s reason for demonstrating at the event. At least one person was arrested after Richmond police declared an unlawful assembly and ordered the group to disperse.
