She did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. Join Facebook to connect with Angela Greene and others you may know. No date has been set, Massie said.

Greene has sought to subpoena Morales as a witness, although the prosecutor has said she was not on the scene.

Greene’s leave does not immediately affect the status of the criminal charges, which brought Lucas to Portsmouth General District Court on Friday morning for an arraignment — a legally perfunctory appearance that drew Lt. Gov. The move against the state’s most senior African American legislator came on the eve of a special General Assembly session called, in part, to address racial injustice and police brutality. T - (804) 285-8227 | F - (804) 285-3363 Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the Virginia state senator she’d accused of conspiring to topple a Confederate monument made her first court appearance on felony charges. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Local reporter covering Virginia politics. The city announced Greene as the new leader of the department last week. The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning.

Morales has declined to discuss the merits of the case but has expressed concerns about the procedural fairness. Woodson did not immediately respond to questions about the cause or duration of the leave, which was first reported by the Virginian-Pilot. “Right now Portsmouth can turn an injustice into justice that can be a light for the rest of the country.”. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — City leaders said that Portsmouth's city manager told them Friday that she placed Police Chief Angela Greene on administrative leave with pay.
Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the Virginia state senator she’d accused of conspiring to topple a … Fairfax, who presides over the state Senate, spoke to reporters with the senator at his side. On Aug. 17, Greene brought felony charges against Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) and more than a dozen others — including representatives of the NAACP, public defender’s office and school board — who had attended a June 10 protest around the Confederate monument in the city’s Olde Towne section. Greene took the helm of the department in March 2019, amid another moment of racially charged politics in Portsmouth, a majority-Black city that’s patrolled by a majority-White police force. Lucas charged with felonies over Portsmouth’s Confederate Monument protest. Tonya Chapman, the first Black woman to lead a municipal police force in Virginia, had just been forced out — she said for challenging systemic racism in the department. 880 Technology Park Drive, Suite 100 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Angela Greene, who has been serving as the interim chief for the Portsmouth Police Department since March, was sworn into office at City Hall Friday morning. Former Portsmouth police chief says she was forced out for confronting racism. Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police & Foundation, Inc.
Morales has sought to quash the subpoena. Felony charges over Confederate monument feed political intrigue in Portsmouth.

Greene said she was just enforcing the law.

“You have a whole nation right now that’s crying out for justice,” he told WTKR-TV Friday morning, before Greene’s leave had become public. Copyright © 2020, Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police & Foundation, Inc. Public Safety Executive Hiring Assistance, Critical Response Group: Collaborative Response Graphics (Incident Response Mapping Technology), Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) Giving, https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth/portsmouth-police-chief-angela-greene-sworn-into-office/. Glen Allen, VA 23059 “I would think that that piece would end with the chief being removed,” Massie said. Justin Fairfax (D) to the courthouse in support of Lucas. The defendants are next due in court for a preliminary hearing.

View the profiles of people named Angela Greene. City leaders said the city manager told them Greene was on paid leave for 30 days pending an investigation into policies she created as chief. Contact VACP Staff. “The City confirms that Police Chief Angela Greene is on paid leave, and during this period Assistant Chief Scott Burke is serving as Acting Chief of Police of the City Police Department,” city spokeswoman Dana Woodson said in an email to The Washington Post. Hours after Lucas left, protesters pulled down a statue, which fell on a man in the crowd, causing grave injuries. Protesters gather outside of Portsmouth City Hall in support of police chief Angela Greene on Sunday, September 6, 2020 in Portsmouth, Va. (Mike Caudill / For The Virginian-Pilot)

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