Tonight’s local school board meeting in Loudoun County, VA, was declared an “unlawful assembly” by the Loudoun County sheriff’s office so the packed room could be cleared. This kept the board from listening to protesters or answering questions from angry parents who oppose critical race theory and a new transgender policy in their schools. Was this a coordinated effort to shut down the crowd who had filled the room demanding answers? The board said the crowd got “out of hand,” and the police arrested citizens because they didn’t leave the room “right away,” according to Reuters reporter Gabriella Borter.
The parents sang:
“Parents protesting against critical race theory broke into the national anthem when the Loudoun Co., Virginia school board ended public comment because the crowd got too out of hand.”
Parents protesting against critical race theory broke into the national anthem when the Loudoun Co., Virginia school board ended public comment because the crowd got too out of hand pic.twitter.com/qms00grIIj
— Gabriella Borter (@gabriellaborter) June 22, 2021
Two parents were arrested (see the video below) as they were in the crowd trying to speak out.
Two arrests made at the Loudoun County, Virginia school board meeting after it was declared an unlawful assembly and some parents here to protest against critical race theory and a transgender policy refused to leave right away #CriticalRaceTheory pic.twitter.com/dsZDrqJ0Gp
— Gabriella Borter (@gabriellaborter) June 22, 2021
YouTube video of the arrest of one man who complained about his right of free speech being infringed upon: