Video: Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney Announces Resignation of Police Chief, Other Changes, After What He Calls “One of the Most Challenging Periods of My Life”

See below for video and highlights from Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s press conference this afternoon, at which he announced the resignation of the city’s police chief – who Stoney said is a “good man” – and the naming of an interim police chief. According to Mayor Stoney, Richmond has “a good police department…but I also believe we can be better.” Stoney added, “I’m committed to reimagining public safety” and said he supports a Citizen Review Board, “restorative justice,” the “Obama Pledge for Mayors,” celebrating Juneteenth as a holiday this Friday, etc.