The Virginia Supreme Court found five first-term Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors violated Virginia's open meetings laws on May 31, 2020, in the wake of riots outside Manassas.
The state's high court ruled a meeting of the county police department's Citizen Advisory Board held at 1 p.m. that day, less than 24 hours after police in riot gear, being pelted with rocks and bottles at Sudley and Sudley Manor roads, used tear gas to regain order at an unlawful protest following the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The supervisors and county leaders who attended the meeting, where the prior evening's action by state and local police were discussed, failed to notify their Republican counterparts on the Board of County Supervisors about the meeting, including Supervisor Peter Candland, who represented the people who live and work where the riots took place.
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