The South Valley community is joining arms to stamp out hate on Saturday, Aug. 19 in a Walk for Peace and Prayer Vigil in response last weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists from several hate groups including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists gathered in a show of force in Charlottesville to protest the removal of the confederate statue of Robert E. Lee.
Police Chief Scot Smithee and Mayor Roland Velasco responded Friday to a suit that alleges members of the department had sex parties, exposed themselves in front of minors and harassed a female employee who wouldn't take part in the activities and warned others about them.