# @myvpm on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CHiJTtdDjxk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/49055-myvpm-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/376bf63ac4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-11-13T14:00:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** VPM (@myVPM) — https://gondola.cc/myVPM

## Caption

“The biggest critics of the police aren’t major news stations. It’s people with a fair amount of media influence on Twitter. The police, who are the ones in charge of watching over these protests, have decided that they are going to pursue charges to nonviolent people who have been extremely critical of the police, and then they can find laws that they can hold people for.” 
- Kristopher Goad aka Goad Gatsby
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Two weeks after he allegedly committed a misdemeanor during a September protest, Richmond police arrested activist and independent journalist Kristopher Goad. 
Police informed Goad, known by the name “Goad Gatsby,” that RPD had issued him a warrant for obstructing the free passage of others. Officers transported him to the coronavirus-stricken Richmond jail and took his phone, later claiming it was being held under a sealed warrant. More than a month later, the police haven’t returned it.
Goad is one of three activists and independent journalists who told VPM they have been targeted by police for documenting officers’ activity at recent demonstrations.
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Our profile link has the whole article by Daniel Moritz-Rabson.
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Photo taken by Alex Scribner

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- **Likes:** 550
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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VPM | @myVPM | https://gondola.cc/myVPM | Social Media Intern |
| Alex Scribner | @scribalong | https://gondola.cc/scribalong | Photographer |

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