Benjamin James, one of two people arrested and charged with trespassing after Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson asked police to escort the public out of the meeting room, captured his arrest on video Thursday evening.
The chaos that enveloped the Roanoke County School Board on Thursday began rolling slowly in February, when a female student at Glenvar High told the board she feared sharing the girls’ bathrooms with a transgender student who identifies as female.
Thursday’s Roanoke County School Board meeting was packed, and overflowing, until Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared because of repeated foul-language outbursts by people of the crowd.
North county parent Damon Gettier speaks to the Roanoke County School Board on May 18, 2023, when he called teachers and staff at Glen Cove Elementary “sexual predators.”
Police arrest Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke, after Clawson refused to leave the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting when Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared. Melee at that meeting have prompted new procedures for public speakers at school board meetings.
SCREEN CAPTURE, Video by Benjamin James, Submitted
Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson (whose day job is with the Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office) flashes his deputy’s badge at Benjamin James during a brief melee at the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting. Moments earlier, Hudson had ordered the room cleared after two outbursts. James, of Roanoke County, and Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke were each charged with trespassing. This screen capture is from video James shot on his smart phone.
SCREEN CAPTURE, video by Benjamin James, submitted
Roanoke County School Superintendent Ken Nicely addresses the Roanoke County School Board, after the chairman ordered the room cleared because members of the crowd were talking out of turn and using foul language.
Benjamin James, one of two people arrested and charged with trespassing after Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson asked police t…
Police arrest Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke, after Clawson refused to leave the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting when Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared. Melee at that meeting have prompted new procedures for public speakers at school board meetings.
SCREEN CAPTURE, Video by Benjamin James, Submitted
Thursday’s Roanoke County School Board meeting was packed, and overflowing, until Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared because of repeated foul-language outbursts by people of the crowd.
North county parent Damon Gettier speaks to the Roanoke County School Board on May 18, 2023, when he called teachers and staff at Glen Cove Elementary “sexual predators.”
Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson (whose day job is with the Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office) flashes his deputy’s badge at Benjamin James during a brief melee at the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting. Moments earlier, Hudson had ordered the room cleared after two outbursts. James, of Roanoke County, and Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke were each charged with trespassing. This screen capture is from video James shot on his smart phone.
SCREEN CAPTURE, video by Benjamin James, submitted
Roanoke County School Superintendent Ken Nicely addresses the Roanoke County School Board, after the chairman ordered the room cleared because members of the crowd were talking out of turn and using foul language.
