Members of Black Lives Matter - Franklin County protest Jan. 10 in front of the Rocky Mount Police Department after two of the department's officers were put on administrative leave after participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Roanoke Times, File 2020
Gloria Freeman Martin sits in her car outside the Rocky Mount Police Department. “We are not asking for unity,” she said. “We are asking for equality.”
ROCKY MOUNT — A photograph circulating on social media of two off-duty Rocky Mount police officers inside the U.S. Capitol during Wednesday’s riot sparked a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday outside the department’s building on North Main Street.
Jan. 10, 2021, 10:15 p.m.: An earlier version of this article online was updated to more clearly report that police Sgt. T.J. Robertson had left the Rocky Mount department in 2010 and then returned in 2014.
A judge declined Thursday to let two fired Rocky Mount police officers carry guns while they await trial on felony charges in connection with …
Members of Black Lives Matter - Franklin County protest Jan. 10 in front of the Rocky Mount Police Department after two of the department's officers were put on administrative leave after participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Gloria Freeman Martin sits in her car outside the Rocky Mount Police Department. “We are not asking for unity,” she said. “We are asking for equality.”
