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Purchase order data VPM obtained through a public records request show RPD bought 1,025 units of chemical agents in various forms from June 1 through July 7. The department spent roughly $18,000 on hand-held and gas grenade forms of O.C. spray, commonly called pepper spray. The agency also spent just over $19,000 on C.S. tear gas canisters, excluding shipping costs.

As soon as early September, the council can finalize a relocation plan for each statue with an additional vote.

“We really need to figure out what we can do with these statues,” said Chris Hilbert, the council’s vice president and 3rd District representative. “I think they should be sold at auction and placed on private property.”

“The mayor has spent the last three-and-a-half years traveling to hundreds, if not thousands, of public and private events without police protection. Unfortunately, recent events have made it clear that we are now in different times. The mayor will continue the unprecedented community outreach and personal engagement with residents that has defined his term, but for obvious reasons, we cannot discuss details of his security.” -- Statement from Mayor Levar Stoney's Office

US Attorney G. Zachary Terilliger visited Richmond to discuss the ongoing demonstrations and acts of violence in the city.

On the afternoon of July 1 demonstrators gathered outside the entrance to the John Marshall Courthouse demanding a halt to evictions but by 1 PM the situation turned destructive as some participants started throwing objects at the building's lobby windows. Richmond police are looking for information on a suspect filmed actively smashing the building's glass and throwing bricks at another window.

A total of 14 pieces -- including monuments, plaques and cannons -- were removed by the company NAH LLC, before a judge ordered the operations to stop earlier this month. There’s little information available about the limited liability company, but according to the Virginia State Corporation Commission it formed in June. Invoices obtained by VPM shows NAH LLC was paid a base rate of $900,000 for the removal. The city paid an additional $180,000 per workday, totaling another $900,000.