Posted on 05/29/2026 5:53:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A Virginia high school graduation descended into chaos when a spectator rushed the stage and attacked a student who was walking to receive his diploma.
Evan J. Williams Jr., 20, was arrested Thursday and charged with disorderly conduct and damage to private property in connection with the brawl that broke out during John Marshall High School’s graduation ceremony at Virginia Commonwealth University, according to police.
A 12-second viral video of the violence posted on Facebook shows the moment several attendees began to fight on the students’ special day in front of shocked family members just before 11 a.m. Wednesday at the school’s Siegel Center.
At least four university police officers are seen rushing toward the front of the stage to break up the melee, as other audience members jump in to join the fracas or scramble to help stop it.
Several more altercations broke out outside the Siegel Center as police worked to break up the initial fight and clear the venue.
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Don't bother looking......YOU KNOW
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Jim Ross: OMG...It’s a spectator...with a steel chair!!!
Gordon Solie: We’ve got a real pier 6 donnybrook on the stage
“Graduations” in this country have become very deadly. One would be wise stay home. Fatalities have become very common.
Poor impulse control.
And when did twerking become a thing at graduations?
Wrong pronoun in the title, but not the text, of the article.
Amish again…it’s always the Amish…
I’m a retired city public school teacher (high school). Some kind of brawl or loud altercation would occur at around half of our graduation ceremonies.
Good times.
Not.
Side note: Even in my worst classes, most of the kids were good. They are the ones who suffer the most here.
If blacks don’t understand why White folks prefer to avoid them this is why.
It’s becoming clear to me that it’s now a primary goal of black people to ruin any event anytime a large group of them are there.
It used to be they would request people withhold applause to keep the process on time. It was ALWAYS violated by some of them. ALWAYS.
It’s the 13%, not the bottom quintile, that causes most of the social and criminal problems.
All I needed to know about those folks I learned in my 5+ years on the MPDC.
John Marshall High School is in Richmond Va.
Evan Williams has a history of starting fights.
Hey, at least they weren’t dancing and gyrating like tribal idiots after accepting their diplomas.
(/sarcasm)
Side note: Even in my worst classes, most of the kids were good. They are the ones who suffer the most here.
Must be fierce academic competition, huh?
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