demonstrations
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Tuesday's Protests Were Mostly Peaceful Even as Protesters Defied Curfews Across the Nation
Nationwide protests prompted by the death of George Floyd continued Tuesday night and were mostly peaceful even as protesters defied curfews that were meant to curtail the looting and vandalism that occurred during the night this past week. The Washington Post reports that around 2,000 protesters gathered near the White House—the largest gathering in the…
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If the National Archives Blurs Anti-Trump Speech From Its Exhibits, Is It Really an Archive?
There’s a large 49-by-69-inch photograph in the National Archives Museum in Washington D.C. which celebrates the centennial of women’s suffrage by depicting the massive crowd that filled Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Viewed from another angle, it shifts to show a 1913…
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Dallas PD Owes Mark Hughes A VERY Public Apology
Dallas Police Department fucked up in a very real way last night. A citizen of Texas, Mark Hughes, was exercising his right to carry a weapon, in his case an AR-15, just as we’ve seen any NUMBER of individuals do at places like Chipotle, or wherever people go in Texas, where open carry of firearms…