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#ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired
On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…
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Almost 70 Arrested Protesting the Death of Philando Castile
Police officers arrested 46 people outside the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, Minn., where a demonstration was being held Tuesday in response to the recent fatal police shooting of Philando Castile. Then, early Wednesday morning, another 23 protesters were arrested on charges of public nuisance and unlawful assembly, CBS News reports. Since July 7, the day…