protests
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Survey Shows Black Voters Are Fired Up to Vote Trump Out, With Many Planning to Vote in Person
With less than a month before Election Day, organizations across the country are ramping up their efforts to get out the vote in what could be the most tumultuous election in modern history. President Donald Trump has suggested that he will not concede the election if he loses, and it’s still unclear how the novel…
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Man Who Drove Truck Through Pasadena BLM March Stockpiled Weapons, Was Planning for ‘Civil Disorder’ Say Authorities
A California man who is accused of plowing his truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Pasadena earlier this year was preparing for a larger attack, according to federal officials. As the Washington Post reports, Benjamin Jong Ren Hung was charged last week with conspiracy to transport firearms across state lines, as…
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Seattle Cop Seen Allegedly Walking Bike Over Protester's Head Placed on Leave
A Seattle cop seen on video rolling his bike over the head of a protester laying on the street has been placed on leave. CBS News reports that the incident occurred during a protest on Wednesday in response to a grand jury’s decision not to charge the three officers involved in the death of Breonna…
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Attica Scott, the Only Black Woman in Kentucky's State Legislature, Arrested for Felony Rioting During Breonna Taylor Protest
People continued marching through the streets of Louisville Thursday night to protest the meager charges brought against the Louisville Metro Police department in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Among them was one Rep. Attica Scott (D), the only Black female representative in Kentucky’s state legislature and the lawmaker who has proposed the state’s most substantive…
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Victims of Kenosha Protest Violence File Lawsuit Against Facebook, Militia Members and Kyle Rittenhouse
While Republican politicians, right-wing media and much of conservative America join hands in singing the praises of a minor charged with first-degree murder in connection with two homicides after he allegedly crossed state lines and killed people with a gun he couldn’t legally carry, victims of the violence in Kenosha, Wis., that night, including the…
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'I'm Exhausted': Anguish Over Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Decision Sparks Nationwide Protests
The only person to face charges for his actions in the early hours of March 13, the day Breonna Taylor was killed, was a former Louisville Metro Police officer who, in fact, wasn’t charged with her fatal shooting at all. On Wednesday afternoon, a grand jury handed down to Brett Hankison three charges of wanton…
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New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle Declared 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' by Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice has declared New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle “anarchist jurisdictions,” setting the stage for federal funds to be withheld from those locales until they comply with the wishes of Donald Trump. NBC New York reports the Justice Department cited “New York City’s rising gun violence, cuts to the…
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White Omaha Bar Owner Charged in Shooting Death of Black Protester Dies by Suicide, According to Attorneys
A white bar owner in Omaha, Neb., who was charged last week in connection with the shooting death of a Black protester in May, died Sunday by suicide, according to his attorneys. The Washington Post reports defense attorney Stu Dornan said in a news conference that his client, 38-year-old Jake Gardner, died “at his own…
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‘Make Him a Suspect’: Rochester City Records Confirm Coordinated Police Effort to Cover Up the Death of Daniel Prude
A cache of documents from the Rochester, N.Y., police department, including emails, police reports and internal reviews, show a coordinated effort on behalf of city officials to keep the death of Daniel Prude out of the public eye. Prude, a Black man experiencing mental illness, died of suffocation in March after cops responding to a…
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Grand Jury in Omaha Charges White Bar Owner in Death of Black Protester
A grand jury has charged a white bar owner in Omaha with the death of a Black protester back in May. ABC News reports that Jake Gardner has been charged with manslaughter over the death of 22-year-old James Scurlock. Scurlock was among those in Omaha protesting police brutality following the death of George Floyd. Surveillance…