George Floyd protests & riots (consolidated thread)

Unprecedented racial protests spread across Oregon

In small towns and cities that sit squarely in Republican strongholds and rarely see protests, thousands of Oregonians marched, held aloft Black Lives Matter signs and chanted George Floyd’s name ...

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https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/unprecedented-racial-protests-spread-across-oregon/article_d5d2ffca-06c6-581d-b277-2b3d523d874e.html

 

Has Mark Wahlberg Been Charged With Hate Crimes? Yes

Amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd, who died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Mark ...

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https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/06/mark-wahlberg-hate-crimes/

 

Massive, peaceful protests across US demand police reform

Massive demonstrations against racism and police brutality filled some of the nation's most famous cityscapes Saturday, with tens of thousands of people marching peacefully in scenes that were more ...

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https://www.startribune.com/mourners-hold-north-carolina-memorial-for-george-floyd-as-more-protests-gather/571069442/

 

LI renews call for justice after George Floyd death in police custody

Demonstrations against police brutality and racism gained fresh momentum on Long Island Sunday, as protesters from Great Neck to East Hampton renewed their call for justice in the aftermath of George ...

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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/protests-george-floyd-1.45430943

 

George Floyd death: Canadian man arrested after turning up to protest wearing blackface

A man who turned up to a protest wearing blackface in Canada at the weekend has been arrested, police confirmed. The man was arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto on Saturday (local time). Videos of the man were later shared online which sparked outrage as demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in the US, continued throughout the world. In one video, the man is asked by a reporter, "What are you doing here?" While others can be heard shouting, "You've got to go". Before things escalate further, ...

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https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/worl...-turning-up-to-protest-wearing-blackface.html

 

From Zoom to the streets, students and schools find teachable moments in protests of police violence

The end of a tense school year was made tenser by students’ desires to debate, and participate in, the demonstrations.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/schools-students-teachers-george-floyd-protests/2020/06/08/a33cbe5e-a779-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

 

Why I Protest

HuffPost asked protesters why they took to the streets. Some were first-time protesters, others took their children, and all of them said they wanted to ...

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-i-protest-george-floyd-protester_n_5eda9440c5b6ba25316d8d43

 

Churchill: A proud day for Troy, but what about Green Island?

So Troy pulled it off. The region's largest protest in the wake of George Floyd's death was, by most every account, a remarkable and proud day for the city. The city's police department has had its problems, including repeated allegations of police brutality against black residents. And Mayor Patrick Madden, as I detailed in Sunday's column, mishandled the controversial police shooting of Edson Thevenin, an unarmed black man, by attempting to shroud it in secrecy. But Troy police handled Sunday's protest with dignity and grace. And steps taken by City Hall, including Madden's public support of the protest, seem to ...

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https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Churchill-A-proud-day-for-Troy-but-what-about-15325107.php

 

Teen activism in Chicago spurred by police killing of George Floyd: ‘We are fed up and this is the last straw’

What’s fueling youth actions out of public schools is (that) youth are underserved in public schools," one young activist said.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/teen-activism-in-chicago-spurred-by-police-killing-of-george-floyd-e2-80-98we-are-fed-up-and-this-is-the-last-straw-e2-80-99/ar-BB15eRBR

 

Protesters Say They Were Assaulted Before Arrest, Feared COVID-19 In Jail

They call themselves the J-5. That’s the cell most of them were held in at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, and it’s where most of them met after being arrested for participating in protests on Sunday, May 31. “They put us in there to stop our spirits,” 24-year-old protester Markice Armstrong said. But that’s not how it worked out. In Louisville’s Central Park this weekend, about a dozen men and women who were arrested and locked up together gathered again. Though most had just met, they had the ease of longtime friends. Since their release they’ve stayed in touch through ...

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https://wfpl.org/protesters-say-they-were-assaulted-before-arrest-fear-covid-19-in-jail/

 

Philadelphia police staff inspector charged in incident with protester

The mugshot of Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna has been released after he was charged following video of him striking a student protester in the head with a metal baton, authorities say.

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https://www.fox29.com/video/693056

 

California Teacher Goes Viral After Threatening to Kill Protester in Front of Crying 8-Year-Old Daughter

The Bakersfield City School District is investigating Carrie Maxwell, a second-grade teacher at Wayside Elementary School caught threatening to kill a crying 8-year-old and her mother in a now-viral video following a racial justice protest last Friday. In the video, a woman named Erika Baze took her daughter to the protests which had been peaceful thus far for Danyelle. While walking, Baze claimed that Maxwell "jumped out" in front of her in a muumuu and began yelling at the mother and child, both of whom are white. "Do not film my daughter!" Baze yelled as Maxwell began filming the interaction ...

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https://www.newsweek.com/california...ster-front-crying-8-year-old-daughter-1509808

 

The governor of Minnesota just showed what leadership in a crisis looks like

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) apologizes after CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew were arrested and released during protests following the death of George Floyd.Early Friday morning, CNN reporter Omar ...

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https://www.news8000.com/i/the-governor-of-minnesota-just-showed-what-leadership-in-a-crisis-looks-like/

 

Top City Officials Signed Off on Use of Tear Gas During Protests

The revelation that Mayor Jim Kenney, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and a small number of Philadelphia's top-ranking officials signed off on the use of tear gas during the mass protests last week came out during a City Council hearing Wednesday. The controversial decision was made by a group called "Unified Command" that included the mayor, police commissioner, Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel and several other high-ranking members of Kenney's administration, according to Managing Director Brian Abernathy during an exchange with City Councilwoman Helen Gym. Abernathy was also a member of the Unified Command group, he said. The group formed Saturday, May ...

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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...s-during-protests-city-official-says/2426510/

 

Kenney administration approved police use of tear gas amid Philly protests; demobilization of National Guard underway

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other top officials in his administration approved the use of tear gas amid protests in the city over the death of George Floyd, who was killed when a Minneapolis ...

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https://www.inquirer.com/news/live/philadelphia-protest-wednesday-live-police-end-racism-now-fishtown-black-lives-matter-20200610.html

 

ICE now says detainees held hunger strike to honor of George Floyd

Immigration detainees paid tribute to George Floyd with a controversial hunger strike last week at a California detention center, ICE officials said in follow-up statement this week.

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https://www.wane.com/news/ice-now-says-detainees-held-hunger-strike-to-honor-of-george-floyd/

 

Political fallouts of Floyd's death

Poor George Perry Floyd, an ordinary 44 years old a black American national, accused of a petty crime, has very extremely barbarously and inhumanly been killed by none but a policeman in Minnesota on ...

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https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/political-fallouts-of-floyds-death/ar-BB15j6Zf

 

Teacher led vigil held in memory of George Floyd at Sayre Riverfront Park

A Valley community led vigil held in honor of the memory of George Floyd and all minorities killed at the hands of law enforcement was held at ...

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https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/teacher-led-vigil-held-in-memory-of-george-floyd-at-sayre-riverfront-park/article_d9938ac5-5df6-5bc1-9cd1-5184e0d8148d.html

 

Teacher led vigil held in memory of George Floyd at Sayre Riverfront Park (w/photos)

A Valley community led vigil held in honor of the memory of George Floyd and all minorities killed at the hands of law enforcement was held at ...

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https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/teacher-led-vigil-held-in-memory-of-george-floyd-at-sayre-riverfront-park-w-photos/article_d9938ac5-5df6-5bc1-9cd1-5184e0d8148d.html

 

Defunding the police: ‘Reallocating resources to get to the root of the problem’

Defunding the police is what many Black Lives Matter protesters are calling for nationwide and Rochester is no exception.

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https://www.rochesterfirst.com/comm...-resources-to-get-to-the-root-of-the-problem/