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An entire 57-person Buffalo Police Department team resigned en masse to support fellow officers suspended for pushing a 75-year-old protester to the ground
A graphic video showed other officers walking past the man's body as he bled on the ground during a…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Black Lives Matter and the ACLU are suing the Trump administration for forcing peaceful protesters out of his way with tear gas before his church photo op
Civil rights groups say the removal of protesters in Washington, DC's Lafayette Square was a violat…
Sinéad Baker
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Trump claims the pepper balls and smoke canisters police fired at peaceful protesters aren't tear gas. The CDC disagrees.
The Trump campaign told Insider the pepper balls used to dispel the crowd don't qualify as tear gas…
Eliza Relman
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National Guard troops and federal agents kept close watch on 5th night of George Floyd protests in Washington DC
Tuesday was Washington, DC's fifth straight night of protests over police brutality, and according …
Christopher Woody
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Right-wing media stars don't actually care how peaceful the protests are
It doesn't matter if it's taking a knee or marching peacefully in the streets, some conservative me…
Anthony L. Fisher
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People are pressuring Instagram to make its coveted 'swipe up' feature available to everyone to support Black Lives Matter
The ability to put clickable links in Instagram stories, activists say, would allow them to more ea…
Hanna Lustig
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'X-Men' star Evan Peters apologized for 'unknowingly' retweeting a video of police tackling a protester
The caption on the original uploader's post read: "I can watch these piece of s--- looters get tack…
Dan Seddon
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Federal officers stockpiled semiautomatic rifles and tried to obtain a controversial 'heat ray' ahead of tear-gassing protesters for Trump's photo op, a whistleblower says
A top National Guard officer's testimony contradicted Trump administration claims that protesters w…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The 4 police officers facing charges in George Floyd's killing appear to be pointing fingers at one another
"There are very likely going to be antagonistic defenses presented at the trial," Earl Gray, a lawy…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Protesters in Minneapolis say they won't clear barricades around the George Floyd Memorial until the city leaders meet their 24 demands
Some of the demands include recalling Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman, and ending qualified …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The DOJ's watchdog has opened an investigation into the 'use of force' by unmarked federal agents patrolling the streets of Portland
The investigation will likely draw scrutiny from Trump and Barr, both of whom have praised law enfo…
Sonam Sheth
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Corner stores can be hotspots for violence in majority-Black neighborhoods. Here's how one faith-based organization is working to change that.
The Inner-city Muslim Action Network is building solidarity between Arab American storeowners and B…
Irene Jiang
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Four men were charged for trying to tear down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House
Jackson owned at least 95 slaves at his Tennessee plantation and brought some of them with him to t…
Katie Warren
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Cultural institutions need to stop the empty gestures and performative activism — it's time to do the real work of anti-racism
Organizations like the Guggenheim and Bon Appétit have run on empty words for too long. As centers …
Danielle Monique
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NYPD to disband 600-strong plainclothes anti-crimes unit in a move toward community-focused '21st century policing'
This decision comes after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis prompted a global cry for the en…
Rhea Mahbubani
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London covered a statue of Winston Churchill outside parliament with a box after it was spray-painted with the word 'racist' in mass protests
A statue of Winston Churchill has been covered with a box ahead of Black Lives Matter protests. It …
Mia Jankowicz
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'It is patriotism': Seattle's mayor rebukes Trump for saying 'autonomous zone' protesters are terrorists
Trump threatened to intervene in Seattle on Thursday. Mayor Jenny Durkan said it would be "unconsti…
Bill Bostock
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Trump's worst insult to Americans is that he thinks we're like him
Trump shares his authoritarian, racist, violent thoughts expecting Americans to support him because…
Linette Lopez
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The Knicks 'approval rating' among NBA players is reportedly at rock-bottom after releasing a late, bland statement about racism
Those around the NBA took notice of the Knicks declining to put out a statement on protests, then b…
Scott Davis
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'The cop in me wants to kick my own ass': NYPD officer reportedly apologized to fellow police for kneeling at an anti-racist protest
"I spent the first part of my career thriving to build a reputation of a good cop," the officer sai…