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Race Protests in the US America - all of it
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/31/20
BLM protests, a shooting and a group called Patriot Prayer. What's going on in Portland?
Violent clashes between pro-Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters erupted in the US city of Portland. Then a man was shot and killed. Here's what we know.
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8/31/20
US police 'recklessly' leaked information about Black Lives Matter figure Breonna Taylor
The 39-page memo contains details of the case that were not provided to the judge who ruled on the search warrant and was written weeks after the fatal shooting.
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9/1/20
He looked terrified - I can understand why.
US Senator Rand Paul confronted by protesters
A group of Black Lives Matter protesters have confronted US Senator Rand Paul, in Washington DC. The group began chanting 'Say Her Name', a slogan in reference to the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor while she was in her home.
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9/1/20
Analysis
Protests in most US cities have slowed, but the anger in Portland keeps raging. Here's why
George Floyd's death was a spark that lit a bonfire of unrest. But in Portland, a blend of local history, national influence and current events have combined to create a protest firestorm, writes Kathryn Diss.
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9/1/20
Trump urged to stay away from Kenosha amid anger over police shooting
A planned visit by US President Donald Trump to the town where a black man was shot seven times in the back by a police officer could stir up more violence, residents have warned.
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9/2/20
Dijon Kizzee: Protests in Los Angeles after police kill black man stopped for bicycle violation
A Black cyclist was fatally shot by Los Angeles County police, the latest instance of police killing a black man, as the county Sheriff's Department and a lawyer representing the man's family gave diverging accounts of the shooting.
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9/2/20
Donald Trump calls anti-racism protests 'domestic terror' in defiant visit to Kenosha
President Donald Trump defied requests to stay away from Kenosha, offering support for law enforcement in a city upended by civil unrest after a white police officer shot a black man in the back.
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9/2/20
Analysis
As Trump toured burnt-out businesses in Kenosha, he reinforced his law and order message
From the moment Donald Trump landed in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the latest flashpoint in America's reckoning on race, the divisions authorities had warned about were on full display, writes Kathryn Diss.
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9/3/20
Joe Biden says the police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha must be charged
The shooting sparked days of unrest in the small city of Kenosha in the midwestern state, during which two people were killed, although tensions have calmed in recent days.
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9/4/20
US police put a spit hood over Daniel Prude's head. Two minutes later he stopped breathing
Daniel Prude, 41, was having a mental health episode on March 23 when his brother Joe called the Rochester Police Department for help.
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