2 vehicles plow through Hollywood crowd protesting Breonna Taylor’s killing; at least 1 struck
Source: KTLA At least one person was injured after two vehicles plowed through a crowd of demonstrators in Hollywood, where…
100 arrested, 13 officers injured in Chicago during unrest following a police-involved shooting
Source: NBC News After Chicago police officers shot a man allegedly carrying a gun on Sunday, hundreds of people swept through…
Feds use tear gas to try to disperse Portland protesters
Source: USA Today A persistent crowd of protesters remained outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours of Saturday as fireworks were shot at the building and plumes of tear gas, dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above. Thousands of people gathered in Portland streets hours after a U.S. judge denied Oregon’s request to restrict federal agents’ actions when they arrest people during protests that have roiled the city and pitted local officials against the Trump administration. Many times these actions were met by federal agents using tear gas and flash bangs. As the clouds of gas floated down the street, protesters would swiftly regroup and return to chant and shake the fence that separates the people on the street from federal agents and the courthouse. The clashes in Portland have further inflamed the nation’s political tensions and triggered a crisis over the limits of federal power as Trump moves to send U.S. officers to other Democratic-led cities to combat crime. Protesters in Portland have been targeting the federal courthouse, setting fires outside and vandalizing the building that U.S. authorities say they have a duty to protect. Federal agents have used tear gas, less-lethal ammunition that left one person critically injured and other force to scatter protesters. Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf denied that federal agents were inflaming the situation in Portland and said Wheeler legitimized criminality by joining demonstrators, whom Trump has called “Anarchists and agitators.” Full Story @ USA Today
Protesters burn down Wendy’s in Atlanta after police shooting
Source: Reuters Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black…
Congressional Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill that would ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants in drug cases
Source: NBC News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday unveiled far-reaching legislation to overhaul…
False antifa rumors about a suburban invasion take over neighborhood social media apps
Source: NBC News False rumors about Antifa organizing bus rides to take protesters into white neighborhoods and loot residences have gone…
U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 110 times since May 28
By LAURA HAZARD OWEN @ Nieman Lab As protests spread across the country one week after a white police officer allegedly…
Minnesota governor fully mobilizes National Guard, blames out-of-state protesters for violence
Source: NBC News Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday that he would fully mobilize the state National Guard for the first…