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On June 5, representatives of over a dozen Broward County law enforcement agencies held a news conference. Miramar Police Chief Dexter Williams, Miramar police chief and president of the Broward County Chiefs of Police, announced a five-point plan that includes the “eradication” of bad cops; tracking officers’ behavior; re-examining use ...
About seven protesters lay down in the intersection of NE 3rd Street and northbound Biscayne Blvd and were later arrested by Miami Police on Monday, April 15, 2024, in downtown Miami, Florida.
Notable protests and vigils were held in Atlanta, Bridgeport, Minneapolis, Nashville, Philadelphia, and Tucson from January 20–22, 2023. [193] Protests in Atlanta on January 21, 2023, briefly turned violent as some demonstrators threw objects, set police car on fire, and smashed windows of bank buildings with hammers. [194]
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters shared the benefits of fully funding police departments after the city saw violent crime take a tumble in 2024. ... 'Defund the police' movement turned on head as ...
On May 31, around 1,000 people gathered in Birmingham in a protest that ended in vandalism and a state of emergency being declared. [17] On June 1, over 1,000 protesters rallied near the courthouse in Huntsville and police fired tear gas on protesters. [18]
The students were among nine people who university police and Florida state troopers arrested April 29 during a demonstration on a plaza on the University of Florida campus.
A longtime Texas journalist was knocked down in the mayhem and could be seen bleeding before police helped him to emergency medical staff. Dane Urquhart, a third-year Texas student, called the police presence and arrests an “overreaction," adding that the protest “would have stayed peaceful” if the officers had not turned out in force.
The Occupy movement began in the United States initially with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City but spread to many other cities, both in the United States and worldwide. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time. This is a list of some of their locations in the United States.