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The shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23 sparked protests in a number of American cities, mostly within Kenosha. [78] Two protesters were shot and killed in an incident during the protests. [79] Nationally, athletes from the NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, and MLS began going on strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. [80]
The 2023 Democratic National Committee protests were a pro-Palestine protest turned violent. [8] The protest organizers, the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement as well as other Pro-Palestinian protesters arrived outside the DNC building on 430 South Capitol St. SE at 6:40 pm after a candlelight vigil at 3rd Street and Maryland Avenue SW. [5]
Several police and protesters were injured, several police were suspended, and thousands of protesters were arrested, mostly on minor charges. [123] District attorneys for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx announced plans to decline prosecuting certain low-level offenses. [123] Smaller protests took place outside New York City.
They came from the Columbus Police Department, a 13-member "Police Dialogue Team" that was formed a couple of years ago to approach protests differently. The goal is to facilitate people's ...
New York police arrested nearly 300 people at Columbia University and City College of New York on April 30 during protests over the war in Gaza, setting off flash bangs to stun and disorient ...
The current wave of protests was inspired by events at Columbia University in New York, where police cleared an encampment and arrested more than 100 people last week, only for students to ...
The protest came in the aftermath of Shelby Township police chief Robert J. Shelide being placed on leave for inflammatory social media posts; he called for "body bags" for "vicious subhumans" involved in the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. Protesters widely condemned his comments at the ...
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month police have multiple tasks: securing venues, combating summer street crime ...