[…] The recent demonstrations in Seattle have been among the largest the city has seen in years.
An editor at one of America's largest newspapers has lost his job just days after a "deeply offensive" headline triggered a mass staff walkout. BLM Philly, a local chapter of the BLM Global Network, is a Black organization that seeks to disrupt violence against Black people while elevating the experiences and leadership of our most marginalized. Will it make a difference?
It's the largest protest in the city yet over the the death of George Floyd. Washington has attracted its biggest crowd since the George Floyd protests began with estimates up to 200,000 people hitting the streets of the US capital. Metropolitan Police confirmed the officer and her horse were OK despite footage at the scene showing the officer slamming into a traffic light pole. The protests may also be benefitting from a country that is more conditioned to protesting. Mississippi lawmakers voted to retire their state flag, which prominently includes a Confederate battle emblem. The police chief yesterday announced a ban tear gas, but officers are using pepper spray to move the crowds. Some turned intersections into dance floors. Gas masks are on. pic.twitter.com/2ynya3q2qj. By Larry Buchanan, Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. PatelJuly 3, 2020. On Monday, riot police cleared peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Square, using pepper balls and smoke canisters, so that President Trump could walk to a nearby church for a photo op.
The prospects of reforms clearing a divided Congress are unclear. The crowd in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania is also heaving. Collectively, the recent Black Lives Matter protests — more organic in nature — appear to have far surpassed those numbers, according to polls. #GeorgeFloydProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/sZS4BWBtPj, Law and order needs to be re-established in London immediately, throwing a bike at a police horse Is disgusting. Mandatory hotel quarantine could be replaced with home deten... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Protesters have lined the streets surrounding the White House every day this week. Turnout has ranged from dozens to tens of thousands in about 2,500 small towns and large cities. All times AEST (GMT +10).
Revamped training requirements are planned, too, among them a ban on chokeholds. But the amount of change that the protests have been able to produce in such a short period of time is significant.
Inside the presidential mansion, their chants and cheers could be heard in waves. The horse, uninjured, made its own way back to the stables, nearby. This is not peaceful protest. Don't have an account?