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Two Buffalo police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground during a protest Thursday night, putting him in serious condition, have been suspended immediately without pay, police commissioner Byron Lockwood announced Friday. As an anti-racism protest ended in Niagara Square in front of Buffalo City Hall just before the city’s curfew started Thursday …
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Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer violated her own executive order on social distancing while participating in a civil rights march with hundreds of demonstrators. Whitmer’s order, which she signed on Monday, states that participants in public gatherings should remain six feet apart at all times. “The governor took precautions for engaging in an outdoor activity, including …
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A New York judge has ruled that looters and peaceful protesters who violate curfew may be detained by police for more than 24 hours even if they are not arraigned before a court, citing the coronavirus pandemic and current civil unrest in New York City. New York law typically requires that arrested suspects be released …
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Jamie Dimon’s first public sighting since he underwent heart surgery three months ago has resulted in a photo of him kneeling at a local Chase branch — sparking questions about whether he was “taking a knee” in solidarity with widespread racial justice protests. The 63-year-old CEO of JPMorgan Chase underwent emergency heart surgery on March …
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Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …
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A&E has decided not to run new episodes of “Live PD” this Friday and Saturday, while Paramount Network has delayed the Season 33 launch of “Cops,” the long-running reality series that was scheduled to return on Monday. The decision to hold “Live PD” and “Cops” comes as protests over police brutality continue across the nation …
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Cynthia Bailey is getting involved in the Black Lives Matter protests. The “RHOA” star, 53, took her daughter, Noelle Robinson, and her fiancé Mike Hill’s daughters, Ashleé and Kayla Hill to a protest in Los Angeles on Thursday. Robinson’s girlfriend Alexis also joined the group to protest against police brutality and racism after the deaths …
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Before Rachel Lindsay was “The Bachelor” franchise’s first — and only — black lead in the ABC show’s 18-year history, the 35-year-old worked as a lawyer in Texas, where she experienced “subtle racism” inside the courtroom. “I started off as a prosecutor and I would be sitting there, waiting for the defense attorney to come, …
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Hong Kong police have fired pepper-spray at protesters as thousands defied a ban on holding an annual candlelight vigil in memory of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown. Authorities rejected an application on Monday to hold the event for the first time in its history, arguing the vigil would violate coronavirus social-distancing rules on large gatherings. Police clashed briefly on Thursday …
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In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, home video curator and distributor the Criterion Collection has taken down the paywalls for many of its films by and about black lives. The move comes amid widespread protests across the globe in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the many …
Two Buffalo police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground during a protest Thursday night, putting him in serious condition, have been suspended immediately without pay, police commissioner Byron Lockwood announced Friday. As an anti-racism protest ended in Niagara Square in front of Buffalo City Hall just before the city’s curfew started Thursday …
