Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Police Shooting And Protests Put Ferguson Back On Edge 


By Jim Suhr and Jim Salter, Aug 02, 2015 AP

FERGUSON, MO. — Police arrested more than a dozen people in Ferguson on Monday night after protesters blocked traffic during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

The gathering came about 24 hours after a demonstration along West Florissant Avenue that was interrupted by gunfire and a police shooting that left an 18-year-old critically injured, setting the St. Louis suburb on edge.

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger declared a state of emergency, which authorized county Police Chief Jon Belmar to take control of police emergency management in and around Ferguson.


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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

CNN: Rioters Threatening Anybody Who Isn't African-American 

By Alex Griswold, Apr. 27, 2015, Daily Caller

A CNN correspondent covering the Baltimore anti-police riots live indicated rioters were openly hostile towards “anyone… who was not African-American.” (WATCH: Rioting Punk Taken Down By Baltimore Police)

CNN correspondent Miguel Marquez described the scene on the ground: “It was a frightening scene. Young people, male and female, holding rocks, bricks, bottles, sticks.”

“Very, very angry to see anybody driving in a rental car who was not African-American,” he reported, “and very, very threatening to us.”


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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Charlie Hebdo Protests Erupt Across Southern Asia

Khurram Shahzad, Jan. 23, 2015, AFP

The clashes broke out when police fired smoke canisters and shot into the air to disperse a group of protestors who began chanting "Down with Charlie Hebdo" after emerging from mosques.

Friday's rally in Islamabad was led by the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party, and though peaceful demonstrators burned French, British and American flags, while urging Pakistan to cut ties with Paris and calling for a boycott of French products.

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Anti-Police Oakland Protesters Break Windows, Trash Christmas Tree

Reuters, Dec. 26, 2014

An Oakland police spokesman said there were no arrests but had no other details about the protest.


The San Francisco-area protests have included some looting, rock throwing and property damage. Scores of protesters have been arrested.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Battered NY Mayor Calls For Temporary Protest Halt

Jonathan Lemire and Colleen Long, Dec. 22, 2014, AP

"We are in a very difficult moment. Our focus has to be on these families," de Blasio said at police headquarters. "I think it's a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in all due time."

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