Black Lives Matter Protests
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‘Hang on to your seats’: After over 800 protests in 2021, Vancouver’s top cop says more to comeSpeaking at a special council meeting on public safety on April 28, Chief Adam Palmer warned the city to buckle up in anticipation of what's expected in the coming months.CanadaMay 2, 2022
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Breonna Taylor protesters return to streets across U.S. for 2nd night of ralliesThe police chief in Louisville, Kentucky, where Taylor was killed said he expected demonstrations to go on through the weekend and for some time.WorldSep 24, 2020
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2 police officers shot amid protests in Kentucky after no charges in Breonna Taylor deathSpeaking at a press conference Wednesday evening, Louisville assistant police chief Robert Schroeder said two officers had been shot.WorldSep 23, 2020
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Black man was not holding gun when fatally shot by Los Angeles police, lawyer saysA Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday.WorldSep 22, 2020
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Protests resume in Portland after smoke from wildfire clearsProtesters returned to the streets of Portland, Oregon, following a dayslong pause largely due to poor air quality from wildfires on the West Coast.WorldSep 19, 2020
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Jacob Blake speaks from hospital bed for 1st time since police shooting in KenoshaIn a video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his family’s lawyer, Ben Crump, Blake said from his hospital bed that, “Twenty-four hours, every 24 hours it’s pain, nothing but pain. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from side-to-side, it hurts to eat.”WorldSep 6, 2020
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Portland protests declared a riot as demonstrations continue for 100th straight dayMolotov cocktails thrown in the street during a march sparked a large fire and prompted police to declare a riot.WorldSep 6, 2020
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Grand jury in Florida declines to indict officers in fatal shootings of 3 Black menShortly after the release of the grand jury's report on Friday, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey appealed for calm, noting "the pain and trauma that these incidents have caused, especially in our communities of colour."WorldSep 5, 2020
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Reality check: A look at Trump’s claims on John McCain, Black Lives Matter protestsTrump distorted events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the past week and his own hand in them before a furor over his reported comments on fallen soldiers diverted his rhetoric.PoliticsSep 5, 2020
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Portland police arrest 27 demonstrators as protests enter 100th dayLaw enforcement declared an unlawful assembly Friday night after protesters marched through the streets of Portland on to a police building, where officers stood waiting outside.WorldSep 5, 2020
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