Black Lives Matter – Page 13 – The Portland Press Herald

So. Portland addresses demands to defund police in final budget

by Sean Murphy June 26, 2020June 25, 2020

The council approved the city’s $38 million budget, but not before addressing criticism that they didn’t go far enough to cut police funding.

Southern Forecaster

Cape Elizabeth makes anti-racism push

by Sean Murphy June 24, 2020

The council agreed to put up a sign rejecting racism, along with updating an anti-racism resolution and beginning work on a new diversity advisory council — moves that some say are long overdue.

Nation & World

The Latest: Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting is fired

by Associated Press June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

The latest on protests against racism and police brutality around the U.S. and the world. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home. A termination letter […]

Portland Forecaster

Youth march for Juneteenth

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

The rally and march were organized by youth from around the area to commemorate the day the last slaves in the country were notified they were free and to also call attention to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

The Latest: Protesters in Washington try to pull down Andrew Jackson statue

by From news services June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

The latest on protests around the country and the world against racism and police brutality. WASHINGTON — Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House on Monday night before being dispersed by police. WUSA-TV in Washington reported that police used pepper spray to move protesters out of Lafayette […]

Nation & World, Politics

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump’s comeback rally?

by BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press June 21, 2020June 21, 2020

Did teens, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans troll the president of the United States

Local & State

Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity

by Kevin Miller June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

No other state has such a wide gap – more than 25 percentage points – between the size of the Black population and that community’s share of infections.

Local & State, News

The Abyssinian and the struggle to save Black history in Maine

by Kelley Bouchard June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

Leonard Cummings has led the effort to restore the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland for 25 years; now he hopes that people show Black Lives Matter by helping to complete the project.