Police prepared Saturday for a fourth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge the officers who shot Breonna Taylor.
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Police arrest 3 at right-wing rally in Portland, Oregon
Authorities are investigating an assault after one person who was documenting the event was pushed to the ground and kicked in the face.
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In despair, protesters take to streets of Louisville for Breonna Taylor
The big question for Louisville and the larger issue of racism in America was how to move forward.
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Members named to city’s Racial Equity Committee
The group will begin its work next week and have final recommendations to the City Council by late January.
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White House directs federal agencies to cancel ‘un-American’ diversity training
A memo from the White House OMB seeks a list of federal trainings that refer to ‘white privilege.’
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Dozens arrested as violent Portland, Ore., protests continue
Earlier Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in a park in Vancouver, Washington, for a memorial service for the Patriot Prayer member who was killed Aug. 29 in Portland.
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Daniel Prude’s death highlights dangers of ‘spit hoods’
Across the U.S., the hoods have been cited for wrongful death or serious injury during arrests or in detention settings.
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Mayor suspends 7 officers involved in Black man’s suffocation death in Rochester, N.Y.
Officers who encountered him running naked through the street put a hood over his head to stop him from spitting, then held him down for about 2 minutes until he stopped breathing.
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Violent protests come ‘at increased cost,’ Oregon police chief says
Portland’s police chief said demonstrators wound up targeting other people who live in the same apartment building as the mayor and have had nothing to do with the protests.
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Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests
The president claims people ‘wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear and this and that’ travel to demonstrations to riot.