Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler, who is also police commissioner, has come under fire both for his failure to bring the violence in Oregon’s largest city under control and for heading up a police force that has used tear gas multiple times against demonstrators.
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Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring
Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, was offered a deal to say she was involved in criminal activity.
Los Angeles deputies fatally shot Black man who dropped gun, officials say
A sheriff’s lieutenant says deputies opened fire after Dijon Kizzee, 29, punched one in the face and dropped a handgun wrapped in a bundle of clothes.
Ailing Kenosha on edge with Trump planning visit
The president has no plans to meet with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot multiple times by police on Aug. 23.
John Oliver ups the ante in fight with Connecticut city, offers donation
Danbury joked that it will rename a sewage treatment plant after the comedian in response to his expletive-filled rant against the city.
Trump praises supporters amid deadly clashes with social justice demonstrators
Shooting deaths in Oregon and Wisconsin raise the specter that the nation’s summer of unrest has entered a new phase.
Trump unleashes Twitter storm after Oregon protest death
The president retweets a post accusing Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler of ‘war crimes.’
Protesters chant ‘7 bullets, 7 days’ in Kenosha march
A crowd of several hundred people rally against police violence in the Wisconsin city where Jacob Blake was shot.
Zuckerberg says Facebook erred in not removing militia post
The group’s page earlier this week called for armed civilians to enter Kenosha, Wis., amid violent protests following a police shooting of a Black man.
‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters determined after D.C. march
Race in America is front and center during a pandemic that’s disproportionately affected Black Americans.