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Black Lives Matter protesters have toppled a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, England. In footage posted to social media earlier today (June 7), the statue can be seen being toppled over from its plinth with rope, and in a subsequent video, it can be seen being…
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A huge crowd was captured on camera applauding and cheering in support of the two Buffalo police officers who have been charged with second-degree assault for pushing a protesting pensioner to the ground. Yesterday, it was reported that officers Aaron Torglaski, 39, and Robert McCabe, 32, had been arrested and…
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A cyclist who was recorded assaulting a group of young people has spoken out about his remorse over the incident. On Friday, 60-year-old Anthony Brennan III was arrested by police after he was caught on camera assaulting a group of young people who had reportedly been putting up posters of…
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For almost two weeks, protests - some peaceful, some violent - have erupted across the US and around the world, as people have come together to call out the systemic injustices carried out against black people - not least seen by the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and…
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An influencer who was recorded posing for photos amid a Black Lives Matter protest has received a strong backlash from social media users. In a video uploaded to Twitter, Russian Instagram influencer Kris Schatzel - who boasts over 200,000 followers on the photo-sharing platform - can be seen posing in…
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The four former police officers charged in connection with George Floyd's death are not likely to present a united front, it has been reported. Senior officer Derek Chauvin - the 19-year police veteran who was recorded kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes - was assisted in the May…
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The two Buffalo police officers who were recorded shoving a 75-year-old male protester to the ground have been arrested after their actions lead to the man being hospitalized with serious injuries. Per ABC News, officers Aaron Torglaski and Robert McCabe have been charged with second-degree assault during their video arraignments…
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The Philadelphia District Attorney confirmed on Friday that a widely circulated video of a city police officer striking a student protestor with a metal baton would result in charges of assault being brought against the officer in question. The clip, which has appeared across social media, shows Police Staff Inspector…
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The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has banned displays of the Confederate Flag at its military installations - including everything from bumper stickers to coffee mugs, Fox News reports. The service branch said in a statement on Friday: "The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent…
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A woman photographed breastfeeding her child at a recent protest has declared that she intends to use her new-found platform to "advocate for police reform and a better birth outcome for black women," according to a report by Yahoo. Mother-of-four Kyla Carlos took her children to an event in Virginia…
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In a press conference yesterday (June 5), Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said the 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by two police officers on Thursday was an "agitator" who tried to work up the crowd of protesters. Brown added that the elderly man had been asked to leave…
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Cellphone footage from Texas shows the moment an irate man threatened a group of protesters with a chainsaw, the Daily Mail reports. The disturbing incident took place in the border town of McAllen, and shows a man exiting his blue pickup truck, grabbing a chainsaw, and approaching a crowd of…
