Last night was the 100th-day anniversary of demonstrations in Portland, leading to more militant activity than normal in the city, as well as a more aggravated response from the police force. Protesters set up barricades and incendiary devices were used, and police sent back more brutality as well as gassing residential areas.
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In Rochester, protests have gone on for 3 days now steadily, without pause. Demonstrations have consistently grown every single day, in honor of the man who was strangled by police on March 23rd.
Protests in Rochester have continued to escalate beyond Day 1 after the release of body camera footage, with groups quickly becoming more militant, and several targeted arrests by police against activists have been made.
Daniel Prude was strangled by police after having a mental health episode and complying with everything that the police asked of him. Protests have been met with significant brutality, with police in Rochester being as violent and using the same tactics as those in Portland.
A black man was shot overnight, the 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. The police shot him and claimed that he had a gun trained at them, but it was later found that it was a lump in his clothes and not actually a firearm. Small protests began at the site of his […]
On the final night of the Republican National Convention, held in Washington D.C., thousands of antifascist protesters turned out to demonstrate against the policies of President Trump.
A third night of demonstrations continue in Kenosha, with several protests in the center of the city and outside the courthouse. A 17-year-old Chicagoan shot 3 people and killed two, and was not arrested until a massive online campaign; he is now facing 1st-degree murder charges.
Riots continue for a 2nd day in Kenosha, after the shooting of Jacob Blake in the back 7 times. The National Guard is beginning to lose control of the city to protesters.
Protests and riots have erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police shot Jacob Blake, a husband and father of three, 7 times in the back, without probably cause or any possible reason to feel threatened. Many downtown businesses and courthouses have been set on fire in Kenosha, and protests have also erupted downtown.
Last night, protesters in Portland had set up a phalanx of sorts with a shield wall, attempting to deescalate a confrontation with police, which failed drastically, with police charging the line and detaining several demonstrators.