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Several thousand angry protestors surrounded Austin Police Headquarters and shut down Interstate Highway 35 on 05/30/2020.The protestors were enraged by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week and Michael Ramos in Austin last month.The demonstrations were part of a national day of protest organized by Black Lives Matter and other activist organizations in reaction to the Floyd killing.The protests started at noon and related unrest continued until almost dawn on Sunday. Outnumbered law enforcement officers from several agencies dressed in full riot gear occasionally made use of tear gas, pepper spray ,beanbags and rubber bullets to maintain order.The APD headquarters was vandalized by spray paint and several arrests were made throughout the day and evening. | Verwendung weltweit Photo by: Newman, Jeff/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Protests for Black Lives

Police Attacks on Protesters With "Less Than Lethal" Weapons Result in Life-Threatening Injuries

Jordan Smith

- June 11, 2020

People demonstrating on the streets, or following along online, don’t need studies to know that less-lethal weaponry isn’t safe — particularly in crowds.

RIVERSIDE, CA - AUGUST 12: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations unit raid to apprehend immigrants without any legal status and who may be deportable in Riverside. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they are relying more than ever on costly manhunts to locate immigrants in the country illegally who have criminal records. In the past, the agency would simply contact local jails where such immigrants were being detained and ask jail officials to hold them until an ICE van could pick them up, but hundreds of counties across the country stopped honoring such requests after a federal judge last year found that practice unconstitutional. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Plans to Spend $18 Million on Thousands of New Tasers

Ryan Devereaux

- June 10, 2020

ICE is seeking thousands of new “conductive energy weapons,” as well as training at a U.S. military base on how to use them.

Six blocks of Walnut Street reduced to rubble from fires started during racial motivated riots in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Protests for Black Lives

Echoes of the 1917 East St. Louis “Race Riot” in Today’s Uprisings

Keisha N. Blain

- June 10, 2020

While little known, the events of the summer of 1917 represent a significant moment that bears striking similarities to contemporary developments.

Open Carry Texas protesters, some sporting jolly roger patches and Hawaiian shirts, prepare to pose for a group photo outside of the bar Big Daddy Zane's, Saturday, June 6, 2020 in Odessa, Texas. Following the arrest of the bar owner and six armed protesters defending the bar's opening in early May, Open Carry Texas had called for a rally to be held outside the bar as a way to respond to the event. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

Voices

How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War

Mehdi Hasan

- June 10, 2020

The real terror threat comes not from anti-fascists in black masks, but from actual fascists in Hawaiian shirts.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: FBI officers stand guard at the J. Edgar Hoover Building during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. This is the 12th day of protests with people descending on the city to peacefully demonstrate in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa. Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant.

Ryan Devereaux

- June 9, 2020

The Charlotte, North Carolina, man tweeted in protest because he thought the Trump administration’s designation of antifa as a terror group was absurd.

The War on Immigrants

Amid Protests, Phoenix Police Swept Up Immigrants on Mistaken Charges. Now They Face Deportation.

Hannah Critchfield

- June 8, 2020

“This is a prime example of why local law enforcement should not have any interaction with ICE — because cops make mistakes,” a Phoenix attorney said.

Protests for Black Lives

Georgia Protests Differently: A Dispatch From the Front Lines of Atlanta Divided

George Chidi

- June 6, 2020

The days of defiance here have been half police misconduct protest rally and half carnival. Incongruity abounds.

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 02: NYPD officers block the exit of the Manhattan Bridge as hundreds protesting police brutality and systemic racism attempt to cross into the borough of Manhattan from Brooklyn hours after a citywide curfew went into effect in New York City. Days of protest, sometimes violent, have followed in many cities across the country in response to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25th. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Protests for Black Lives

Police Attacks on Protesters Are Rooted in a Violent Ideology of Reactionary Grievance

Ryan Devereaux

- June 6, 2020

A peaceful protest movement confronts a lawless police culture.

Walter Ogrod Sees Wrongful Conviction Overturned After 23 Years on Pennsylvania’s Death Row

Jordan Smith

- June 5, 2020

Ogrod developed symptoms of Covid-19 as a Philadelphia judge repeatedly delayed his case. Now, he will finally be released.

Kandace Montgomery of Black Lives Matter spoke with media after a hearing at the Hennepin County Government Center Monday December 21, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.] Mall of America seeks restraining order against Black Lives Matter in an attempt to stop the protest planned for Wednesday. Order includes no tweeting, and an actual tweet telling people the rally has been cancelled. Jerry Holt/ Jerry.Holt@Startribune.com(Photo By Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Protests for Black Lives

"We Don't Have Time to Wait": Minneapolis Anti-Police Brutality Organizer Kandace Montgomery on Defunding the Police

Alleen Brown

- June 5, 2020

Minneapolis organizer Kandace Montgomery, who has been organizing against police brutality for years, discusses her work and efforts to defund police.

Justice

Police Attacks on Protesters With "Less Than Lethal" Weapons Result in Life-Threatening Injuries

ICE Plans to Spend $18 Million on Thousands of New Tasers

Echoes of the 1917 East St. Louis “Race Riot” in Today’s Uprisings

How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War

He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa. Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant.

Amid Protests, Phoenix Police Swept Up Immigrants on Mistaken Charges. Now They Face Deportation.

Georgia Protests Differently: A Dispatch From the Front Lines of Atlanta Divided

Police Attacks on Protesters Are Rooted in a Violent Ideology of Reactionary Grievance

Walter Ogrod Sees Wrongful Conviction Overturned After 23 Years on Pennsylvania’s Death Row

"We Don't Have Time to Wait": Minneapolis Anti-Police Brutality Organizer Kandace Montgomery on Defunding the Police

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Justice

Police Attacks on Protesters With "Less Than Lethal" Weapons Result in Life-Threatening Injuries

ICE Plans to Spend $18 Million on Thousands of New Tasers

Echoes of the 1917 East St. Louis “Race Riot” in Today’s Uprisings

How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War

He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa. Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant.

Amid Protests, Phoenix Police Swept Up Immigrants on Mistaken Charges. Now They Face Deportation.

Georgia Protests Differently: A Dispatch From the Front Lines of Atlanta Divided

Police Attacks on Protesters Are Rooted in a Violent Ideology of Reactionary Grievance

Walter Ogrod Sees Wrongful Conviction Overturned After 23 Years on Pennsylvania’s Death Row

"We Don't Have Time to Wait": Minneapolis Anti-Police Brutality Organizer Kandace Montgomery on Defunding the Police

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