George Floyd
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
New Gloucester group calls on AMVETS to stop using Confederate flag
The group also held its first monthly anti-racism rally last Saturday at Coolidge Family Farms on Lewiston Road.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
Supervisors’ union president: Lack of support from elected officials demoralizing to Portland police
A recently approved City Council proposal creating a Racial Equity Steering Committee leaves out important context.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2020
Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests
The hearing marks the attorney general's first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing him face-to-face with a panel that is holding hearings on what Democrats say is politicization of the Justice Department under his watch.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Congress passes Wilson, Rubio bill to study societal forces affecting Black men
The bill is modeled after a Florida commission that was created in 2006 by Rubio and Wilson when they served in the Florida Legislature together.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
National Guard commander says police used ‘excessive force’ on DC protesters to clear path for Trump
Adam DeMarco is scheduled to testify Tuesday before a House committee investigating the government's actions in clearing protesters away from Lafayette Square with projectiles, gas, smoke and mounted police.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2020
Protests explode across the country; police declare riots in Washington, Oregon
In Seattle, police said protesters set fire to a construction site for a juvenile detention facility. In Portland, protesters broached a federal courthouse.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2020
Tear gas fired again; Oregon protest standoff continues
About 3,000 people gather in Portland, chanting 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Feds go home' to the sound of drums.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2020
Portland struggles with liberal identity under nation’s gaze
The mayor – who is also the police commissioner – is increasingly unpopular with those who say he couldn't, or wouldn't, control officers.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
It’s Opening Day with the virus – masked men, empty parks, odd sounds
The MLB season opens with two games on Thursday night, and as surreal as the scene might appear in the age of coronavirus ... it's still baseball.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2020
Minnesota lawmakers pass sweeping package of police accountability measures
The bill bans chokeholds and neck restraints, boosts funding for crisis intervention and creates a panel of arbitrators to handle police misconduct cases.
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