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PublishedNovember 14, 2021
Anti-mask mandate group says it will protest outside central Maine school board members’ homes
Nick Blanchard, founder of Maine Patriots With Attitude, wouldn't say when or where these would take place.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2021
Investigation of 2020 protest says police responded with restraint
The report found that most of the attendees were there to peacefully protest and concluded that police made arrests "sparingly" and used force only on protesters who had turned violent.
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PublishedJune 27, 2021
Members of state worker’s union rally for livable wage ahead of contract renewal
Those who did not attend the Sunday rally had to work a 'second job' to pay their bills, according to the speakers at the event.
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PublishedJune 11, 2021
Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests
The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2021
Firm hired to investigate Portland police response to BLM protest
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Maine State House quiet on Sunday amid protest concerns
There were no signs of activity by Trump supporters, who are said to be targeting state capitols for demonstrations through Inauguration Day.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol, calls rioters ‘domestic terrorists’
Both the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke about the police treatment of the largely white mob compared with Black Lives Matter protesters.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Questions raised about Capitol Police’s inability to secure Capitol building
It is unclear how the Capitol Police force — with 1,879 sworn officers and a budget of $515.5 million — was unable to protect Congress.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Some Republican politicians baselessly blame antifa for pro-Trump mob rioting in Capitol
Many of the Trump supporters who stormed into Capitol openly boasted about their participation, live-streaming along the way.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Maine historians see unprecedented event in storming of U.S. Capitol
The breach of the Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists is more in line with coups that have occurred in other, less stable countries.