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07/22/21

Letter Calls On Olympics Officials To Refrain From Punishing Athletes Who Protest At Games

Team USA’s Gwen Berry and Race Imboden, who were both put on probation following a protest at the 2019 Pan American Games, signed the letter.

12/09/20

The Teenager Who Recorded George Floyd’s Fatal Arrest Honored With Award For Courage

Darnella Frazier “bore witness to a critical truth at great personal and emotional cost—and our country is in her debt.”

11/05/20

Protesters Take To The Streets Across The Country As Election Results Trickle In

Americans organized protests in cities around the country as the ballot count for the contentious 2020 presidential election continues. Most of them were in support of counting every vote, but a few had the opposite chant: “stop the count.”

10/27/20

Protests Erupt In Philadelphia Following The Fatal Police Shooting of Walter Wallace

Mayor Jim Kenney said the shooting, which was captured on video, “presents difficult questions that must be answered.”

09/24/20

Protesters Outraged Nationwide After Jury Says No Cops Charged With Killing Breonna Taylor

People around the country took to the streets Wednesday after a grand jury indicted only one officer involved in Taylor’s death for shooting into a neighboring apartment the night Taylor was killed.

09/04/20

A Driver Charged Through Black Lives Matter Protesters In Times Square

Some have speculated that the car was an unmarked police vehicle, but the NYPD said the car does not belong to the department.

08/26/20

At Least 68 People Arrested At Protest Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor

During the large protest, crowds marched from South Central Park to the Louisville Metro Police Training Academy, then continued to a racetrack where some initiated a sit-in.

08/11/20

Seattle Police Chief Abruptly Resigns After City Council Cuts Dept. Budget By About 1%

Though the cut amount is far from what protesters were demanding, Council President Lorena González called it a “down-payment for future potential reductions.”

07/01/20

Police In Riot Gear Raid Seattle’s Autonomous Protest Zone At Mayor's Order

What began as a “No Cop Co-op” has “become lawless and brutal,” Seattle’s police chief said. The area has gained national attention.

06/24/20

Black Lives Matter Protesters Continue Fight For Racial Justice Amid Global Pandemic

Black Lives Matter protesters explain why they'll continue to fight for racial justice amid a global pandemic.

06/16/20

Gunfire Erupts at Protest Over Conquistador Statue In Albuquerque

Armed militia members reportedly agitated the crowd, and at least one person was shot and critically injured allegedly by a former city council candidate.

06/12/20

As Protests Rage On, Monuments To Confederates & Christopher Columbus Tumble Down

Protesters and cities across the country have torn down or debased racist symbols of America’s past that commemorate the Confederacy, a colonizer, and other controversial figures.