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On June 2, a rally was held in Manchester with about 700 in attendance. At nightfall, the crowd shrank to about 100 when protesters began throwing fireworks into traffic and businesses along South Willow Street. Subsequently, a clash broke out with police. By 11:00 PM, 13 people had been arrested and all remaining protesters had dispersed. [15]
On June 6, there was a large number of protests across the North Country, along with dozens of other cities across the country, attracting thousands of local protesters, with all the protests remaining peaceful. At the June 6th protests, the participants all took a knee for nine minutes, in silence, in respect for George Floyd.
Several protests took place outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse between November 1, 2021, and November 19, 2021. Following Rittenhouse's acquittal on November 19, rioting broke out in Portland, Oregon. Large protests also occurred in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and ...
New Hampshire’s attorney general has filed a civil rights lawsuit against 20 members of a neo-Nazi group NSC-131 for violating anti-discrimination laws during a protest outside a drag story hour ...
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
2016 – Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities. 2016 – Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15.
Election Day kicked off with a tie as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris split the six votes cast in a tiny New Hampshire town with a tradition of counting its ballots just after midnight.