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Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident. Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting.
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]
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: First such march on Washington drew 75,000–125,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights. 1979 – November 9 Iran Hostage Crisis: A sign said "Deport all Iranians" and "Get the hell out of my country". 1980 – March 23 Mobilization Against the Draft and Draft Registration
A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, according to a statement sent by the lawmakers to ABC News on Monday ...
Ohio Issue 1: Abortion rights amendment (Statewide) ... The 2023 tax hike will require homeowners to pay an additional $18 a year for each $100,000 of their home value, going from $25 per $100,000 ...
America’s largest LGBT+ civil rights group issues ‘state of emergency’ across US ...
Civil rights activists speak about the killing of Amir Locke, February 2, 2022. At 6:48 a.m. on February 2, 2022, Minneapolis Police Department officer Mark Hanneman [204] fatally shot Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, while police officers were executing a search warrant at an apartment in downtown Minneapolis. The shooting occurred nine ...
The NYPD’s plan to roll out surveillance drones in the skies above Brooklyn’s annual J’ouvert festival was blasted Friday by civil rights proponents. The New York Civil Liberties Union, in a ...