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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘Kettling’ of demonstrators at protest could end up costing taxpayers millions

October 2, 2020
protesters take a knee in front of NYPD police line

An international organization whose work advocating for refugees, political prisoners and victims of violence worldwide said Wednesday the NYPD intentionally and illegally carried out a massive attack on peaceful protesters. The event could end up costing taxpayers big time.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Cars have hit BLM demonstrators 104 times since George Floyd protests began

September 27, 2020
Car barrels through BLM protest

There have been over 100 incidents of people driving vehicles into protests from May 27 through Sept. 5, including 96 by civilians and eight by police, according ta terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Threats.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Website helps people with illnesses and disabilities participate in BLM protests

September 27, 2020
Online protesters

The website, Public Public Address helps people with illnesses and disabilities participate in these protests and make their voices heard without putting their lives at risk.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – New survey says white support for BLM has slipped. Some historians say they’re not surprised.

September 24, 2020
A protester holds up a Black Lives Matter sign

Earlier this summer thousands of Americans spilled into the streets over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and sparked an outcry against racism not seen in this country for decades. But recent polling suggests white support for the Black Lives Matter movement has slipped.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Kenosha protesters sue Facebook and armed men they say helped incite violence

September 23, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse and another heavily armed civilian

Four people who were protesting in Kenosha the night of Aug. 25, including the girlfriend of a man who was killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during the unrest, have sued Facebook and three armed men they say fomented violence through social media.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Threats To Pull Federal Resources From Cities Because Of BLM Protests Are Damaging

September 21, 2020
Militarized police show of force

Making threats to pull federal resources from cities does nothing to help those communities impacted by police violence, and could be especially harmful to the safety of these communities which are already facing budget deficits due to COVID-19.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained

September 17, 2020
Attorney Ben Crump and Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor

From revised search warrant protocols to contracting social workers, the policy changes are a start but could go much further.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Breonna Taylor’s Family to Receive $12M Settlement From Louisville

September 15, 2020

In the aftermath of the botched police raid in which Ms. Taylor was killed, the city also agreed to institute changes aimed at preventing future killings by officers.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority

September 8, 2020

The best analogue to the current moment is the first and most consequential American racial awakening—Reconstruction in 1868. The story of that awakening offers a guide, and a warning.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Unions threaten nationwide work stoppages in support of BLM

September 5, 2020
BLM supporter takes a knee

Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice.

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