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News & Views | 5/31/20
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'I Took the Helmet Off and Laid the Batons Down': Michigan Sheriff and Police Didn't Disperse Their Town's Protest—They Joined It
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by Common Dreams staff
"Do I think this has solved the issue between police and unarmed black,
human beings? No. But I do believe that this type of leadership is a
positive step in the right direction and gives me hope for black men and
women around the world and for all of humanity."
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'As Incoherent as It Is Dangerous': Trump Threatens to Designate Antifa—Which Isn't an Actual Group—as Terrorist Organization
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Let's be clear," warned the ACLU. "There is no legal authority for
designating a domestic group. Any such designation would raise
significant due process and First Amendment concerns."
With Over 100,000 Dead and Depression-Level Unemployment, Sanders Calls McConnell's Sandbagging of Covid-19 Relief 'Incomprehensible'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Our most vulnerable communities are hungry, desperate and under
enormous emotional stress. The American people want action from Congress
and they want it NOW."
Watch: This Is What It Looks Like When the Response to Protests Against Police Violence Is... More Police Violence
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
Driving SUVs into demonstrators. Firing paint-ball rounds at people on
their own front porch. Pushing an elderly man to the ground. These were
just a few of the incidents witnessed as a militarized nation faced off
against its own people on Saturday.
'If You Want to End Unrest, End the Conditions That Create It,' Declares Ocasio-Cortez Amid Nationwide Protest
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
Instead of calls for things to simply calm down and "go back to normal,"
said New York Congresswoman, "let's create a new world—one where all
people are held to the same standard of the rule of law."
Cornel West Says 'Neo-Fascist Gangster' Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as 'Failed Social Experiment'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I thank God people are in the streets," said the Harvard philosopher
and activist. "Can you imagine this kind of lynching taking place and
people are indifferent? People don't care? People are callous?"
'Insanity Outside the White House': After Trump Stokes Tensions, Fresh Clashes Between Police and Protesters in US Capitol
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I call upon our city and our nation to exercise great restraint even
while this President continues to try to divide us," said DC Mayor
Muriel E. Bowser in response to president's comments.
What ACLU Says Was Trump Call to "Literally Murder Protesters," Facebook Says Doesn't Violate Standards
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Facebook has once again failed to act against an explicit violation of
its own rules and has allowed the violent and racist post to remain up."
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May the Screams and Tears and Protests Shake the Very Conscience of This Nation
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by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
If we want to reach a better place on the other side of this, we must
refuse to be comforted too quickly.
A Warning to Joe Biden: Trump Is Winning the Covid-19 Spin Game
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by Anna Jacobs
The Republican president is finding a way to turn the coronavirus into
something that will rally his base. Can the Democrat say the same?
Why Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is Troubling, Bizarre, and Dangerous
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by Emily Peterson-Cassin
Here's the social media accountability we actually need.
Riot or Resistance? How Media Frames Unrest in Minneapolis Will Shape Public’s View of Protest
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by Danielle K. Kilgo
Too often journalists contribute to a troubling hierarchy by adhering to
industry norms that work against protest movements that aggressively
challenge the status quo.
The Murder of George Floyd: The Longest Running Play in America
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by Robert Shetterly
To strangle George Floyd with his hands, officer Derek Chauvin would
have had to look him in the face... The knee was a brutal coward's knee.
Another Uprising Was Inevitable
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by Zenobia Jeffries Warfield
This epidemic of racism is more prevalent, more real, more tangible than
even a virus that is taking lives seemingly overnight. When do Black
people get to rest, to be safe, to breathe?
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Police Failing to Ensure Right to Protest, Endangering Lives
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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Mark Zuckerberg's Decision to Continue Publishing President Trump's Tweets Glorifying Violence
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