Topic: us-protest

Protesters clash with police officers in Lafayette park

Protesters clash with police officers in Lafayette park

Joshua Roberts, Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 11:53 AM

U.S. Park Police officers move in and clash with demonstrators protecting other protestors trying to pull down the statue of U.S. President Andrew Jackson in the middle of Lafayette Park in front of the White House during racial inequality protests in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday.  Read more »

Trump signs order on police reform

Trump signs order on police reform

Leah Millis, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 09:12 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to applause after signing an executive order on police reform during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., Tuesday.  Read more »

George Floyd, from ‘I want to touch the world’ to ‘I can’t breathe’

George Floyd, from ‘I want to touch the world’ to ‘I can’t breathe’

Manny Fernandez and Audra D. S. Burch, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 09 11:15 AM

George Floyd’s gasping death, immortalized on a bystander’s cellphone video during the twilight hours of Memorial Day, has powered two weeks of sprawling protests across America against police brutality. He has been memorialized in Minneapolis, where he died; in North Carolina, where he was born; and in Houston, where thousands stood in the unrelenting heat Monday afternoon to file past his gold coffin and bid him farewell in the city he spent most of his life.   Read more »

US Democrats call for police reform

US Democrats call for police reform

Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:26 AM

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) kneel with Congressional Democrats during a moment of silence to honor George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others inside Emancipation Hall after weeks of protests against racial inequality in the aftermath in Minneapolis police custody of Floyd, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., Monday. Read more »

Gunman in Seattle protest

Gunman in Seattle protest

Lindsey Wasson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 01:02 PM

A man exits a vehicle with a gun as a man is tended to by medics after being shot by a driver who tried to drive through a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. on Sunday.  Read more »

‘Black Lives Matter’

‘Black Lives Matter’

Satellite image 2020 Maxar Technologies, Handout via Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 08:36 AM

The new "Black Lives Matter" lettering painted on 16th Street NW and the White House (right) are seen in Washington, DC, U.S. in this June 6, 2020 satellite handout photo supplied by Maxar Technologies.  Read more »

Boston protesters hold die-in

Boston protesters hold die-in

Steven Senne, AP
Posted at Jun 04 09:07 AM

Hundreds of demonstrators lie face down depicting George Floyd during his detention by police during a protest against police brutality, on Boston Common in Massachusetts, Wednesday. Read more »

Malaysian beauty queen sorry over racist US protest remarks

Malaysian beauty queen sorry over racist US protest remarks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 04:31 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian beauty queen has apologised after her comments that black people should "relax" in response to raging US protests against police racism sparked an online outcry, including condemnation from "Crazy Rich Asians" actor Henry Golding.   Read more »

‘Fight for genuine independence”

‘Fight for genuine independence”

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 05:40 PM

Militant groups led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan march in protest towards the Chinese Consulate in Makati City on Wednesday, Independence Day.  Read more »

Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in standoff with police

Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in standoff with police

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 05 02:13 PM

NEW YORK - A woman who scaled the stone pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, the iconic tribute to freedom and democracy that graces New York Harbor, was snatched by police officers and lowered to safety on Wednesday after a three-hour standoff that led to the evacuation of the landmark on America's Independence Day. Read more »

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