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It happened around 9 p.m. at Byrd Park, following a peaceful demonstration outside of the statue in honor of indigenous people.
Comment: Meanwhile, the governor of Virginia has repented for wearing blackface some decades ago by announcing plans to remove confederate statues around the capitol:
The Red Guard has also been active in Boston beheading a Christopher Columbus statue:
Chairman Mao would be proud.
Bender said, "I think in Minneapolis, watching George Floyd's death, and the actions of the four police officers that were involved has been a huge wake-up call for so many in Minneapolis to see what many already knew, which is that our police department is not keeping every member of our community safe. And so I think step one for us is to tell the truth. Nine council members from communities all across the city of all different backgrounds, standing together, to tell the truth, and say, this system isn't working for too many of our neighbors for too long. Our reform efforts have failed, and we have done many, many attempts at reform and new leadership in the department and many things, and we still see this tragic death. And so I think the wake-up of our community is what's driving the city council's announcement yesterday. And now the hard work begins for us to rebuild systems that really work to keep all of our communities safe."
Comment: Don't bother trying to figure out how calling the police because your home is being broken into comes 'from a place of privilege'. There is no sense to it. Lies destroy the minds ability to see and understand reality, and it's pretty clear they've reached the point of saturation where they produce nothing but absurd nonsense that opens the doors to chaos.
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"Defund the Police" sign near the White House in Washington DC, June 7, 2020.
"Defund the Police" sign near the White House in Washington DC, June 7, 2020.
The two-page document on the letterhead of Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) was published by CNN on Tuesday. Scott is the only black Republican in the Senate, and was entrusted with drafting the police reform proposal by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) earlier this week.
The Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities (JUSTICE) Act consists of 10 sections, ranging from conditioning federal funding on reporting requirements and use of body cameras to making lynching a federal hate crime and setting up a "Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys."
Comment: And Durkan is herself an extreme far-left politician!
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Group of protesters occupy Seattle City Hall
Group of protesters occupy Seattle City Hall
Some protesters carried "Black Lives Matter" and "Durkan must go" signs, according to the Seattle Times. "When you talk about black rights, you can't leave out the horrific gentrification in Seattle," Sawant told the newspaper.
She placed the blame on Amazon, which is headquartered in Seattle. "Taxing Amazon is absolutely a part of black rights ... It's about actually putting dollars on the table to address inequities affecting the black community," Sawant said.
Comment: Really? What business is this of Amazon? How is this 'black rights'?
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NYPD finds concrete disguised as ice cream at George Floyd protests
NYPD finds concrete disguised as ice cream at George Floyd protests
Three containers of the alleged hard serve — poured into what appear to be to-go coffee and soup cups and flecked with darker-colored spots — were found sitting on a window ledge near the Worth Street entrance to Manhattan Supreme Court on June 3, according to the memo obtained by The Post. "The Cups were filled with cement and made to look like CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM," the alert read in part.
The cups, which have markings on the outside, also resemble concrete sample tests commonly used on construction sites. The department has also warned of concrete-filled tennis balls and water bottles.
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Former CrossFit CEO and founder Greg Glassman, speaks at Fathom CrossFit in Southern California. He resigned June 9, 2020, after audio leaked of a call with CrossFit affiliate gyms in which he cast doubt on the legitimacy of George Floyd protests and advanced conspiracy theories about Floyd's death and COVID-19.
Former CrossFit CEO and founder Greg Glassman, speaks at Fathom CrossFit in Southern California. He resigned June 9, 2020, after audio leaked of a call with CrossFit affiliate gyms in which he cast doubt on the legitimacy of George Floyd protests and advanced conspiracy theories about Floyd's death and COVID-19.
Greg Glassman said in a statement posted on CrossFit's website late Tuesday that he decided to retire. Glassman had apologized earlier for tweets that sparked online outrage by connecting Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the coronavirus pandemic. He said he had made a mistake and should have been more sensitive, but denied being racist.
"On Saturday I created a rift in the CrossFit community and unintentionally hurt many of its members," he said. "I cannot let my behavior stand in the way of HQ's or affiliates' missions."
Glassman had angered many with his glib response to a tweet by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research group, which said, "Racism is a public health issue."
"It's FLOYD-19," he replied on Saturday, and in a second tweet criticized the group's "failed" quarantine model and accused it of attempting to "model a solution to racism."
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Three people were injured in the incident and have been taken to hospital, according to investigators.
In a series of tweets, Munich Police said that they have blocked off a large area around the scene in the Ungererstrasse and Domagkstrasse areas of the city. It's not believed there is any further risk to the public, they added.
"According to current investigations, a car drove into a smaller group of people, the occupants got out and hit the group. They then fled by car. We are now looking for the vehicle," the force said.
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(L) Guardian journalist Owen Jones (R) Grey's Monument, Newcastle
(L) Guardian journalist Owen Jones (R) Grey's Monument, Newcastle
Jones - who writes for the Guardian and is also a prominent left-wing activist - took to Twitter on Tuesday to share a link to "Topple the Racists." It's a website run by the "Stop Trump Coalition" with support from the "Black Lives Matter" campaign, who say the objective is to "take down statues and monuments in the UK that celebrate slavery and racism."
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FILE PHOTO: Former South African President Nelson Mandela attends the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, South Africa July 12, 2008.
FILE PHOTO: Former South African President Nelson Mandela attends the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, South Africa July 12, 2008.
Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, video footage showed, sparking outrage across the United States and beyond. Protests in the country have turned violent.
The foundation, set up to guard the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically-elected president, said that violence is often too readily dismissed as the work of extremists or criminals, when it can be the result of careful calculation by communities who "see that only such action elicits the desired response from the state".
"When communities are confronted by both resilient structural violence and attacks on their bodies, violent responses will occur... The use of violence can be rational and carefully targeted," its statement continued.
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