2016

2016

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Summer of '16... Social Unrest?

Black Lives Matter protesters sprayed with tear gas in Phoenix as rally spirals out of control
and thousands demonstrate against police brutality, with cops on high alert following Dallas massacre

  • Police fired pepper spray at the protesters in Phoenix, who were seen running away and shielding their eyes 
  • A white man holding a Donald Trump 'Make America Great Again' placard interrupted the protest on Friday night
  • In Rochester, New York, 74 people were arrested for blocking the street after protesters sat down 
  • Thousands of protesters blocked a highway in Atlanta, Georgia, as they marched against police
  • An estimated 5,000 people halted traffic as they demanded justice for black men killed at the hands of police DailyMail.UK
Baton Rouge-area Walmarts pull firearms off shelves Mirror

Chicago Protesters Will Try To ‘Shut Down’ The Taste Of Chicago WWBM

"A wave of anti-police protests.... is creating strains at law enforcement agencies across the United States, ...
A driving force behind the change has been Black Lives Matter,
"Black Lives Matter" has again been used as a rallying cry in the cases of two unarmed black men shot dead by police this week in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis, and organizers have begun mobilizing." Reuters

"Hundreds of demonstrators arrived at San Francisco City Hall to protest police violence against black people." ABC7News

"Oakland: Seven arrests in anti-police protest that shut down I-880" MercuryNews

 "74 arrested during N.Y. Black Lives Matter protest, Rochester..." USAToday

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