police violence
‘Justice for George Floyd’ petition sets record: 17 million names
June 10, 2020There are petitions, and there are petitions…and then there’s the petition by started by a 15-year-old Portland, Ore., girl.
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National uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
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George Floyd mourned in small town vigils despite armed vigilantes
June 9, 2020There have been protests in at least 580 towns and cities, many in rural “red states,” the majority of them organized by students and youth of all races.
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Protesting in Phoenix for Dion Johnson, another Black man killed by police
June 8, 2020Officials ignore the cause of local anger: the killing of a Black man asleep in his car by a police officer on the same night George Floyd was killed.
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Protestas pacíficas piden reformas profundas
June 8, 2020Las demandas de profundas reformas policiales ganaron impulso el domingo después de que las autoridades de la ciudad donde murió George Floyd a manos de un policía iniciaran el proceso para desmantelar todo el departamento de...
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