Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag
Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into cheers and applause Saturday as lawmakers took a big step toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Justice for Elijah McClain march in Aurora
Thousands of people filled Aurora’s municipal center and shut down an Interstate, marching and chanting, crying and screaming for justice for Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old who died after an encounter...
View Article1 fatally shot at Breonna Taylor protest park in Kentucky
Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor. Reports of shots...
View ArticleTrump tweets video with “white power” chant, then deletes it
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later...
View ArticleMississippi to remove Confederate emblem from its flag
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a...
View ArticleDenver City Council cancels Monday meeting ahead of expected protests
Denver City Council canceled its regular meeting Monday in anticipation of a second takeover from protesters demanding more checks against the mayor, fewer police on the streets and myriad other...
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It could take weeks for Aurora police to release information on officers who...
McClain FamilyElijah McClain It could take weeks for the Aurora Police Department to release its investigation into officers who posed for photos near the spot where the same department violently...
View ArticleDenver police re-imagined in online forum with faith, nonprofit leaders
A virtual town hall meeting headed by faith leaders, the Denver Citizen Oversight Board and others tying Denver community voices into creating a task force to “re-imagine” policing was held Tuesday...
View ArticleHong Kong police make first arrests under new security law
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police made the first arrests Wednesday under a new national security law imposed by China’s central government, as thousands of people defied tear gas and pepper pellets to...
View ArticleNFL to play Black anthem before national anthem, AP source says
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is considering putting names of victims of police...
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Demonstrators outside Aurora police station demand firing of officers...
Demonstrators marched Friday evening from the site of Aurora police’s violent apprehension of Elijah McClain last summer to the department’s District 1 station, where they declared they’ll peacefully...
View ArticleHundreds gather for “Rise Up Rally” at Manual High School in Denver
Hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday evening at Denver’s Manual High School in what organizers called an anti-Fourth of July celebration. If “liberty and freedom for all” is to have any meaning,...
View ArticleTwo demonstrators face charges after Elijah McClain protest in Aurora early...
Aurora police arrested or cited two people early Saturday morning during a protest calling for the firing of officers involved in the death of Elijah McClain. The protest began Friday evening when...
View ArticleFriednash: Colorado’s George Floyd protests wrought these five meaningful...
Protests seizing the political urgency of the moment have long been an integral part of our nation’s history, especially Independence Day. Through the Declaration of Independence, the framers drafted a...
View ArticleColumbus statue toppled by protesters in Baltimore on July 4
BALTIMORE — Baltimore protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the city’s Inner Harbor on Saturday night. Demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument near the...
View ArticleCoronavirus pandemic gives Colorado Gov. Jared Polis unprecedented power
Something unusual happened last week: The authority of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was overridden. Polis had issued an executive order allowing petition signatures for proposed ballot measures to be...
View ArticleFacebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
CHICAGO — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation and conspiracy...
View ArticleDenver City Council will revert to online meetings amid protests, pandemic
Denver City Council will revert back to virtual meetings after recent protests broke out in and around the City and County Building — and it’s unclear when the public will again be able to make...
View ArticleLetters: Trump’s patriotism shone while the media criticized him (7/8/2020)
Trump’s patriotism shone while the media criticized him Re: “Fourth of July speech filled with grievances and combativeness,” July 5 news story I watched President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July events...
View ArticleLetters: Aurora police mishandle protests by provoking violence (7/9/20)
Aurora police mishandle protests by provoking violence Re: “Thousands rally, urge justice for Aurora’s Elijah McClain,” June 28 news story After reading about the events at the public protest in...
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