At least 309 people have been arrested over the weekend in NY and Chicago, and in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, were shot to death by police.
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After ordering protesters to disperse more than 25 times, officers wearing riot helmets and gas masks fired smoke rounds and chemical irritants at the crowd, and less-lethal marking rounds at the people they believed were throwing things at them. St. Paul police said objects thrown at officers injured 21 of them.
A almost all-white congregation of about 170 filled Falcon Heights United Church of Christ for an evening service of “prayer and lament”, a half-mile from where a police officer shot and killed Philando Castile, who is black, during a traffic stop three days earlier.
His death came just one day after Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge, La.
At the governor’s residence more than 12 hours after the freeway shutdown began, protesters were encamped Sunday morning under the watch of a few police officers.
Coppola said the department respects people’s right to protest peacefully, and that people from outside Baton Rouge are largely responsible for confrontations at protests.
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Gov. Mark Dayton, who had addressed protesters on his lawn early Thursday morning and raised eyebrows when he said Castile likely would not have been shot if he were white, met with the dead man’s family and friends Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach.
Prior to last night’s game against the Dallas Wings, Lindsay Whalen, Rebekkah Brunson, Maya Moore, and Seimone Augustus held a news conference to speak with reporters about the recent heartbreaking events in Baton Rouge, La., Falcon Heights, Minn., and Dallas, Texas.
Police didn’t immediately say how many people were arrested.
“We have always said we will draw the line between inconvenience and endangerment”, Coleman said.
All of the adults arrested during the Saturday night Philando Castile protest on I-94 will face third-degree riot charges. The 32-year-old school cafeteria supervisor told officers during a traffic stop that he had a gun in the vehicle and a permit to use it, and one of them shot him when he reached for his wallet, according to his girlfriend, who live-streamed video of the immediate aftermath on Facebook.
Police say a vehicle struck a Dallas police auto parked outside the home of one of five officers slain during a protest last week. Kicking off from Oxford Circus, London, where crowds marched toward the U.S. Embassy chanting “No justice, no peace” and “Hands up”.
Reynolds posted a Facebook video of the aftermath of Castile’s shooting. Mr. Roof was not only apprehended without incident in North Carolina, he was treated by police to a meal at Burger King as he was escorted back to SC to face justice. “You f****** move and I swear to God” before a shot rings out, quickly followed by another two. Even in Dallas before the shooting, officers mingled and posed for photos with people at the demonstration.
The owner of a community social services organization says the gunman who killed five police officers at a Dallas protest march worked for his organization. “I’ve asked him to apply for the job and I think last night we saw why I asked him to do that”.
Moore also said he’s recusing himself from any state criminal investigation into the shooting death of Sterling.
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“I’ve been impressed with Mike Rallings for years”, Strickland said during the raucous meeting.
