11 month agoTravis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. have been indicted on charges including malice and felony murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery
The mayor of Philadelphia has decided to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus citing "public safety"
11 month agoSupporters and protesters greet Trump in Southwest Arizona
11 month agoIt's sunrise in Charleston, where work continues on removing this statue of John C. Calhoun, a former vice president & South Carolina native who strongly advocated for slavery. We've been out here all night, since crews began moving equipment into the square at around midnight
11 month agoStore owners in Seattle's 'CHOP' protest zone say they fear for business and safety
11 month agoFlashbangs were deployed near the White House late last night for the first time in weeks. Police vacated BLM plaza around 2 a.m. and the few people left started to rebarricade the place. Police surged, fights broke out with pepper spray
11 month agoThis guy needs to stop pointing his gun at people
11 month agoJust burnin' gas running that MRAP for no reason at all
11 month agoThe police have parked their MRAP by the DEFUND graffiti
11 month agoThis black van has been around for days circling the protest. He has gonna down this street 3 times so far antagonizing the protesters left in the park while driving sporadically and recording on him phone
11 month agoChanting "I can't breathe."
11 month agoA cone sits where the Forward Statue has for years at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
11 month agoOne protester has a proposition for Madison police: "How about you leave, and then we'll leave."
11 month agoHere's some of the damage at the Wisconsin State Capitol
11 month agoWisconsin senator reportedly assaulted during protest that toppled statue of abolitionist
11 month agoAll night DefundThePolice rally outside NY City Hall.
11 month agoMore than 100 people out here taking a moment of silence for the people whose names are on the boarded up windows
11 month agoApple store at 4th and Yamhill
11 month agoA few minutes past midnight, and the police haven't shown. Some of the group is moving onto the memorial at the apple store
11 month agoDC Police just attacked Black Lives Matter demonstrators. They're shooting flashbangs and pepper spraying indiscriminately. Stand Strong but Stay Safe Brothers & Sisters,
11 month agoA woman who had antagonized peaceful onlookers all night at Marion Square amid the Calhoun statue removal has been made to leave by Charleston Police.
11 month agoProtesters back outside the justice center chanting "wake the f..ck up." just realized that the building is even more boarded up somehow; all the doors and corridors are just sheets of plywood now
11 month agoThe park "closes" in 15 minutes. Unsure if Portland Police will try to evacuate the protesters. Portlandprotest blacklivesmatter PDXprotests pdx oregon blm acab justicecenter sacredfence portland
11 month agoThis car accelerated at protesters right before the video starts. Someone threw a glass or something at the window and then the driver and passenger got out, saying something about a kid being in the car. They eventually sped off
11 month agoHere's a look at Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston across from where the Calhoun Monument will soon be removed and relocated from
11 month agoHeavy police presence in the cover of darkness
There are at least a dozen policemen per person here. there is no gathering. there is no assembly, unlawful or otherwise. there are just scores of angry policemen threatening a few people standing around on a public sidewalk. no one is on the monument grounds except policemen
11 month agoWhat are they threatening to disperse with chemical weapons there's nobody even here
11 month agoDozens of riot policemen are sweeping the area around the statue, destroying items left behind by the peaceful community gathering
11 month agoOutside the police bureau (other side of the Justice Center). Crowd has blocked 2nd between Main and Madison
2.8 magnitude earthquake. 25 km from Humboldt Hill, CA, UnitedStates
11 month agoProtesters are lying down in front of police
11 month agoGlass smashed out at Tommy Thompson Center
11 month agoMPD has arrived and is ordering crowd to leave
11 month agoFolks in the back (on 2nd Ave) are standing in the street. Unlike last night, PPB doesn't seem to care
11 month agoWork underway to remove JohnCCalhoun statue in Charleston CharlestonSC
11 month agoThis is where the statue used to stand in front of the Capitol. The statue says "Hans Christian Heg."
11 month agoAll that's left at the base of the Hans Christian Heg statue in Madison.
11 month agoProtesters hauling Forward statue down State Street
11 month agoThe Forward Columbian Exposition statue lies in Wilson, now replaces by a traffic cone on its base.
11 month agoWork has begun to remove the John C. Calhoun statue from Charleston's Marion Square.
11 month agoPolice evacuated the area and the southern portion of BLM Plaza is reopened (although there is a perimeter fence surrounding St. John's Church)
11 month agoProtesters topple another statue on the Capitol square in Madison. This is statue number 2 tonight that was taken down and is in the street
11 month agoHere's an interview with the journo shortly after being punched @VenturaReport
11 month agoAn independent journalist just got sucker punched to the ground and then escorted out:
11 month agoThe Colombian Exposition lies in Wilson street
11 month agoProtestors have torn down the Colombian Express statue in the Capitol square. the statues being dragged down the steps at the base of the statue.
11 month agoLarge American flag just burned a few blocks from The White House in Black Lives Matter Plaza
11 month agoSpoke too soon. They jumped the barrier and southbound traffic is being blocked
11 month agoNorthbound of 3rd St tunnel is filled with protesters. I presume law enforcement stopped any vehicle traffic because there ar no (non cop cars) in sight
Twitter flags Trump tweet warning protesters will be "met with serious force" if they try to set up an "autonomous zone" in DC
11 month agoCrowd of demonstrators outside LAUSD headquarters calls for defunding school police as board hears public comments about student safety concerns.
11 month agoPeople gather outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church to support the family of RayshardBrooks during the funeral.
11 month agoThousands are gathering outside LAUSD headquarters downtown for a protest, demanding LA school police be completely killed.
11 month agoLines of law enforcement suddenly clearing out BLM Plaza
There'll be executive order "very soon" with regards to monument destruction, said @POTUS. "We are looking at long term jail sentences" for "anarchists."
11 month agoSeattle officials move to dismantle 'autonomous' protest zone following weekend violence, mayor says
Again this morning, Pres Trump threatening arrest, prosecution and prison up to 10 years for anyone vandalizing Federal monuments. "There will be no exceptions," he tweets
11 month agoSomeone on the ground sent this picture of what was used in Richmond tonight
Police are moving forward
The riot police advanced down the street, and then 6+ police vehicles came in from the side . It looked like everyone got out long before the police actually got to the intersection
11 month agoPPB saying it is 20 minutes until midnight, at which point the park will be closed. They gave this warning last night too, around 1 a.m. That was the first I had heard it, even though protesters have definitely been in the parks past midnight before
Police are moving up. RVA
11 month agoPolice pushed crowd back into the park
11 month agoStandoff. Ignore the camera jiggle—I just smashed my shin into a pole. Unforced error
11 month agoPolice launching *clouds* of tear gas at fleeing protesters. This is not about dispersing a dangerous crowd or ending a riot. This is about trying to hurt as many people as they can while they still have permission. RPD and VSP are at war with the city
11 month agoProtesters have a new plan: They protest in the street. PPB loudspeaker tells everyone to get on the sidewalk. They jump onto the sidewalk. Then, they slowly wander back into the street. They're all back in the street now.
11 month agoRVA is a continuous war zone. VA State police at city hall
11 month agoSnack van guy is out of jail and back at the Justice Center
11 month agoThe Justice Center where there is food cooking, music playing, and some people yelling that we should march. Others not sure where they're going, or opposed, yelling, "Our fight is here."
11 month agoPolice have not moved from the city hall block, recently renamed by protesters as "Reclamation Square."
11 month agoNeighbor just sent me this video showing CHOP protestors using a truck to haul concrete barriers away from the front of the East Precinct where SDOT originally put them. They're blocking Pine Street
11 month agoCrowd split between the street and the sidewalk/park
11 month agoAfter the barricade is up, the spray painting begins
11 month agoSo they've been able to drag one of the concrete barricades out with a truck. It appears they are going to try to move most of them out from their original positions closer to the East Precinct.
11 month agoThere is a band of sorts outside the East Precinct CHOP
11 month agoMaybe a couple hundred here scattered a bit near the East Precinct, things have calmed down & band stopped a bit after a man needed some medical attention CHOP
11 month agoPolice starting to file out of blacklivesmatter plaza. Maybe 50 or 60 ppl still hanging around.
11 month agoDemonstrator on bullhorn telling fellow protestors to stay out of Lafayette Park.
11 month agoA cleansing. - countryside Gas. RVA
11 month agoNew barricade up at CHOP
Police are firing tear gas again. RVA
11 month agoPolice delayed tear gas, pepper spray and flash bangs to disperse the crowd in front of city hall. The group was pushed back to the intersection of 8th and Marshall
11 month agoThey've deployed so much gas you can't even see the block ahead
11 month agoThese rounds were just fired. They're small spherical pellets filled with a fine powder
At the protests in front of the City Hall Bldg
11 month agoVirginia State Police are holding the line at the block of City Hall
11 month agoAn officer clearly launches a tear gas canister directly at protesters from a short range. It's a miracle nobody has been killed yet
11 month agoAnother group is protesting outside @PortlandPolice near 2nd/ Main. We saw them move from the Justice Center. Police told them to get out of the roadway and demonstrators moved to the sidewalk. This is not the group at Jefferson HS.
11 month agoProtesters are marching down 2nd Avenue. PortlandProtests
11 month agoCrowd just went back around the corner to the door of the PPB. More than 100 people. Black protesters encourage protesters to stand on the sidewalk, but most protesters are in the street
Person on the bullhorn talking about how OHSU volunteers have been tear gassed and arrested while trying to provide aid to protesters
One protester is running and screaming "do not go across the bridge" over and over and over again. The crowd stops
11 month agoHeavy heavy police presence at city hall. Excuse the muffled sound of my voice, currently covered with a bandana
11 month agoMarching start backs up again. This is the size of the crowd
11 month agoPolice have made an appearance in full riot gear on the 400 block of North 10th Street
11 month agoRopes were tied on the Andrew Jackson equestrian statue but protesters were not able to topple it before @DCPoliceDept officers intervened and pushed them out of the park. (Screen image @wusa9)
3 year agoAnti-Trump rally marching from Columbus Circle to Trump Tower. They're now heading to Times Square
