Denver, CO - On November 14, activists gathered outside the city and county government building to protest the 2023 budget. The city council passed the mayor's proposed plan by a 12-1 on that day with only one minor amendment for building more crosswalks.
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The majority of protests Friday were peaceful, but WLS noted that a small group of demonstrators engaged in clashes with police later in the evening.
The body camera footage, released Thursday by Chicago’s Office of Police Accountability, showed Toledo in the March 29 incident running from a police officer down an alleyway before the cop ordered him to stop.
Toledo then turned around and raised his hands in a surrender pose, at which point police said they saw the 13-year-old holding a gun, though this is not immediately clear in the video.
The officer, who has since been identified as Eric Stillman, can be heard in the video telling Toledo to drop the weapon twice before shooting the 13-year-old in the chest.
Around 100 protesters gathered outside of the Hamilton County Courthouse on Thursday to protest the recent fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by a Minnesota police officer.
The protest began at 6 p.m. and was organized by Cincinnati for Justice and the Anti-Police Brutality Coalition.
Organizers say the event was meant to speak out against police violence, stand in solidarity with Wright's family and bring attention to the names of people killed in altercations with police in order to have their cases reopened.
"It's just not fair, but we're going to keep this fight going," said Robin Scott, whose son, 26-year-old Melvin Murray Jr., was killed after a brief pursuit with police in 2015.
Protesters downtown demand changes, reopening old cases, prosecution of police
Dozens gathered outside Hamilton County Courthouse at an event organized by Anti-Police Brutality Coalition Share Updated: 11:50 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021
Dozens gathered outside Hamilton County Courthouse at an event organized by Anti-Police Brutality Coalition Share Updated: 11:50 PM EDT Apr 15, 2021
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Show Transcript PROSECUTION OF POLICE. ERIC GARNER FREDDIE GRAY TRAYVON MARTIN AHMAD AUBREY, JACOB BLAKE GEORGE FLOYD. BREONNA TAYLOR. THE LIST IS ENDLESS FOR PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE MIC OUTSIDE THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE EVERY NAME SPARKS IN MOTION HERE OUR CRIES THE CRIES OF YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO ARE WALKING TARGET PRACTICE. HERE OUR CRY FOR WHO’S TO SAY IF WE’RE GOING TO RETURN HOME TODAY? THERE’S GRIEF FEAR ANGER. THEY SAY AS BLACK AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY POLICE OFFLINE MY WHOLE FAMILY MY RENT MY CARDINAL EVERYTHING OFF OF MY MUSIC, BUT THE POLICE STOPPED ME DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY FOR SELLING MUSIC. I COULD HAVE BEEN SHY IF I WERE TO REACHED THE WRONG WAY. I WAS IN FEAR OF MY LIFE. THEY SAY TRAFFIC STOPS SHOULD NOT LEAD TO GUNSHOTS. SOMEONE GETS THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT HIS CANDY. HER APARTMENT HIS AIR FRESHENER. THEY GET PUT UNDER FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE. SOME SAY REFORM ISN’T THE ANSWER. WE’RE PAST COLLABORATION. WE TELL YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WE TELL YOU THIS IS AN INITIAL PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU NEED TO LISTEN AND THEY DEMAND CHANGE WE CALL FOR REOPENING THE CASES. WE CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF THE POLICE WITH EACH NEW NAME IN CASE EXHAUSTION. HELLO. HELLO, I’M GONNA RISK GET RID. 44 TO PUT BLACK AND JUST THE WAY WE ARE BROTHER KEPT ME UP PLAYING RIG. NOW THE PROTEST ENDED PEACEFULLY TONIGHT AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS ORGANIZERS PLANNED TO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN DAN GRIFFIN DEBBIE WT NEWS 5 DAN. WE KNOW THAT THE EVENT CALLED FOR SOLIDARITY WITH THE FAMILIES IN MINNESOTA. WAS THERE ANY REACTION TONIGHT TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RELEASE OF THAT BODY CAM VIDEO OF ADAM TOLEDO’S DEATH IN CHICAGO. I’M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THAT HAD ACTUALLY REACHED PEOPLE WHO WERE DOWN HERE BY THE COURTHOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE PROTEST. THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT DANTE WRIGHT AND SOME OF THE OTHER MORE RECENT CASES, BUT I’M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVEN SEEN THAT VIDEO YET CHERIE. I DON’T THINK IT WAS STARTING TO BE RELEASED TILL MAYBE THEY WERE EVEN GETTING DOWN THERE. ALL RIGHT D
Jimmy Dore Boogaloo Boys Interview Sparks Outrage Among Critics: 'You're a Sucker'
On 1/25/21 at 6:16 AM EST
Comedian turned controversial political commentator Jimmy Dore has been criticized after he featured a member of the far-right Boogaloo Bois on his podcast.
Dore promoted the largely uncritical interview with the militia member Magnus Panvidya by tweeting: "I interviewed a member of the Boogaloo Boys [sic], I was completely floored when he said he is: Pro LGBTQ, Pro Black Lives Matter, Anti Police Brutality, Anti Racism, Anti ICE, Anti War WTF?!?!"
During the episode, Dore opens the show by assuming that Panvidya "is genuine" when he expresses a number of liberal views and calls for unity with the Left despite being a member of an extremist movement.
Prosecutors in the case against four Minneapolis police officers involved in the May death of George Floyd requested this week that the trial be delayed by three months due to concerns related to the coronavirus pan