Rick Helmuth News Today

The demonstrations, which began in 2020, soon after the May 25 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, will reach 1,000 consecutive days on Feb. 25.

The changes increase the standard needed for police to justify using chokeholds and other potentially deadly uses of force, as well as no-knock warrants.

The changes increase the standard needed for police to justify using chokeholds and other potentially deadly uses of force, as well as no-knock warrants.

WOOSTER  Amid the car horns and calls of support, a black pickup roared down East Liberty Street. A man wearing a sleeveless shirt leaned out of the window with outstretched arms and middle fingers raised.  "Get a real job!" he yelled as the truck drove by the 18 Black Lives Matter protesters downtown.  "We love you, too!" responded one woman holding a Black Lives Matter sign. Another yelled, "Thank you!" "Its the best way to respond to hate," said Ruth Sewell, a demonstrator at Wooste...

Since June 1, demonstrators in support of Black Lives Matter have gathered on the Wooster Square from noon to 1 p.m. every day. On Thursday, they added some thoughts about the protesters supporting President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. “It was disgraceful and unbelievable. I hardly slept last night,” said Mary Hruby, a resident of Wayne Countys Chester Township. “It was so far removed from anything we’ve ever seen in our democracy. I just still can’t believ...