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Israeli forces trained cops in ‘restraint techniques’ at Minneapolis conference
June 3, 2020No confirmation yet on whether the officers involved in George Floyd's murder participated in the Israeli event.
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Protests against George Floyd’s murder roil Middle Tennessee
June 3, 2020Several thousand protesters—Black, white, Red, Brown—gathered in Nashville’s Legislative Plaza for the “I Will Breathe Rally."
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump’s dangerous turn
June 2, 2020Pritzker was irate, saying afterwards that Trump “is strictly trying to make himself sound like a strong man – almost like a dictator.” HRF blasted Trump’s “frightening turn towards despotism.”
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Peaceful protests in Indiana met with police violence
June 2, 2020On Saturday and Sunday, Black Lives Matter held peaceful protests in downtown Indianapolis in response to the extrajudicial murder of George Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis, Minnesota as well as Dreasjon Reed, 21, in Indianapolis.
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Biden and Obama: Floyd killing exposes systemic racism in U.S.
June 1, 2020That systemic racism expressed itself in the murder of Floyd when a heavy white cop, Derek Chauvin, kneed him in the neck for almost 10 minutes.
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