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Home secretary says racial justice demonstrations amid Covid lockdown put pressure on police.
When peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters were gassed and sprayed with rubber bullets to clear the way for a President Trump photo opportunity, Continue To Serve was created in response. Since then, the non-profit group of military veterans have mobilised at polling stations, cleaned up after the deadly insurrection of the US Capitol carried out by pro-Trump supporters and supported the Black Live Matter movement.
Hassan's family believe he must have been assaulted while in custody hours before he died.
I was in the Capitol when disabled protesters were dragged out of their wheelchairs. Last week, rioters strolled right in.
For my parents’ generation, shrugging off racism was the best way to navigate life. How do I tell them it’s different for me?
To suggest pro-Trump Capitol riots don't "represent who we are” ignores the long history of white supremacy, racial violence and retaliation in this country.
"What if these rioters had looked like the folks who go to Ebenezer Baptist Church every Sunday?" the former first lady asked in a statement.
The president-elect also called out what he sees as law enforcement's racist double standard toward protesters.
Politicians and civil rights activists have criticised US law enforcement for a delayed response to pro-Trump supporters who stormed Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. on Wednesday. As events unfolded, commentators drew comparisons how Black Lives Matter activists were treated during peaceful protests over police killings of unarmed Black men and women last summer.