Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Police arrested 74 people at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Rochester, New York, on Friday amid nationwide protests against police shootings of black citizens. The Rochester demonstration was one of many held in the wake of deadly police shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and came after the sniper attack…
rend image 12 News Officers deploy pepper spray on protesters in downtown Phoenix on July 8, 2016. Officers deploy pepper spray on protesters in downtown Phoenix on July 8, 2016. less PHOENIX – Police continued trying to disperse protesters gathered in downtown Phoenix hours after a planned rally got underway. Officers deployed tear gas to…
Left: Daniel Holtzclaw, half Japanese American, convicted of raping and assaulting 13 black women on the job; Right: Peter Liang, Chinese-American, convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed, innocent black man As my black and brown friends on Facebook express grief and horror at the recorded murders of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile, the majority of my Asian/Asian-American…
Let me say this right off the bat: I don’t at all condone any shooting of police officers or attacking them in any way. I hope that the people responsible are caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law – which, given that the attacks appear to have been premeditated and directed at…
At least five Dallas police officers were killed and seven wounded July 7, after a peaceful protest over recent police shootings. Here’s what we know so far. (Deirdra O’Regan/The Washington Post) Following the killing of at least five police officers in Dallas overnight, a former one-term congressman from Illinois ignited a firestorm with a now-deleted…
Dallas Police shield bystanders during a Black Live Matter rally in downtown Dallas on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Multiple media outlets report that shots were fired Thursday night during a Dallas protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP) Late Thursday night in Dallas, snipers…
DALLAS — At least five Dallas police officers were killed and seven others wounded Thursday evening as a protest over recent police shootings was interrupted by chaos. The Dallas police chief said an attacker told authorities “he was upset about the recent police shootings” and “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” After a peaceful march,…
Dallas police released images of a man they called a suspect less than two hours after shooting during a downtown Dallas rally that left four officers dead and several others injured. This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him! pic.twitter.com/Na5T8ZxSz6 — Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016 But video tweeted by a Dallas Morning…
SLIDE SHOW Dallas Police Officers Killed at Protest CreditSmiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News, via Associated Press DALLAS — Snipers killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven others, along with two civilians, during a demonstration on Thursday night against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana this week, the authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack on…
This developing story will be updated throughout the morning. What we know so far: * 4 Dallas police officers and one DART officer were killed. * Seven officers and two civilians were wounded. * One suspect was dead in a garage at El Centro College after exchanging gunfire with police. * A woman near the shootout…