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US charges 18 Portland protesters with arson, trespassing as it sends tactical police to Seattle
• 5 years agoThe arrests came this week during clashes with specially equipped federal police agents sent to Portland, where 56 straight days of anti-racism demonstrations have captured national attention
US watchdog to probe use of force in Portland; federal agents to Seattle on standby
• 5 years agoJustice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said his office will investigate allegations federal agents used excessive force against peaceful protesters in Portland
Portland protests: In another night of unrest in US city, tear gas hits mayor Ted Wheeler
• 5 years agoProtests against racial injustice and police brutality have rocked Portland every night for weeks, with security forces often tear-gassing and clubbing demonstrators
One dead after man opens fire in Kentucky park at epicentre of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd protests
• 5 years agoVideo posted on social media appeared to show a man opening fire into the park in Louisville, Kentucky as people scrambled for cover. The footage later showed at least one person bleeding profusely on the ground
Donald Trump signs Executive Order on police reform even as he presses for 'law and order' after weeks of protests against racial injustice
• 5 years agoPresident Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for 'law and order' nationwide.
From social media to US streets: Boogaloo movement makes its presence felt during George Floyd protests
Fp Staff • 5 years agoOften seen wearing Hawaiian shirts, possessing guns and bent on starting a civil war, followers of the anti-government Boogaloo movement have also been seen at the protests against police brutality and George Floyd's death.