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Mar 15 2015
News
Arrest Made In Connection To Ferguson Police Shooting
St. Louis County Police announced on Sunday that they had made an arrest related to the two officers who were shot during a protest on Thursday in Ferguson, Missouri.
Robert McCulloch and St. Louis County Chief of Police Jon Belmar announced that they would hold a press conference Sunday afternoon to discuss the arrest.
The shooting came during protests after Ferguson Police
HuffPostSep 30 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump’s ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back, Stand by’ Comment at Debate Spurs Controversy
During Tuesday’s presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace asked President Donald Trump if he was willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and “to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence” in cities like Portland. Trump replied: “Sure, I’m prepared to do it, but I would say almost everything I see is from the left-wing not from the right-wing. I’m willing
Politico Wall Street Journal (News) Independent Journal ReviewAug 31 2020
Data
Americans See Skepticism of News Media as Healthy, Say Public Trust in the Institution Can Improve
In a year filled with major news stories – from impeachment to a contentious election, from a global pandemic to nationwide protests over racial injustice – Americans continue to have a complicated relationship with the news media.
While large swaths of the public often express negative views toward journalists and news organizations, a major Pew Research Center analysis – culminating a
Pew Research CenterApr 20 2021
Analysis
Waters' comments on Chauvin trial pour fuel on the fire -- and expose Republican hypocrisy
Incendiary warnings by Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters about the potential outcome of the trial of the ex-police officer charged with killing George Floyd could spike tensions, were legally unwise and raise questions of Democratic double standards.
But they also drew out the hypocrisy of pro-Donald Trump Republicans over incitement to violence and ought not to overshadow the profound
CNN DigitalAug 16 2017
News
Fact check: President Trump's press conference, in context
President Trump held a contentious press conference in which he answered critics who said he waited too long to condemn the white nationalists who staged a protest in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 that turned violent. Here we put into context some of the statements that the president made in his defense:
USA TODAYApr 19 2021
News
Jury in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Set to Hear Closing Arguments
Attorneys in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd will make their final case to the jury on Monday, as the Twin Cities region prepares for the possibility of widespread unrest following a verdict in the case.
Closing arguments in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin come after nearly three weeks of testimony in which prosecutors have
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 13 2015
News
What's behind the Sanders surge?
The summer of Sanders is heating up.
In just the past week, 28,000 people showed up to see Bernie Sanders in Portland, Oregon, including about 9,000 people who were content to watch the Vermont senator on giant screens in the overflow area. Another 28,000 people joined him in Los Angeles.
All told, Sanders has brought his wonky brand of populism to 100,000
CNN DigitalMay 25 2021
News
On the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Killing, Debate About Race Reaches Across American Life
A year after George Floyd was killed, Americans remain roiled by a broad and deep debate about race that is playing out in classrooms and boardrooms, in communities and at dinner tables and in sports, Hollywood and Washington, D.C.
The killing sparked millions of Americans to join protests last summer prompted by the widely circulated video showing Mr. Floyd, a Black man, pleading for
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 16 2020
Opinion
Why America’s Institutions Are Failing
The country’s law-enforcement and public-health systems are flunking 2020’s test.
The pandemic and the police protests, the twin crises of this horrendous year, might initially seem to have nothing to do with each other. In some ways, they are totally opposite cataclysms.
The COVID-19 outbreak, which demanded a swift and efficient response, revealed a discombobulated country
The Atlantic