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To Provide Safety and Solidarity, DC Residents Open Doors to Protesting Teens Cornered by Police Crackdown

DC Bishop 'Outraged' by Trump Clearing Protests With Tear Gas and Using Bible as a Prop for Church Photo Op

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St. John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. on June 1, 2020.

"Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence," the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde said of the president.

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Demands for Trump Removal Grow as 'Fascist' Speech Condemned as Declaration of War Against US Public

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will be too late."

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'This Is No Game': Trump Considering Insurrection Act to Deploy Military to US City Streets as Protests Continue

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"Trump is rejecting the rule of law and proposing military action that is...

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'The Tragic Cause of This Death Is Incredibly Clear': Independent Autopsy Finds George Floyd Death Result of 'Sustained Forceful Pressure'

Despite Claims From Officials, Demonstrators Say Police, Not Protesters, Are Real 'Outside Agitators'

In 'Unhinged' Call, Trump Urges Governors to 'Use the Military' and Throw Demonstrators in Jail 'For 10 Years'

With Militarization of Cops on Full Display, Senator Plans Amendment to End Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Police

'When the Country Needed Leadership, Trump Turned Off the Lights': White House Goes Dark as Protests Over Killing of George Floyd Rage Across Nation

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks as Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

Pressley, Omar, Bass, and Lee Introduce Resolution to Condemn Police Brutality and Demand Nationwide Reforms

Carrying Out Trump's "When the Looting Starts, the Shooting Starts" Order Would Violate 4th Amendment, Warn Legal Experts

Dimming VP Hopes, Klobuchar's Failure to Prosecute Police Misconduct Highlighted as Outrage Over Killing of George Floyd Intensifies

Anger and Unrest Nationwide as Protests Over Killing of George Floyd Spread Across US Cities

'Never Seen Anything Like This': Watch Police Arrest CNN Journalist and Camera Crew During Live Protest Coverage

As Protests Over Killing of George Floyd Intensify, Trump Threatens to Send in Military With Green Light to Open Fire

The real looters.

Progressives Say 'People Know Who Real Looters Are': Not Those Angry Over Police Killings, But Oligarchs Robbing Nation Blind

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Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Pantaleo Firing

Amnesty International - USA

Six Police Officers Charged Over Killing of Matthew Lee in Jamaica

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Law Enforcement and Civil Rights Organizations Team to Address Hate Crimes

National Lawyers Guild (NLG)

National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Denounces Police Violence, Unlawful Arrests and Jailing of Peaceful Demonstrators After Mehserle Sentence

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Michael Winship

No Justice, No Peace, No Leader at the Top

Vera Eidelman

Will the US Supreme Court Protect the Right to Protest?

Evelyn Red Lodge

The Art of Criminalization

LaLa B. Holston-Zannell

Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work

Michelle Bachelet

Hong Kong's Leaders Have Only One Way Out of the Protest Crisis

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson

Amber Guyger Case Shows How Far America Has to Go When It Comes to Justice for Innocent Black Victims

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Forgiveness Isn’t the Problem. One-way Forgiveness Is. Who Forgives Black People?

Vasudha Talla

Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

Michael Sisitzky, Simon McCormack

New NYPD Drone Policy Represents a Serious Threat to Privacy

Ezekiel Edwards

San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing