Posts Tagged: US protests
‘I Should Not Have Been There’: Top US General Apologizes for Taking Part in Trump Church Photo Op During DC Protests
The top US military officer on Thursday said he made a mistake by joining President Donald Trump as he walked to a church for a...
More Than 800 US Jewish Clergy Urge Police to Allow Peaceful Anti-Racism Protests
More than 800 US rabbis and cantors have signed a letter calling on law enforcement to not interfere with peaceful protests taking place across America...
Amid US Racial Unrest, Black-Jewish Congressional Caucus Calls for ‘Justice for All’
Amid the ongoing nationwide unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations issued a statement...
After Long Silence, Mattis Denounces Trump and Military Response to Crisis
After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly...
All Four Minneapolis Police Officers Charged in George Floyd Death
Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against all four Minneapolis police officers in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by...
US Protesters, Angry at Floyd’s Death, Defy Curfew, but Violence Subsides
US protesters ignored curfews overnight as they vented their anger over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police, but there...
Five Police Shot During US Protests, Trump Says He Could Bring in Military
Four St Louis police officers were hit by gunfire late on Monday during violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody,...
Fires Burn Near White House in Violent US Protests
Fires burned near the White House, stores were looted in New York City and Southern California, and a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis...
The Messy Process of Democracy
All complex societies are fragmented. Democracies particularly so. Dictatorships and autocracies act as if they are not. They try to suppress dissenters, which they can...
