Police brutality, Protest, Civil disobedience, Activism, Police, Demonstration

How to more safely protest in a pandemic

On May 31, 2020
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Tips for reducing the risk of spreading the coronavirus in a mass gathering, from public health experts.

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On May 31, 2020
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To minimize Covid-19 risk, health experts advise protesters to: — wear masks, gloves, and eye protection — bring hand sanitizer — bring an extra mask https://t.co/XyyhwAQUL3
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How to more safely protest in a pandemic

How to more safely protest in a pandemic

Tips for reducing the risk of spreading the coronavirus in a mass gathering, from public health experts.

Looting and flames erupt in Minneapolis amid growing protests over George Floyd's death

Looting and flames erupt in Minneapolis amid growing protests over George Floyd's death

State Patrol troopers moved in to help with growing looting, and the mayor said he asked the governor to consider calling in the National Guard as violence turned deadly.

CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering U.S. protests over police violence

CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering U.S. protests over police violence

There have been several dozen incidents of violence and harassment, as well as arrests, targeting journalists covering recent protests across the U.S. sparked by the death on May 25, ...

What we’re missing when we condemn “violence” at protests

What we’re missing when we condemn “violence” at protests

What news coverage does — and doesn’t — show about unrest in Minneapolis and Louisville.

As a pandemic and protests over George Floyd's death collide, officials stress: Wear a mask

As a pandemic and protests over George Floyd's death collide, officials stress: Wear a mask

The chaos, looting and unrest over the death of George Floyd plays out across in a besieged nation where a coronavirus pandemic had confined most Americans at home for months. This ...

PHOTOS: Protests erupted in New York City as police clashed with demonstrators over the killing of George Floyd

PHOTOS: Protests erupted in New York City as police clashed with demonstrators over the killing of George Floyd

Photos from Friday's protest in Brooklyn show police clashing with protesters. Similar events erupted across America over the killing of George Floyd.

Michigan Sheriff Took Off His Helmet and Marched With Protesters

Michigan Sheriff Took Off His Helmet and Marched With Protesters

Sheriff Christopher R. Swanson of Genesee County walked with demonstrators protesting police brutality and the death of George Floyd.

Dan Bongino: Protest agitators 'ready to burn your city down' should be charged as domestic terrorists

Dan Bongino: Protest agitators 'ready to burn your city down' should be charged as domestic terrorists

Riot organizers and agitators with the pre-meditated purpose of chaos and destruction of property should be charged as domestic terrorists,  former NYPD officer and Secret Service agent Dan ...

The Congresswoman Pepper-Sprayed by Police

The Congresswoman Pepper-Sprayed by Police

In that moment, Ohio Representative Joyce Beatty said, she was just another black American attacked while protesting injustice.

Reuters camera crew hit by rubber bullets as more journalists attacked at U.S. protests

Reuters camera crew hit by rubber bullets as more journalists attacked at U.S. protests

Two members of a Reuters TV crew were hit by rubber bullets and a photographer's camera was smashed in Minneapolis on Saturday night as attacks against journalists covering civil unrest in ...

Protests rock cities across US as anger over George Floyd's killing spreads

Protests rock cities across US as anger over George Floyd's killing spreads

Demonstrators take to streets in Minneapolis, New York, Louisville, Washington, California and beyond

Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death

Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death

ATLANTA (AP) — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of U.S. cities following the killing of George ...

Russia: Journalists Held Over Peaceful Pickets

Russia: Journalists Held Over Peaceful Pickets

Moscow police on May 28, 2020 detained seven journalists and a writer who were holding single person pickets in solidarity with another journalist detained for holding a similar protest, ...

Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate

Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate

Minnesota protests are continuing to escalate and inspire similar demonstrations around the country in the wake of police killing an unarmed Minneapolis man this week named George Floyd. ...

Coronavirus in the Age of Protest: How the Pandemic Could Change the Way We Organize

Coronavirus in the Age of Protest: How the Pandemic Could Change the Way We Organize

"There's certain human magic in being together," said protest organizer Iryna Verity.

İHD Calls on the International Community to Take Urgent Action to Prevent Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly, and the Prohibition of Torture in Turkey

İHD Calls on the International Community to Take Urgent Action to Prevent Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly, and the Prohibition of Torture in Turkey

The police prevented and intervened HDP MPs and politicians, members of HDP, lawyers, journalists and all peaceful demonstrators and dispersed the protests by using excessive force which ...