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Mal Brewster, a local college student, speaks about her experiences with racism during a vigil in Canton, N.Y., on Saturday.

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Crowd In Canton Joins Small New York Towns Protesting Racism, Police Brutality

5:41pm June 06, 2020

by Julia Ritchey

Crowds gathered in the northern New York village of Canton and other small New York towns on Saturday to protest racism and honor black lives lost to police brutality.

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The Sounds Of Nationwide Protest

5:26pm June 06, 2020

Throughout the country on Saturday, there's been a massive wave of protests against police brutality.

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Durham Mayor Pro Tempore On Defunding The Police In Her City

5:26pm June 06, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jillian Johnson, mayor pro tempore of Durham, N.C., about defunding the police and how she's rethinking public safety in her city.

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Memorial Held In George Floyd's North Carolina Birthplace

5:26pm June 06, 2020

by Liz Schlemmer

On Saturday, Family, friends and others turned out in Raeford, N.C., where George Floyd was born, to mourn the death of Floyd. Four former Minneapolis police officers are charged in his death.

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Demonstrators protest over the death of George Floyd in front of Trump Tower in Chicago on May 30.

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Chicago Mayor Says Police Union Is 'Extraordinarily Reluctant To Embrace Reform'

5:23pm June 06, 2020

Lori Lightfoot says contracts with the city's police union have been "a significant problem and challenge in getting the reforms necessary."

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police say that Anthony Brennan III was arrested Friday, after a video appeared to show him violently grab an object from a young adult who was posting signs protesting the death of George Floyd.

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Maryland Man Charged In Assault On Activists For Racial Justice Along D.C. Area Trail

3:46pm June 06, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Police in Maryland say Anthony Brennan III is suspected in the attack on a group of young people who were hanging fliers about the killing of George Floyd. Video of the incident circulated online.

A video shows officers appearing to shove an older man who walked up to riot police Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y. Prosecutors have now filed charges against two officers.

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2 Buffalo Police Officers Charged With Shoving Protester To Ground

3:00pm June 06, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Two officers have been charged with second-degree assault, as the fallout spreads from a video showing the 75-year-old man injured. The officers' entire unit has requested reassignment.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot On Her City's Response Unrest Over Police Violence

2:07pm June 06, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Lori Lightfoot, mayor of the City of Chicago, about the recent protests around racial injustice in the United States.

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Wearing a mask to protect herself from the coronavirus and a hat that reads "Make Racism Wrong Again," Lydia Spottswood joins a protest in Kenosha, Wis., in response to George Floyd's killing by police. She thinks people are tired of President Trump's "me

Wisconsin Voters Weigh The Future Of A Nation In Crisis

1:25pm June 06, 2020

by Asma Khalid

Kenosha County, Wis., voted for the president by less than 1%. Republicans and Democrats are horrified by George Floyd's killing, but the unity falters when Trump and Biden enter the conversation.

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Police officers fire rubber bullets May 29 during a Los Angeles protest over the death of George Floyd.

From 'Flash Bangs' To 'Rubber' Bullets: The Very Real Risks of 'Riot Control Agents'

12:31pm June 06, 2020

Protesters against systemic racism and police brutality have been met with an arsenal of 'less than lethal' weapons which can still seriously injure, sicken, and sometimes kill.