The St. Petersburg (FL) Police Department is calling out a group of protesters who refused to move for an ambulance.
Seattle police early Wednesday showed up in force at the city's “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters so the officers could carry out an executive order from the mayor for the area to be vacated.
One man was killed and another wounded early Monday in Seattle's “occupied” protest zone — the second deadly shooting in the area.
The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.
The Seattle Fire Department is responding to allegations it did not treat an injured gunshot victim who later died at the so-called “police-free zone.”
The now-familiar scenes of U.S. police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters at Lafayette Park across from the White House and in other cities have police critics charging that the weaponry too often escalates tensions and hurts innocent people.
One person was wounded in what was the second shooting in Seattle's protest zone in less than 48 hours, police said.
Hospital workers rallied in cities around France on Tuesday to demand better pay and more investment in the country's public hospital system.
A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd called a supervisor to tell him what she saw.
A video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly protester who falls and cracks his head in Buffalo drew widespread condemnation.