For the past two weeks America has faced a reckoning over racism and police violence against black people after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 sparked continuing …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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6/10/20
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Eleven people — including 10 adults and one minor — were arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct in Merrick after they attempted to move their protest against police brutality onto the Meadowbrook Parkway.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/7/20
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Peaceful protests over racism and police brutality against black people continued in Valley Stream on Friday, marking four days of sustained demonstrations in the neighborhood after the death of …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/5/20
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A wave of angry protests over the merciless alleged killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked a wave of more than 70 angry protests in cities across the nation last week and into the weekend. The majority were peaceful, but . . .
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6/5/20
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Demonstrations protesting the police killing of George Floyd continued in Valley Stream on Thursday as more than 100 people gathered around 1 p.m. at the Hendrickson Park pool parking lot before making …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/4/20
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Their names were on the protesters’ minds and lips for most of the evening Monday:
Breyonna Taylor, shot eight times in March in her own home when police entered without …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/2/20
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Part two in an ongoing series.Dressed in olive-green fatigues and brandishing placards touting the legality of the AR-15 assault rifle, an estimated 300 to 400 gun rights advocates descended on …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/23/18
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Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/30/17
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Nancy Dwyer has attended more protests than she can remember.
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By Nick Ciccone
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4/5/17
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In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump began by thanking President Obama for a smooth transition, and offered the people of America a message of hope by stating, “We, the citizens of America . . .
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1/27/17
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