August 4, 2020 Watchdog group accuses police of excessive force in George Floyd protests Police and law enforcement used force against protesters in at least 125 separate incidents across the country in the 10 days following the death of George Floyd, a new watchdog report revealed on Monday.Â
August 4, 2020 'Kindergarten Cop' screening canceled in Oregon, compared to 'Gone with the Wind' The NW Film Center canceled an Aug. 6 outdoor screening of the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, after it was excoriated on Twitter for glorifying the traumatization of children by police and was compared to "Birth of a Nation" and "Gone with the Wind."Â
August 4, 2020 Alabama's Edmund Pettus Bridge should be renamed in wake of John Lewis' death, activists say The death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis has sparked national debate over the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- a site of history, but one that's named for a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader.
August 4, 2020 Condoleezza Rice takes jab at liberals for assuming how Black people should think: 'Problem with the left' The "problem with the left" is liberals assume how Black people should think, the former secretary of state says.
August 4, 2020 Aurora police apologize after drawing guns, handcuffing Black family in car theft mix-up The Aurora Police Department apologized on Monday after officers drew their guns on a Black woman and four minors over the weekend after mistaking their car for another vehicle that had been stolen.
August 4, 2020 Mark Levin: Arrest of peaceful anti-abortion protesters in DC is example of the left’s ‘totalitarian purification’ Two students were detained over the weekend after writing in chalk "Black Pre-Born Lives Matter" in front of a Planned Parenthood office, an act for which they reportedly had obtained a city permit.
August 4, 2020 Sen. Marsha Blackburn: Here's how to stop cancel-culture mob, violent anarchists from remaking our country Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution will gather for a hearing examining how we as Americans can protect our right to freedom of speech in the face of anarchist violence.
August 4, 2020 BLM protesters in Seattle claim in suit that expensive gear to protect them from cops prices them out of civil rights: report
August 4, 2020 Minneapolis’ Frey accuses Walz of dragging feet during early unrest Mayor Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Democrat who faced sharp criticism over his handling of the George Floyd riots in June, on Monday seemed to place much of the blame on Gov. Tim Walz, another Democrat, for failing to act quickly on early requests from the city for state intervention, a report said.
August 4, 2020 Cruz, ahead of Antifa hearing, describes riots in US cities as ‘organized terror attacks’ Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is aiming to highlight the role Antifa and like-minded groups are playing in riots across the country, convening a Senate hearing Tuesday on the issue while alleging that radical left-wing groups are engaging in "organized terror attacks" designed to tear down government institutions.