President Trump’s exchange with Maine Gov. Janet Mills begins at minute 29:00 of his June 1 telephone call with governors in which he calls them “weak,” and urged them to use force against unruly protests.
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Protesters with Black Lives Matter movement descend on Brunswick Police Department
Officers were asked to take a knee in solidarity with protesters of police brutality Sunday night.
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Mills raises security concerns about Trump’s plan to visit maker of test swabs in Maine
The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice. Mills added more pointed criticism at a news conference in which she said the country needs leadership, ‘not more hatred and more division.’
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Hundreds line Waterville streets to protest racism in aftermath of Minneapolis man’s death
Monday’s protest drew at least 200 people to the the Universalist-Unitarian Church in Waterville, with participants hoisting signs amid nationwide unrest stemming from George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
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Trump slams governors as ‘weak,’ tells them to crack down on protesters
The days of protests were triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after he was pinned at the neck by a white Minneapolis police officer.
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Protesters block traffic, demand to meet with Portland police chief
About 300 demonstrators insisted on meeting with Police Chief Frank Clark to discuss their concerns about racial bias after a black man’s death in Minneapolis, but they dispersed Sunday evening without having done so.
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Protesters in Skowhegan respond to man’s death in Minneapolis
“We’re out here demonstrating against this ongoing police brutality,” said Aliza Jones, one of the protest’s organizers. “This group has a lot of teachers, retired teachers, health care workers.”
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Protesters in Skowhegan respond to death of black man in Minneapolis
More than 35 people lined the streets Sunday afternoon near Skowhegan Federated Church on Island Avenue to protest police brutality after a black man, George Floyd, 46, died while being arrested a week ago in Minneapolis.
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Hundreds take to Portland streets to protest Minneapolis police killing
Demonstrators marched through the downtown area Friday afternoon, and one group blocked Franklin Street.
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Police slaying in Chicago stirs camps of protesters
The fatal shooting of a black man by police over the weekend has stirred a face-off for a second time.