A man who was protesting police brutality Monday showed a handgun in a threatening manner to a motorcyclist stopped at an intersection, police say, and was charged with criminal threatening.
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Portland leaders call for peaceful demonstration, ask opponents to leave guns at home
Fearing counter-protests and violent confrontation at a planned Black Lives Matter demonstration Saturday, Portland police are asking everyone to remain peaceful and leave weapons at home.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump visits Kenosha, labels violence ‘domestic terrorism’
The president’s motorcade passed throngs of demonstrators, some holding American flags in support of the president, others jeering while carrying signs that read Black Lives Matter.
Posted inNation & World
‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters determined after D.C. march
Race in America is front and center during a pandemic that’s disproportionately affected Black Americans.
Posted inNation & World, Sports
NFL teams cancel practice in response to Blake shooting
The New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Football Team and Green Bay Packers all canceled practices.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: White is a race, and we white people can’t ignore that anymore
Everything around us conspires to make racism invisible to white people, but we can overcome that.
Posted inNation & World
17- year-old arrested in killings of 2 people protesting Kenosha shooting
According to witnesses and video footage, police apparently let the suspect walk past them with a rifle over his shoulder as people in the crowd yelled for him to be arrested because he had shot people.
Posted inNation & World
Black Wisconsin man shot by police not likely to walk again, lawyer says
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls for calm Tuesday, while declaring a state of emergency in Kenosha, where crowds destroyed dozens of buildings and set more than 30 fires on Monday night.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Police: Black Lives Matter signs stolen in Hallowell
Police Chief Scott MacMaster says eight to 10 signs were reported stolen early Monday near Page and Pleasant streets.
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National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
Kenosha becomes the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.