A vehicle plowed through a protest-related closure on a Seattle freeway, striking multiple protesters, including two women who suffered serious injuries. The hit-and-run incident occurred shortly before midnight on Interstate 5 and the two victims, both in their 20s, were rushed to Harborview Medical Center, Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson. Video of the crash on social media showed a white car striking the women, who flew into the air before landing on the ground. The Seattle Fire Department said one of the victims was in critical condition while the other is stable with serious injuries. State troopers and officers from the Bellingham Police Department chased the vehicle as it fled, and nabbed the suspect. Both he and his passenger were uninjured, Trooper H. Axtman. The unidentified suspect - 27-year-old man from Seattle, according to The Associated Press - was booked in the Whatcom County Jail. Police said he is the same person who attempted to elude officers in another incident two weeks ago.
Three Aurora, Colo., police officers linked to controversial photos snapped at the site of a memorial for Elijah McClain were fired Friday, according to reports. The firings came after a fourth officer linked to the photos resigned from the Aurora Police Department earlier in the week. The photos were taken last October, about two months after McClain, 23, died following a police stop that involved a chokehold against him. In at least one of the photos, the smiling officers appear to mock the chokehold at the memorial site. Fired Friday were officers Kyle Dittrich, Erica Morrera and Jason Rosenblatt. Officer Jaron Jones resigned. Previously, Rosenblatt was one of three officers reassigned to “non-enforcement” duties in connection with McClain’s death last August. The two other officers were identified as Nathan Woodyard and Randy Roedema.
Hundreds of protesters gathered near the estate in St. Louis, where previously a couple pointed a pistol and an assault rifle at BLM protesters in an angry confrontation outside their huge mansion. The owners of the house put up armed guards. The police did not intervene.
Police leading women to patrol cars in the Harlem area of New York, on Aug. 2, 1943, during clashes with police following the shooting of a policeman and six civilians. The unrest was sparked by the shooting of Robert Bandy, a black soldier, by a white policeman. #history
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TAMPA, Fla. - The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office announced several dozen more charges will be filed for looting and rioting that began on the night of May 30, FOX 13 reported. State Attorney Andrew Warren announced an initial set of charges on June 18. Now, with the latest felony charges, there are a total of 57 people facing a total of 113 charges. The suspects face charges for ransacking stores, causing destruction and fighting with officers who tried to arrest them. "These 57 people should not be confused with the large number of peaceful protesters in our community," he said in a statement. "The defendants we’ve charged took advantage of the pain in our community and tried to turn it into a quick buck or set out to cause chaos. None of us will stand for that.”
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Police dragged away one person from a store after he smashed a window in New York City's Times Square on April 5, 1968, as disturbances spread over many sections of New York City in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King. #history