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
Two girls attending a birthday pool party in California were fatally shot and three others were wounded. The girls, Elayna Saidee, 12, and Makeliah Osorno, 11, were the innocent victims of gang violence that took place Thursday night in a backyard in Delano. “It’s a hallmark gang-style shooting,” Delano Police Chief Robert Nevarez told the station. “The suspect arrives in a tan Toyota Corolla or Camry, and according to some witnesses one of the persons got out of the vehicle and went into the yard area and began firing and then quickly left.” KERO-TV identified one of the victims, a 41-year-old woman who was shot in the leg. Anabell Aguilar said the party in her backyard was for her son, according to the station. Police said an 18-year-old female and a 21-year-old male were also wounded. Many of the people who attended the party are refusing to cooperate with police, Nevarez told KGET.
Columbia University students and New York City police at anti-war protests, April 25, 1972, in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan. #history