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Police in New York City have scuffled with protesters and used pepper spray at a gay rights march organized to call for an end to police brutality - despite the official parade being canceled due to coronavirus. The Queer Liberation March, taking place for the second year running, drew thousands to the cause after the traditional parade was called off in April. The peaceful protest descended into chaos when police charged at activists gathered in Washington Square in Manhattan. As two were being arrested for graffiti, protesters intervened in an attempt to free them, at which point police responded with pepper spray. #NYC
Remington Arms Co. is preparing to file for bankruptcy for the second time and is in talks with the Navajo Nation for a potential sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing sources close to the negotiations, the Journal reported the Navajo Nation would serve as the lead bidder to purchase Remington’s assets out of Chapter 11. North Carolina-based Remington operates a firearm manufacturing plant in Huntsville. Last year, the state canceled some $3 million in incentives for Remington after it failed to meet hiring and payroll target goals. Remington, the nation’s oldest firearms manufacturer, had previously filed for bankruptcy in 2018. The company has been involved with years of litigation related to the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary when a Remington-made Bushmaster AR-15 was used to kill 20 children and six adults at the Connecticut school. The families of the victims filed suit against Remington in 2014 and that case is ongoing.
An off-duty Dallas police officer was attacked from behind Thursday night after telling a group to leave a closed pool area at an apartment complex. The assault unfolded around 9 p.m. at the Allure apartments complex in North Dallas. The officer, who was in plainclothes, identified himself as a Dallas police officer and tried to disperse the crowd, police said. As he walked away, police said multiple people attacked him from behind and he fell to the ground. The officer lost consciousness during the attack, police told WFAA-TV. When he woke up, he called 911 and told responding officers that a group of three or four men had struck him in the back and kicked him several times. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and is expected to be OK. No suspects have been arrested.
An ominous-looking cloud was spotted in the skies over Wisconsin on Sunday as a storm system brought severe weather, tornado warnings and flash flooding to the Upper Midwest. The National Weather Service's (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had issued a tornado watch for parts of Iowa and Minnesota as severe storms developed. In Spring Valley, Wis., located about 60 miles east of Minneapolis, a wall cloud was spotted as severe storms moved through. According to the NWS, wall clouds are normally found on the south or southwest side of a thunderstorm and can range from a fraction of a mile up to nearly 5 miles in diameter. The storms also brought flash flooding in Wisconsin that caused some roads to be closed on Monday, including Highway 29 near Spring Valley. At least five motorists were also rescued from Highway 63 and town roads on Monday after they were found standing on top of their cars.
Police in Portland, Ore., arrested eight protesters Saturday after a demonstration turned violent near the Portland Justice Center, where graffiti calling for the death of cops was scrawled on nearby buildings. Demonstrators started gathering around 7:30 p.m. and used fencing and barricades to block a street, Portland police said in a news release Sunday. A woman on a loudspeaker could be heard calling for violent resistance from the crowd. Authorities warned demonstrators several times not to block the streets, which were open to traffic, but the crowd remained on the roadways. Graffiti calling for the death of cops was also found painted on several buildings in the area, including the Justice Center and the Federal Courthouse. Authorities declared an unlawful assembly shortly before 10:30 p.m. and issued further warnings of arrests, force, or crowd control.
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The Detroit Police Department has launched an investigation after one of its cruisers was caught on video plowing through a crowd of protesters that had surrounded it. Police say the officers in the area were trying to redirect the marching protesters along a faster route back to the park where the rally was held earlier in the day. The scene, they say, escalated after one of the protesters busted out the cruiser’s back window. “There is this loud crash or bang to the rear of the police car. And again in their mind, as according to our investigation, they believed they could be shot at, or were being fired upon and because of that they had to take quick, evasive action,” Police Chief James Craig said Monday. “When you talk about training, if you run into an ambush situation the proper course is to get out for your safety and that is exactly what these officers opted to do.” “We don’t know what broke the window – could have been a skateboard, could have been anything, but whatever it was, it certainly created
A 16-year-old boy has died and a 14-year-old boy has been hospitalized in critical condition Monday following the latest shooting at the Seattle area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, police revealed. Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said it marked the second death of an African-American victim in the area. The first death associated with the CHOP came June 20 when 19-year-old Horace Lorenzo Anderson was shot and killed. Monday marked the fourth shooting linked to the CHOP zone. Officials initially said the victims of the latest shooting were "men" before clarifying their ages. Best said multiple 911 callers reported that two males had been shot in a vehicle on 12th Avenue between Pike and Pine early Monday morning, but by the time officers arrived at the scene both were gone. The younger wounded teen arrived at Harborview Medical Center’s Emergency Department at about 3:15 a.m. by private vehicle. He remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
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A protester stands behind a barricade holding a handgun during a dispute with another armed man that resolved with no shots fired at the CHOP area (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest), as people continue to occupy space and protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Seattle, Washington, June 26. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson