A large crowd that included Black Lives Matter activists had gathered near the White House on Thursday night in an attempt to drown out Donald Trump's acceptance speech with firecrackers and airhorns. The demonstrations were peaceful at the start of the evening, but clashes with police officers ensued when the convention wrapped up. Activists clashed with police at multiple cordons that had been set up around the White House, but in other areas officers seemed to be completely absent as RNC attendees walked away.

I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED THIS PART! — They say "We propose that outright bans of extremist users and groups might not be the best way to curb their influence and prevent users’ radicalization. Bans that are administered gradually and applied to few actors at a time might be a better solution." - The academic community outright giving direction to tech companies on how to ban us from their platforms. This paper is about Telegram - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1803946?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Two of the cops involved in Sunday's shooting in #Kenosha, Wisconsin, were identified Friday as Officers Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek. The cop who fired all seven shots into Blake's back in front of his three young children, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, was already identified this week as Officer Rusten Sheskey - a seven-year veteran of the force. Sheskey and Arenas had each attempted to taser Blake prior to the shooting, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed Friday. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that all hospitalized patients in police custody are restrained unless undergoing medical procedures, and that it was working 'to ensure a safe and humane environment for Mr. Blake.'

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Emotional business owner speaks out about Black rioters burning his small family owned furniture store