Tag: Riot

Embedded: “We Keep Us Safe” from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times : NPR

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
— Read on www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-120825/seattle-chop-zone-antonio-mays

Policing Mass Demonstrations Recommendations for Policy, Training, and Community Engagement

Overview

The police have a complex role in managing mass demonstrations, requiring them to balance competing priorities and obligations. On the one hand, they must uphold the fundamental right to free assembly and expression guaranteed by the United States Constitution, while on the other hand, they must maintain safety and order. Although most mass demonstrations are peaceful, some can escalate into widespread civil disturbances. The primary challenge for agencies, then, is to implement training, policies, and crowd management approaches that prepare officers to safely and effectively facilitate the vast majority of peaceful protests while also having plans and contingencies in place should property destruction or violence occur. Too much focus on either outcome leaves agencies unprepared and can result in inappropriate responses that have unintended consequences.

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Dorian Johnson….. dies after being shot in Ferguson | CNN

The problem here is that CNN is perpetuating a lie. The investigation of the incident between Darren Wilson and Michael Brown showed that “hands up don’t shoot” was a false narrative.  Why must CNN perpetuate this lie? Why is CNN trying to keep this false narrative of “hands up don’t shoot” alive?

Learn for yourself HERE.

Eleven years after the officer shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked waves of protest against police brutality, the friend who was with Brown when it happened has been shot dead.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/us/dorian-johnson-fatally-shot-ferguson-michael-brown

Policing Campus Protests

College campuses across the country celebrate their legacies of creating free speech guarantees following student protests from the mid-1960s to early 1970s, even though colleges had minimal tolerance of such protests at the time. As part of the New Left’s vision for a different society, students, sometimes joined by faculty, demanded an end to the Vietnam War and war industry research, fought for Black and ethnic studies departments, and protested urban renewal plans that displaced Black working-class communities.

We are experiencing another transformative moment. Lawmakers and other stakeholders pressure university administrators to act against students or face funding cuts. Police repression follows, escalating into violence. Universities create or enlarge their own police or security forces in response, while also expanding codes of conduct to quash disruptive protest activity. This Symposium Piece traces the throughlines between university responses in the past and today.

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More articles on Protests can be found HERE