Videos Show Protesters Confronting Diners in Pittsburgh and Rochester
Originally published 2020-09-09. Two widely shared videos from the first weekend of September 2020 showed protest groups confronting peopl...
Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement has brought questions of racial justice and equal treatment into public conversation. This collection gathers stories about protest, community action and the lived experiences behind them. We encourage readers to approach each story with care, to listen to the voices involved and to consider the historical and social context.
ACLED Found 93% of 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests Were Peaceful
Originally published 2020-09-07. Left: a protester at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Portland, Oregon (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters). Right...
Kyle Rittenhouse at a January 2020 Trump Rally, and the 2021 Verdict
Originally published 2020-08-29. Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot three men during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020...
Tucker Carlson's Kenosha Remarks on Kyle Rittenhouse and the Backlash
Originally published 2020-08-27. On 26 August 2020, the day after two men were shot dead during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Fox News hos...
Jacob Blake Shooting in Kenosha: Paralysis, Protests and No Charges
Originally published 2020-08-27. Jacob Blake , a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times in the back and side by Kenosha police office...
Kyle Rittenhouse and the Kenosha Shootings: Charges and Verdict
Originally published 2020-08-27. On the night of 25 August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, then a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot three m...
Garrett Foster Killing in Austin: Shooting, Trial and Pardon
Originally published 2020-07-27. Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old US Air Force veteran, was shot dead on 25 July 2020 while marching at a Blac...
Asheville's 2020 Reparations Vote: What It Did and What Followed
Originally published 2020-07-17. On 14 July 2020, Asheville City Council in North Carolina voted 7–0 for a resolution that formally apologi...
Why Boston Removed the Lincoln Emancipation Statue
Originally published 2020-07-04. The Emancipation Group in Park Square, Boston, before its removal: Abraham Lincoln stands with one hand r...
The McCloskeys: St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Guns at Protesters
Portland Place, St. Louis, Missouri, 28 June 2020. Photo: Reuters/Lawrence Bryant
Robert Fuller's Death in Palmdale: What the Investigation Found
Originally published 2020-06-20. Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old Black man, was found dead, hanging from a tree in a small park near Palmdale...
National Guard Water Fight With Protesters in DC: The Viral Video
Originally published 2020-06-18. In early June 2020, a short video from Washington, D.C., showed National Guard troops doing something nob...
Rayshard Brooks Shooting: What Happened and How the Case Ended
Originally published 2020-06-14. Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe lat...
Warren Police Arrest of Amazon Driver Jaylen Bond: What Happened
Originally published 2020-06-12. On the afternoon of 9 June 2020, a white police officer in Warren, Michigan, took a 23-year-old Black Ama...
Why Cops Was Cancelled in 2020 and How the Show Came Back
Originally published 2020-06-11. Yes, Cops was cancelled in June 2020, but it did not disappear for good. Paramount Network pulled the lon...
Georgia Trooper Says He Kneels Only for God: The 2020 Protest Video
Originally published 2020-06-10. In early June 2020, during a protest in Hartwell, Georgia, after the killing of George Floyd , demonstrato...
Michael Jordan's $100 Million Pledge for Racial Equality Explained
Originally published 2020-06-08. On 5 June 2020, Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand announced that they would give $100 million over ten year...
The Louisville Photo of White Protesters Shielding Black Demonstrators
Originally published 2020-06-04. At the end of May 2020, during protests in Louisville, Kentucky, over the police killing of Breonna Taylo...
Jake Paul and the Scottsdale Mall Looting: What Happened
Originally published 2020-06-03. On 30 May 2020 the YouTuber Jake Paul was filmed inside Scottsdale Fashion Square in Arizona while the ma...
Police Who Knelt and Marched With George Floyd Protesters
Originally published 2020-06-02. In the days after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on 25 May 2020, a striking imag...
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