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On Thursday, protests demanding justice for Daniel Prude and Breonna Taylor resumed in Rochester. Local Black Lives Matter group Free The People ROC organized a demonstration that began at 6:30 on Jefferson Avenue in Rochester. The march went downtown and made it to the Public Safety Building around 10:00 p.m. The peaceful protestors then sat […]
Protesters demonstrating against the murder of Daniel Prude by the Rochester Police Department met this morning at City Hall around 8:30am. According to City officials, the employees decided to close early around 11am because the peaceful demonstration blocked the entrance of City Hall and made it difficult for anyone to enter. Free the People ROC […]
Saturday’s protest against the death of Daniel Prude by the Rochester Police Department was the shortest one yet, clocking in at only 4 hours after protestors threw bottles and police pepper sprayed the crowd. The police reported that they arrested at least one person and none of the officers were injured, but there is no […]
Early yesterday morning, demonstrators protested against the murder of Daniel Prude by sitting naked in front of the Public Safety Building with spit hoods on their heads and the words “Black Lives Matter” on their backs. The demonstration echoed the way that Daniel Prude was treated by the Rochester Police Department while he was being […]
The Community Justice Initiative gave a press conference on Sunday, September 6 in regards to the methods that the Rochester Police Department used against people protesting for Daniel Prude. The conference was held around Laura Street and E. Main Street in the City of Rochester. Anthony Hall, the spokesperson for CJI used the conference to […]
On Friday, the local chapter of White Coats for Black Lives held a protest that demonstrated against racial inequality in the medical field at URMC. Last year, they held a similar demonstration and they reintroduced the demands had they presented in the past. They are calling for: fostering critical dialogue, preparing future physicians to be […]
In response to the President deploying US military forces against protestors, former Defense Secretary James Mattis released a statement on June 3 saying that Trump is dividing the country. “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead […]
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