Peaceful Protest
This past Saturday, Rochester hosted a Stop Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander Hate rally at the Maplewood Family YMCA. This rally was to recognize the dozens of hate crimes that have increased throughout the nation. Bijaya Khadka, who is the founding chair of the New Americans Advisory Council said “We’re just here to stand together […]
On Saturday, thousands of Rochestarians came together in several marches, peacefully protesting systemic racism, police brutality and discrimination. Organizers from Black Lives Matter led similar demonstrations in cities across the nation like Philadelphia and San Francisco. The marches in Rochester were in part a response to the tactics that the RPD used in last weeks […]
Investigations have begun to see if undercover extremists are sneaking into the peaceful demonstrations against police brutality and instigating the violence that has followed. Officials are also wary of misinformation campaigns on social media, similar to the ones made by Russia in the 2016 Presidential Election. One way they examine these cases is by looking into […]
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