After 3 Weeks and 4 Shootings, Seattle Dismantles Its 'Autonomous Zone'
Seattle police have arrested dozens of protesters during their sweep of the so-called Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
Seattle police have arrested dozens of protesters during their sweep of the so-called Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
The media and activists are using revisionist history of the Stonewall Riots to fit their intersectional narrative.
America certainly has work to do on race, but ritual and symbolic acts aren't the way forward.
The plaintiffs argue that the city's tolerance of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest has resulted in lawlessness and lost business.
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The Department of Justice is finding creative ways to file federal charges against rioters and looters.
A lower court precedent left unchallenged would unjustly compromise First Amendment protest rights. The Supreme Court should reconsider.
If this is what cities are paying billions for, no wonder people are calling for defunding.
For those who have been advising Americans for years that we should lay down our own weapons and trust armed government employees, this year has been a massive reality check.
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Is the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone a brave experiment in self-government or just flash-in-the-pan activism?
Statements by China, Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea use U.S. violence against protesters and journalists to point out American hypocrisy on the global stage.
There's no evidence to support the claim that 75-year-old Martin Gugino is part of antifa.
Saturday afternoon's protests in the nation's capital saw huge crowds, few police, and no violence.
His famous line that a "riot is the language of the unheard" is often taken out of context.
America has survived worse in terms of urban unrest. But that's not necessarily reason for optimism.
Gun opponents would leave predatory cops armed and their victims helpless.
Thirty-one years ago, an unidentified man held off Chinese military tanks in Tiananmen Square. Protesters facing down state violence today have big shoes to fill.
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Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?
The president has said he's willing to deploy active-duty military personnel to cities and states that aren't doing enough to crackdown on street violence.
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Americans are simultaneously joining marches and hunkering down for a long, hot summer of discontent.
There is still injustice. But there is also progress.
A heavy but hands-off militarized police presence squared off with demonstrators in the nation's capital tonight.
Bill de Blasio and Phil Murphy evince little sympathy for nail salon owners or Jewish mourners.
Millions of people out of a job and stuck at home for months is a recipe for civil unrest.
The right to peacefully protest is sacrosanct: Government curfews and press conferences are not.
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Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.
The U.S. already has a major problem with overcriminalization.
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton is asking the military to commit war crimes against American citizens. Trump approves!
"Rioting is a form of tyranny," Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show. He's wrong.
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
Police departments exist to protect people's persons and property. The Minneapolis Police Department has failed to do either.
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The strict stay-at-home order received a great deal of backlash for its more arbitrary prohibitions.
Government officials’ disdain for personal liberty and economic pain drive Americans to the streets.