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The revolution betrayed
The high hopes of the Egyptian people for a peaceful transition to democracy are being thwarted by the brutal tactics of the country's military rulers, who in recent days have launched a bloody campaign of repression against protesters demanding an...Tags: Egypt, Demonstration, Revolutions, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Cairo (Egypt)
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Occupy Baltimore considering new sites, including youth jail, endangered post office
The Baltimore SunSince Baltimore police ousted the members of Occupy Baltimore from their encampment at the Inner Harbor's McKeldin Square last week, the activists have been deliberating about where -- and whether -- to continue a physical encampment. Jessica Lewis, a...Tags: Prisons, Prisons, Demonstration, Activism, Inner Harbor
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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: Lawyers, Kweisi Mfume, Abraham Lincoln, Christianity, Thurgood Marshall
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The mayor is part of the 99 percent; why doesn't she act like it?
I'm glad to hear that even though Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sent police in riot gear to evict the Occupy Baltimore movement from a public space in our city, she feels it was all done very respectfully. So I have a question for the mayor, one that...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Video: Police evict Occupy Baltimore protesters
Baltimore police in riot gear moved in full force but peacefully evicted protesters with the Occupy Baltimore movement from the Inner Harbor's McKeldin Square during the early morning hours Tuesday.
Video by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton:...Tags: Inner Harbor, Protest
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No arrests as police evict Occupy Baltimore protesters
Baltimore joined several other cities from Boston to Los Angeles by sending in the police to disband occupiers who have taken over town squares.
Like some but unlike many, Baltimore police evicted more than three dozen protesters and homeless people...Tags: The Washington Post, Police Arrests, Demonstration, Activism, Occupy Wall Street
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Occupy Baltimore seeks new goals after eviction
Downtown businesses — and even some Occupy Baltimore activists themselves — breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday that city officials cleared the encampment that the group had set up near the Inner Harbor as part of a national protest against...Tags: Charles Village, Judaism, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Demonstration, Fells Point
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Mayor calls Occupy Baltimore eviction 'respectful'
The eviction of Occupy Baltimore protesters from a park near the Inner Harbor was carried out "in a respectful way," Baltimore's mayor said this morning, adding that she was pleased there were no injuries or arrests.
"It certainly wasn't going to go on...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Prisons, Pratt Street, Homelessness, Demonstration
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Selected codes used by Baltimore-area police departments
Baltimore Sun reporterSelected codes used by Baltimore-area police departments: ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE: 10-4 Acknowledgment (ok) 10-32 Man With Gun 10-33 EMERGENCY 10-34 Riot 10-39 Urgent---Use Lights/Siren 10-40 Silent Run---No Lights/Siren 10-45 Animal Carcass At...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Emergency Incidents, Theft, Lotto, Sex Crimes
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State police treated Occupy protesters terribly
I was at the Occupy Baltimore "Schools Not Jails" action on Monday, the 18th — Martin Luther King Jr Day. The police actions to which I was witness that evening would have left anyone feeling angry at the overreaction of our government and police....Tags: Martin Luther King Jr.
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Boston mayor had defused racial tensions
Former Boston Mayor Kevin Hagan White, who steered the city through the racial storm caused by court-ordered school desegregation and is credited with giving political access to blacks, women and gays, died late last month at his Beacon Hill home.
White,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Judges, Music, Lobbying, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Occupy D.C. camp raided by police
Seven protesters were arrested after a pre-dawn raid on the Occupy D.C. camp in McPherson Square on Saturday, with dozens of police clearing away tents, debris and some dead rodents. U.S. Park Police on horseback and on foot clad in riot gear swept...Tags: The Washington Post
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