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December 5, 2014 Prachi Gupta

The NYPD was prepared for heavier protests on Thursday night, and New Yorkers, frustrated by Wednesday’s failure to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, delivered. Gathering in Union and Foley Squares around 5:30 PM, thousands of people swarmed the city, eventually spilling into roadways and blocking traffic on essentially every major […]

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December 4, 2014 Bucky Turco

Soon after a Staten Island jury decided to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man who died after being placed in a prohibited chokehold, protests erupted all over America. Just before people around the city took their outrage and sorrow to the streets, ANIMAL asked New Yorkers […]

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December 3, 2014 ANIMAL

Following the announcement Wednesday afternoon that a Staten Island grand jury has decided to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo with criminal charges related to the death of Eric Garner, protests have begun in NYC. Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the outcome, saying, “This is a deeply emotional day — for the Garner Family, and all New Yorkers. […]

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December 1, 2014 Rhett Jones

According to a law enforcement source, social-media tools are leaving the NYPD at a disadvantage when it comes to stopping unruly protests on the streets of New York City. Referring to demonstrators who last week marched the streets of NYC in response to the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, the source […]

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November 28, 2014 Bucky Turco

Mike Brown protests in New York got off to an early start on Thursday morning with police arresting seven people for trying to “disrupt” the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by “smashing windows and knocking over barricades,” reports the Daily News. Ah, the Absence of Surprise : RT @FergusonUnity: NYPD dogpiled on StopTheParade protesters, swung batons at […]

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November 26, 2014 Bucky Turco

For a second day, demonstrations flared up nationwide on Tuesday as people took to the streets to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Mike Brown. From New York to Los Angeles and Ferguson to Philadelphia, marches took place, leading to some minor clashes with police […]

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November 25, 2014 ANIMAL

On Tuesday evening, New York City continued to show solidarity with Ferguson. Following the announcement that officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for the fatal shooting of Mike Brown, protests have erupted around the nation. ANIMAL’s Bucky Turco has been live-tweeting from the scene in NYC, where protesters are marching through the streets. It […]

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November 14, 2014 Amy K. Nelson

Soon a grand jury will come back with a decision on whether to indict officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed on August 9, sparking protests, violence and tear gas for weeks in Ferguson. With many anticipating that the jury will not indict Wilson, there […]

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November 3, 2014 Rhett Jones

The owner of the wall on which Banksy painted his piece Art Buff has grown tired of protecting it from damage and began the process of removal on Saturday. The work, which features a woman wearing headphones and staring at an empty pedestal, is located in the rural UK town of Folkstone. It is protected by a sheet […]

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October 1, 2014 ANIMAL

The protests in Hong Kong started out with a bang and blasts of tear gas Sunday night. Since then, Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement has spread rapidly to five different districts in the city. Roads normally filled with buses and taxis have been closed off, as tens of thousands of people sit in the streets […]

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