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May 28, 2025

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MATTHEWS: Sending mixed messages on gatherings, social distancing is a really bad look for state officials

June 10, 2020 Stacey Matthews

At its highest point, there were crowd estimates of between 6,000 and 15,000 in one day for the protest marches in Charlotte that took place last week in the aftermath of the death of North […]

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Democrats split on push to defund police

June 9, 2020 Steve Peoples, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on calls to “defund the police” as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach. Key Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, are distancing themselves […]

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CMPD officer ‘assaulted in broad daylight’ at protest

June 9, 2020 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer who has met with and walked with demonstrators a number of times was involved in a scuffle Monday afternoon with protesters a day after he’d had another tense interaction. […]

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FBI looks for link between 2 ambush killings of officers

June 8, 2020 Martha Mendoza, Associated Press

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The FBI and local investigators are trying to determine a possible link between the ambush-style killing of a Northern California sheriff’s deputy Saturday night and that of a federal officer who […]

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Man drives car at Seattle George Floyd protesters

June 8, 2020 The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Authorities say a man drove a car at George Floyd protesters in Seattle Sunday night, hit a barricade then exited the vehicle brandishing a pistol. At least one person was injured. The victim […]

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Cooper’s handling of protests criticized by ReOpen NC as inconsistent

June 3, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s handling of violence arising from protests across the state in the wake of the death of George Floyd contrasted with the treatment given to the ReOpen NC protests since April. […]

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MATTHEWS: George Floyd’s death was senseless, tragic — and so was what followed

June 2, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

The May 25 video circulated by news outlets of Minneapolis-resident George Floyd lying face down next to a police cruiser with a police officer’s knee pressed down on his neck was chilling as it was […]

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US cities erupt in more violence as Trump urges governors to stop riots

June 2, 2020 Zeke Miller and Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned up the pressure on governors to quell the violence set off by the death of George Floyd. As cities around the U.S. witnessed a seventh straight […]

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On the spot where George Floyd died, his brother urges calm

June 1, 2020 Aaron Morrison, Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd’s brother pleaded for peace in the streets Monday, saying destruction is “not going to bring my brother back at all.” Terrence Floyd’s emotional plea came as the United States braced for […]

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Trump slams governors as ‘weak,’ urges crackdown on protests

June 1, 2020 Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, and Alan Suderman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday derided many governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on burning and stealing among some demonstrations in the aftermath of violent protests in dozens of American cities. […]

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