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With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
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With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets

Jake Offenhartz DAVID BAUDERJune 17, 2025

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, leading press freedom groups to question whether law enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. Journalists have been pelted with rubber bullets or pepper spray, including an Australian TV reporter struck while doing a live shot and a New York Post reporter left with a giant welt on his forehead after taking a direct hit. A CNN crew was briefly detained then released on Monday night. The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders

The Insurrection and the Lost Cause
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The Insurrection and the Lost Cause

Ben JealousJuly 10, 2021

A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and other Capitol police are still healing. Investigators are still going through video and social media documenting the attempt to disrupt congressional affirmation of President Joe Biden’s victory.

Surveillance programs could jeopardize protestors’ pursuit of justice
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Surveillance programs could jeopardize protestors’ pursuit of justice

Pastor William SmartJune 19, 2020

The cascade of protests against racism and police brutality in response to the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd sent a shockwave through the consciousness of America. The grief, love, and solidarity on display seems to be on a larger scale than ever before. When our brothers and sisters marched in Ferguson in 2014, they lacked the groundswell of support across the country that we’re witnessing now. Even still, we have a long way to go until African Americans can truly enjoy, “equal justice under law,” a promise etched in stone on the Supreme Court building but not yet fulfilled in daily life.

WATCH: How to Talk About Racism
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WATCH: How to Talk About Racism

Cedars-SinaiJune 12, 2020

The protests across the U.S. have many calling for a renewed national dialogue about race, policing, equity and what it means to be a black person in America today.

And that is good news, said Nicole Mitchell, director of Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai.

“We have so many people who want to be allies and to be voices,” Mitchell said.

But how do we begin talking about these sensitive issues?