Hundreds of police officers in full riot gear responded to the streets of downtown St. Louis after another day of peaceful protests over an ex-police officer’s acquittal in the death of a black man gave way to property damage and some dangerous encounters with officers. CBC | World News
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A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, with the judge declaring that he would not be swayed by “partisan interests, public clamour or fear of criticism.” CBC | World News
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Just one day shy of a week following a deadly white supremacist rally and counter-protest in his city, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called for Confederate monuments to be removed from the city’s downtown area. Included among the Confederate monuments the mayor wants to see removed is the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park, where the controversial “Unite the Right” ...
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Kenyan police shot and killed two people during riots by opposition supporters after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in elections overshadowed by fraud allegations, authorities said Saturday, while a father said his 9-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet in the capital. CBC | World News
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