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Vallejo Police Department delegation to funerals of NYPD officers Rafael “Ralph” Ramos and Wenjian Liu (Facebook)

Vallejo, CA Residents Rally for Police

In Vallejo, CA, roughly 30 miles north of San Francisco, roughly 60 demonstrators rallied Saturday in support of their police officers, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald. The police supporters met in front of the Vallejo Police Department, holding signs emblazoned with messages such as “police lives matter.”

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Silent Ferguson Protesters Block Downtown St Louis Street

Only the sound of footsteps were audible as protesters marched down the streets of St. Louis past City Hall with duct tape on their mouths in silent protest over the police-involved shooting deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York . Activists got loud, however, as they ended up down at the landmark St Louis Arch, flooding the entrance to the Visitor’s Center chanting, “FTP, F**k the Police” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.”

Oakland Ferguson Protest (AP)

Oakland Police Blast ‘Politicians and Media Pundits’

The Oakland Police Officers Association has joined police unions in San Francisco and San Jose in condemning recent violence in anti-police protests across the Bay Area and the nation, singling out “politicians and media pundits” for their “vilification of front-line public servants.”

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Member of Ferguson Commission Rushes to Condemn Cops After Berkeley Shooting

After 18-year-old Antonio Martin pulled a gun and was subsequently shot and killed by a police officer at a Berkeley, Missouri gas station on December 23, Pastor Starsky Wilson blamed the police–saying that “most of the protests [since Ferguson] have been nonviolent” but the police escalated things anyway, which in turn caused violence.

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U.S. Attorney: ISIS Recruiting Ferguson Criminals

ISIS has been actively recruiting Ferguson criminals, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. With tweets that say “Hey blacks, ISIS will save you” and references to Malcolm X and slavery, ISIS was reaching out to criminals during

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Second Graders Hold ‘Student-Sponsored’ Ferguson Protest

When cars drove by New Bedford, Massachusetts’ Alma Del Mar Charter School around lunch on December 12, they saw an unusual sight: seven and 8-year-old students standing by the roadway holding signs in support of deceased strong-arm robbery suspect Michael

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Obama Launches Task Force on ’21st Century Policing’

The president has officially launched yet another “task force.” In response to several high-profile cases of suspects killed by police, Obama has brought together a group meant to review better policing practices. “In light of the recent events in Ferguson, Staten Island,

Racism Reaches Even The White House, Obamas Say

Racism Reaches Even The White House, Obamas Say

A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine.  “During that wonderfully

Racism Reaches Even The White House, Obamas Say

Racism Reaches Even The White House, Obamas Say

A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully