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Two police officers have been arrested for allegedly shoving an elderly man at a George Floyd protest in Buffalo, New York, on Thursday.

Rev. Bill Owens says racial tensions still exist because the civil rights movement has been “hijacked by manipulative politicians.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with survivors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre at the hands of Chinese communist troops on Tuesday afternoon, amid strained relations between the United States and China over the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong protests.

Video from Wednesday afternoon shows Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) surrounded by guards as she walked near protesters.

Former President George W. Bush cheered the nationwide protests Tuesday, suggesting they are a show of “strength.”

Citizens across the nation are coming together to rebuild their communities in the aftermath of the protests and riots.

Government officials should investigate the treatment of protesters who gathered near the White House on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Tuesday. 

Prominent leftists on Monday raged over President Trump’s walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church after authorities cleared out protesters in the area around Lafayette Park, accusing the president of having demonstrators “viciously attacked” for a “photo op” and deeming him a “fascist.”

Protesters should demonstrate only in a nonviolent manner over the death of George Floyd, Dr. Bernice King said in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday.

A flying tear gas canister caused a man to lose his eye during a George Floyd protest in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Saturday.

Police in New Orleans, Louisiana, thanked protesters Saturday for demonstrating peacefully following the death of George Floyd.

As protests over George Floyd’s death enter their fifth day and tensions between protesters and the police remain at an all-time high in some areas, some police officers and sheriff’s deputies across the country are standing with the protesters.

Rioters in Seattle, Washington, looted mannequins from clothing stores during protests over the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Protesters stormed the White House again on Saturday, as law enforcement officials used tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets.

Rioters in Salt Lake City, Utah, beat a man, flipped his car, and lit it on fire after he confronted them with a bow and arrow during riots on Saturday evening.

Rioters took turns tagging and attacking a WGN TV truck in downtown Chicago as mounted police stood down.

Several Seattle police vehicles were set ablaze as riots rage Saturday in the city’s downtown area over the death of George Floyd. 

LAPD squad cars were damaged and, in some cases, destroyed Saturday as crowds converged on Los Angeles’ streets for a fourth day of protests over the death of George Floyd.

One man was shot and killed and 61 protesters were arrested in downtown Detroit after tensions escalated between protesters and police officers over the riots concerning George Floyd’s death.

Minnesota Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan accused “white supremacists” on Saturday of instigating and participating in the widespread riots and looting in her state over the police killing of state resident George Floyd.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants residents to gather together to protest, but her executive order restricting church attendance is still in effect.

“How come all of these places that defend so poorly are run by Liberal Democrats?” Trump asked on Twitter. “Get tough and fight (and arrest the bad ones). STRENGTH!”

“Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. Secret Service,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They were not only totally professional, but very cool.”

Secret Service agents continued struggling with protesters at the White House on Friday night as protests continue in several major cities in reaction to the death of George Floyd.

Protesters gathered outside the Bakersfield Police Department and surrounded a car before it suddenly sped up and knocked people to the ground.

A Newsweek reporter posted video of the incident, saying that an officer threw her to the ground calling her a “stupid fucking bitch.”

Videos posted on social media showed masked protesters shoving over barricades on Pennsylvania Avenue.

President Donald Trump shared a tweet of a local television reporter being confronted by anti-shutdown protesters in Long Island, New York, who called him “fake news.”

Pop superstar Pink on Friday took aim at Americans protesting the overreaching lockdown orders across the country, pondering if “we should protest the protesters” and asking if officials should “hand out waivers for people to sign that says if they get sick they wave [sic] their right to healthcare.”

Three protesters made their way into the gallery of the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday, which was closed to the public, and were forcefully removed by security in a tense scene.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Wednesday suggested that “far too many” of the individuals who are desperately urging officials to reopen the economy so they can resume earning a living and recover from economic hardship are not actually “workers.”

Three people were arrested Saturday for going to a closed beach in the San Diego area to protest the county’s stay-at-home order and beach shutdowns, deputies said.

Facebook is censoring users for organizing protests against states’ lockdowns, calling them “misinformation” about coronavirus.

President Donald Trump on Sunday continued to defend protesters of overbearing state lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic.

Protesters interrupted Democrat Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, pleading for the governor to “open up Kentucky.”

A group of 31 women formed a topless human chain in London to protest against allegedly man-made climate change on International Women’s Day. (Warning: explicit images.)