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Throwing Shoes
At a recent press conference journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at President George Bush. Bush adroitly dodged the projectiles and the shoe thrower was promptly wrestled to the ground and...
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Funerals, Free Speech and God Hates Fags
Image via Wikipedia Fred Phelps, best known for “protesting” at military funerals by alleging that God is killing soldiers because He “hates fags”, is involved in a case that will be heard by the...
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Police & Protests
Image via Wikipedia Protests are often marred by senseless violence and the recent protest on Wall Street was no exception. One incident that has gotten extensive attention is the pepper...
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Cain’s Comments
Image via Wikipedia Herman Cain recently commented on the Occupy Wallstreet movement and his remarks are rather interesting. He began by asking a question that has become part of the narrative...
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The Ethics of Protesting
Image via Wikipedia This past year has witnessed many protests ranging from those in the Middle East to the latest Occupy protests that are spreading around the world. Most recently Melissa Brookstone...
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Who Represents the Group?
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Protestors, or at least people characterized as protestors, engaged in acts of vandalism and violence in Oakland. These incidents took place after a peaceful protest...
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Protest Distance
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) In response to the NATO summit meeting in Chicago a diverse and large number of people took to the streets in protest. As is to be expected, the police also took to the...
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Campbell Brown, Protests & Transparency
Colbert Super PAC (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Campbell Brown appeared on the July 31, 2014 episode of the Colbert Report to promote the fact that her Partnership for Educational Justice had filed a legal...
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Buffer Zones & Consistency
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the summer of 2014, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Massachusetts law that forbid protesters from approaching within 35 feet of abortion clinics. The...
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Police, Protests & Rights
#108269235 / gettyimages.com The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson sparked a series of protests in the town. Not surprisingly, these protests led to additional incidents involving conflicts...
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Responsibility for Shootings
View image | gettyimages.com In December 2014 two NYC police officers, Rafeal Ramos and Wenjian Liu, were shot to death by Ismaaiyl Brinsley. Brinsley had earlier shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend....
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Occupying & Protesting
Embed from Getty Images Ammon Bundy and fellow “militia” members occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon as a protest of federal land use policies. Ammon Bundy is the son of Cliven...
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Trump, Violence & Protests
Embed from Getty Images Donald Trump has a talent for bringing out strong emotions in people, thus it is that some protest his rallies dressed as penises and other folks punch protestors and...
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Is BLM Responsible for Increased Crime?
Embed from Getty Images One talking point on the political right is that the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is causally responsible for an increase in crime. This point has been made by such...
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Protests & Patriotism
Embed from Getty Images Colin Kaepernick stirred up considerable controversy by protesting racial oppression in America during the national anthem. His main concern is with the oppression that he...
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Protests & Riots
Embed from Getty Images While Trump’s election has been greeted by some with joy, others have responded by protesting. In Portland, Oregon a protest took a destructive turn and was classified as a...
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