Ahead of Chauvin Verdict, Florida Enacts ‘Racist’ Law Protecting Drivers Who Hit BLM Protesters

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Ahead of Chauvin Verdict, Florida Enacts ‘Racist’ Law Protecting Drivers Who Hit BLM Protesters

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a controversial bill into law that could embolden violence against protesters and would criminalize the right to protest nonviolently in certain instances.

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Amidst the peaceful protesting over the killing of George Floyd, CBS News and Fox 9 have confirmed that most of the rioters and violent protesters in Minneapolis are linked to white supremacist groups.

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Atlanta NAACP vice president and attorney Gerald Griggs has called for Democratic Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to resign after the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner. The death of Turner followed the police killing of Rayshard Brooks, which spawned protesting and rioting across the

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