Protesters took to the streets of Louisville Wednesday after a Kentucky grand jury did not bring murder charges against any of the officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Calls to shut the highway down as the crowd continues to mobilize #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/R71aqiMp8u — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020 A pair of…
Category: Protests
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Protestors set fire to a university in Hong Kong and threw petrol bombs at police. Many Hong Kongers are selling their homes and fleeing the country to get away from the demonstrations. The possibility of capital control stresses the need for a decentralized currency that also acts as a safe store of value. The Hong…
Hong Kong protests are escalating, which has pushed U.S. lawmakers to ‘hotline’ the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Trump is unlikely to block the bipartisan bill, which could anger Beijing and stall trade talks. While further tension between the U.S. and China isn’t in either nation’s best interest, China’s rhetoric suggests the nation…
About 100 protesters gathered across the street from the White House on Tuesday to accuse President Donald Trump of inciting the deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio that killed 31 people and to condemn Trump and his supporters for “deputizing white supremacists to commit horrific violence.” “Hey, hey, ho ho, white supremacy…