Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf insists that federal officers would defend the rights of peaceful protesters in Portland, Ore., but promises no letup against criminal activity.
Assa Traoré holds police responsible for her brother Adama Traoré's death. "She's ... shining the spotlight on the police violence and injustices that we face every day being Black," says a supporter.
Gen. John Hyten says it's "absolutely not right" that the incoming Air Force chief of staff will be the first African American to sit on the Joint Chiefs since Colin Powell, nearly three decades ago.
The Barbers Hill Independent School District forbids male students from wearing their hair long. Two Black students were suspended when they refused to cut their dreadlocks.
"These agents won't be patrolling the streets," U.S. Attorney Timothy Garrison said in a statement to NPR, responding to concerns over the controversial use of federal agents in U.S. cities.
"State, local and tribal governments are uniquely positioned to determine the level of mitigation required to combat the virus in their communities," the African American Mayors Association urges.
Daryl Turner, president of Portland, Ore.'s police union, says federal agents in Portland need to communicate with local law enforcement. The city has seen weeks of protests.
Prosecutors accuse Cpl. Daniel Debono of firing the nonlethal rounds at the three photographers, all of whom were covering anti-racism protests. Debono faces three counts of felonious assault.
"It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest ... this type of conduct is unacceptable in St. Louis," Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said.
The U.S. isn't the only country where statues of controversial historical figures have been swept aside by protesters seeking a clean break with the past.
The bill's most high-profile sections put new limits on police use of force in a bid to increase accountability nearly two months after George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis.
A new image of the federal response in Oregon has gone viral: a video showing 53-year-old Navy veteran Christopher David being struck repeatedly with a baton by a federal law enforcement officer.
Columbia University professor John McWhorter says the bestselling book White Fragility supposes that "Black people's feelings must be stepped around to an exquisitely sensitive degree."
