Trump, protests and redistricting
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Protesters in Washington, D.C., chanted “Trump must go now” and “Free D.C.” as they walked from Dupont Circle to the White House Saturday afternoon, passing several police officers as well as National Guard troops.
Organizations are asking people to participate in a 24-hour boycott, to attend rallies in MacArthur Park and downtown LA and support local businesses and street vendors.
Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent the night at the state's Capitol, which she live streamed, after refusing to sign a pledge that she would return for a vote on redistricting. Her protest came after House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced that the Texas Democrats would not be allowed to leave the chambers until they signed a document promising to show up the following morning and that they would be forced to have police escorts back and forth.
Organizers say they’ll go topless in the hope that they can “encourage state lawmakers to end the oppression of women’s bodies."
Hundreds of people have joined an anti-immigration protest in Dudley in a demonstration over the use of hotels for asylum seekers. A small group of counter-protesters also gathered in Market Place on Sunday.
The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State
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Laredo Morning Times on MSNRelatives protest outside Laredo PD after fatal officer-involved shooting
Relatives of a man who died in an officer-involved shooting gathered to protest outside the Laredo Police Department headquarters on Monday.
More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ aggressive redistricting plans have returned, restoring quorum and allowing the GO