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Officer Miosotis Familia was fatality shot while on duty in the Bronx over the Fourth of July holiday. The New York City police commissioner, James P. O’Neill, said in a message to officers that she was “assassinated without warning, without provocation, in a direct attack on police officers assigned to safeguard the people of New York City.” To read the …

Washington, D.C.-based attorney, Qasim Rashid went viral after responding to a DM from a white supremacist on his Twitter account. The message asked Rashid “where’s the Christian version of ISIS?” Rashid tweeted a screen shot of his response. To read the entire story, click here.

CHICAGO — Four people accused of torturing a mentally disabled man were charged with a hate crime and aggravated kidnapping among other charges Thursday. The attack was streamed live on Facebook. The disturbing 30-minute video shows a man tied up and his mouth covered, cowering in the corner of room. His attackers laugh and shout “f*ck Donald Trump” and “f*ck white people” …

~ The Commonwealth successfully argued before the Court of Appeals of Virginia that the statute is constitutional, and that display on private property can still constitute display in a “public place” ~ RICHMOND (November 22, 2016)-In a case before the Virginia Court of Appeals, Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s office has successfully defended Virginia’s statute that bans “displaying [a] noose …

What began as a third night of protests in Portland following the election of Donald Trump devolved into riot conditions as self-proclaimed anarchists broke windows, sprayed graffiti and damaged cars and businesses until police began responding late Thursday night. Police said while Wednesday’s protest was largely peaceful, officers received early information that protests Thursday may take on a different tone, with …

Demonstrations against the election of Donald Trump as president continued around the country early Friday, taking a decidedly violent turn in Portland, Ore., where police made several arrests after deeming the protests had turned into a “riot” punishable as a “Class C Felony.” “We reject the president-elect,” many of the demonstrators chanted as they marched through the streets. Elsewhere, thousands …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For a third consecutive night, throngs of protesters gathered in downtown Portland in a display of displeasure with the election of Donald Trump who will become the nation’s 45th president. Police were on high-alert after Wednesday’s graffiti and vandalism, but things escalated to extremes Thursday. A peaceful protest started in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 5 p.m. Demonstrators …

Nationwide demonstrations against the election of Donald Trump spilled into a second night Thursday with thousands of protesters surrounding his buildings in New York and Chicago and clashing with supporters of the president-elect in some areas. Condemning Trump’s litany of crude comments about women and his attacks on immigrants, demonstrators marched along city streets, blocked intersections, burned effigies and, in …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For a third consecutive night, throngs of protesters gathered in downtown Portland in a display of displeasure with the election of Donald Trump who will become the nation’s 45th president. Police were on high-alert after Wednesday’s graffiti and vandalism, but things escalated to extremes Thursday. A peaceful protest started in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 5 p.m. Demonstrators …