Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh marches in anti-police brutality protest in Ann Arbor


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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh was present for a Tuesday morning anti-police brutality protest in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

© Provided by Yahoo! Sports Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh waits to lead the team on the field before an NCAA college football game against Army in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jim Harbaugh, sporting a maize and blue mask, took part in an anti-police brutality march in Ann Arbor this morning.

(Story by @samgododge/ photo by @jenna_kieser) https://t.co/EA8GylePqv pic.twitter.com/PED0zerfn9— Aaron McMann (@AaronMcMann) June 2, 2020

“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, You had better make some noice” -Malcom “Detroit Red” X@coachjim4um Thank you for supporting as always. Thank you for listening to our black players, standing behind them, and supporting them during this time. pic.twitter.com/zX39RhZxYN— Chris Bryant (@cbryant58) June 2, 2020

According to the Detroit Free Press, Harbaugh marched in the protest with several members of the Wolverines football program, including staff members and former players. The protest came in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25.

The protest, which was organized by former UM football player Mahmoud Issa, took place both on Michigan’s campus and in downtown Ann Arbor.

Stand for nothing, fall for everything. #Equality #unity #love pic.twitter.com/QfF1PJUkwI— Grant Perry (@TheGrantPerry) June 2, 2020

In a statement, the University of Michigan expressing its support for coaches, staff and players “as they respectfully and peacefully express their views on the social issues affecting our country."

[Thamel: How colleges can create change in wake of George Floyd’s death]
Harbaugh ‘really, really upset’ about George Floyd’s killing

Harbaugh, in an interview with the Rich Eisen Show last week, characterized Floyd’s death as “completely outrageous.”

“I’m really, really upset about the George Floyd death and that’s kind of got me preoccupied today,” Harbaugh said May 28. “Just very horrendous. … I’m looking forward to there being an investigation and waiting for charges. That’s completely outrageous.”

On May 31, Harbaugh tweeted support of his children for speaking out about the issue.

"I believe in equal justice for all,” Harbaugh wrote. “All injustice should be confronted and punished. It has to be equal and fair for all, and no one can be above the law. I pray we can get there!"

I am really proud of @JayHarbaugh @JamesHarbaughJr @grace_harbaugh for expressing themselves.

I believe in equal justice for all.

All injustice should be confronted and punished. It has to be equal and fair for all, and no one can be above the law. I pray we can get there! https://t.co/d7JQkZqdzW— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) May 31, 2020

It was Harbaugh’s first tweet since December 2019.
Harbaugh, who coached Kaepernick, praised by his OC

Harbaugh’s offensive coordinator, Josh Gattis, expressed his admiration for the Harbaugh family.

“Beyond the Rooney family, I consider the impact that the Harbaugh family has had on many of us African American coaches and players to create opportunities to make an impact in the game we love,” Gattis wrote.

In challenging times of racial inequality and injustice I am even more thankful for the Harbaugh Family! TY ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/RV4bBOEmPl— Josh Gattis (@Coach_Gattis) June 2, 2020

Gattis cited Harbaugh’s time coaching Colin Kaepernick with the San Francisco 49ers. Harbaugh said last week during his interview with Eisen that he sometimes exchanges test messages with Kaepernick, who kneeled during the national anthem in protest of police brutality.

In reference to Kaepernick’s peaceful protest, Harbaugh had this to say:

“If you didn’t know then, you know now.”

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AFTER A WEEK LARGEST AMOUNT OF FATALITIES LOUISVILLE
A Louisville restaurant owner known for feeding police for free was killed by authorities — and his body was reportedly left on the street for 12 hours
Bryan Pietsch Jun 1, 2020

People reenact the pinning down of George Floyd during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 29. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston


David McAtee, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, was killed during a protest on Monday.

McAtee was known in the community for giving food away, including to police officers, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.

McAtee was killed after police and Kentucky National Guard members were fired upon and they returned fire, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.

Locals expressed anger over reports that his body was left on the street for 12 hours after the shooting. 

Beshear called for an investigation and said body-camera footage should be released by Monday evening. 

Later on Monday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said the police involved in the shooting did not have their body cameras on and that the police chief had been fired.

David McAtee, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, was killed after police and National Guard members opened fire at a protest over the death of George Floyd.

McAtee was the owner of YaYa's BBQ, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. He was known as a "community pillar," his mother, Odessa Riley, told the paper.

McAtee, who was 53, often gave food to the community for free, including police officers. "He fed them free," Riley told the paper. "He fed the police and didn't charge them nothing."

McAtee died early Monday morning after police and the Kentucky National Guard were sent to disperse a crowd in the city, where protests have continued over the death of Floyd in Minneapolis. Police said they were shot at and that they and National Guard members returned fire, which resulted in McAtee's death, according to a statement from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.


Members of the community were especially angered by reports that his body was left on the street for 12 hours after the killing. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight, and his body appeared to be removed from the scene after noon later that day, according to WFPL, a local radio news station.

Beshear on Monday called for an investigation into the shooting and said body-camera footage should be released by Monday evening, acknowledging that people may not trust claims made by police over what happened. "I'm not asking people to trust our account," Beshear said.

But later on Monday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said that the police did not have their body cameras turned on.

The police chief, Steve Conrad, has been fired, Fischer said, according to the Courier Journal. Disciplinary action for the officers involved is forthcoming, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.


McAtee's death comes as police have escalated protests across the country, sometimes turning violent toward unarmed and peaceful protesters. Police in New York rammed cars into a group of protesters and law-enforcement officers around the country have shot nonlethal bullets, pepper spray, and tear gas at protesters, bystanders, and journalists. A police officer was seen in Salt Lake City shoving an elderly person with a cane to the ground.

Protests have erupted across the country and in some nations around the world over the killing of Floyd, who died after a police officer in Minneapolis pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes.

Remote work could accelerate the tech industry's migration to Canada, where affordable costs of living and more open immigration policies are helping create tech hubs to rival Silicon Valley
Bani Sapra
May 31, 2020

Tobias Lütke founded Shopify, the $85 billion e-commerce company based in Ottawa, Canada Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images


Facebook and Twitter's new remote-work policies have prompted SF Bay Area workers to begin considering leaving their homes. 

Some may choose to cross the border to Canada, home to some fast-growing tech-hubs thanks to easy immigration policies, and affordable costs of living. 

A survey by Envoy Global, a firm that helps companies sponsor and manage work visas, showed that 66% of the employers it surveyed had either established an office in Canada or were in the process of doing so. 

And Toronto's tech scene is so hot that a report issued by commercial real estate company CBRE, ranked Toronto's tech talent as the third in North America, just after the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. 

Silicon Valley techies, newly liberated to work remotely and searching for greener pastures, may end up heading towards the great white north.

Canada has spent the past few years striving to produce tech hubs that can challenge Silicon Valley and Seattle. Now, as companies like Facebook, Twitter, Coinbase and Square have announced plans to let employees permanently work anywhere they want, employers and officials in Canada are hoping the country's moment has come.

Canada boosters point to a mix of attractive incentives and other benefits, including the fact that the cost of living — depending on where you choose to live — is largely more affordable than pricey San Francisco.

And as US immigration policies have grown increasingly stringent, Canada is touting its comparatively welcoming foreign work policies. A program called the Global Talent Stream, lets Canadian employers speed up the visa process for skilled tech workers relatively easily.

"What is frequently lost is if US employers cannot hire a person to work in San Francisco, they do have other alternatives," said Richard Burke, the CEO Envoy Global, a firm that helps companies sponsor and manage work visas.
A recent survey by Envoy showed that 66% of the employers it surveyed had either established an office in Canada or were considering of doing so. 

Big tech firms like Facebook and Google, as well as smaller startups like Lever, have established satellite offices in Toronto to take advantage of more affordable tech talent. (Other startups like Postmates and Tile have offices in Vancouver). 

Job growth

Canada is no stranger to tech giants — BlackBerry's global headquarters are in Waterloo. But a new generation of tech brands are now in the spotlight, helmed by popular e-commerce giant Shopify, which is headquartered in Ottawa.

A growing collection of tech hubs across Canada have gained prominence in recent years. In 2017, Toronto created more tech jobs than the SF Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington DC — combined, according to a survey held by the CBRE Group. The same company ranked Toronto as #3 in a tech talent survey of North American cities, just behind San Francisco and Seattle.

Companies like Terminal, a startup that helps tech firms establish remote offices are predicting that the coronavirus outbreak and shift to remote work will only accelerate job growth and startup creation.

"The US is not making it very easy or attractive for high quality talent to come to the United States. I think that increasingly, companies are realizing that they have to be leaning into remote work," Terminal CEO Clay Kellogg told Business Insider. "The COVID-19 outbreak actually is ... kind of an unfortunate catalyst for this whole shift."

That's good news for Canada, as it aims to leap ahead of San Francisco and Seattle in terms of tech talent — and hopefully be the home of the next wave of billion-dollar startups.

Toronto suffered a setback recently when, owing to the coronavirus outbreak, Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs cancelled plans to build a futuristic "smart city "along the water font, depriving the city of what would have amounted to a tech crown jewel. (BUT THEY GOT ALL THE FREE BIG DATA THEY NEEDED THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS)

But Toronto already has a strong foundation in the area of tech-focused urban planning, with North America's largest urban innovation center, MaRS, lodged between the University of Toronto and the University Health Center. The center says its home to 1,500 entrepreneurs and ventures, helping "an innovation economy," that will help drive the country's economic growth.

MaRS hosted an event in March, where hundreds of people dressed as Albert Einstein lookalikes to set a Guinness World Record Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Already, MaRS CEO Yung Wu says the campus has helped foster startups that help Canada "punch way above its weight," in terms of creating innovative startups. (Wu cited the Global Cleantech forum's 'top 100 cleantech innovators' as an example, noting proudly that the list counted 12 Canadian companies as cleantech leaders.)

And immigration is one big reason for that, as Wu readily admits. He's experienced immigration policies in both the US and Canada, as he got his start as an entrepreneur in the US before migrating north.

Canada, unlike the US, knows it needs to import tech talent in order to grow, Wu said, adding, "the innovation economy is entirely fueled by talent."

"We understand that talent is a supply thing, and we have to generate demand from outside," Wu said. "So we punch way above in terms of innovation. And from my perspective, if we can connect a powerhouse of innovation to global market commercialization, that's where we hit our sweet spot."

TRUMP ORDERED 101st AIRBORNE TO BE ARMED WITH LOADED RIFLES WITH BAYONETS! BAYONETS! SOUNDS FAMILIAR


700 paratroopers ‘issued bayonets’ as 82nd Airborne prepares to carry out ‘Operation Themis’ at #DCprotests: report

 June 2, 2020 By Bob Brigham


President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to use the United States military against civil rights protesters in Washington, DC could escalate after airborne troops from Fort Bragg were staged outside the capital.

“Aircraft flying over DCA last night in a show of force against #GeorgeFloyd protesters were ordered by President [Trump] – US forces in DC are operating under an official mission: Operation Themis—Greek mythology, Themis = divine law & order,” 

(NOT BLIND JUSTICE THINK ATHENA)

 Associated Press correspondent James LaPorta reported Tuesday.

“Also: 700 members of the 82nd are at Joint Base Andrews and Fort Belvoir. 1,400 more soldiers are ready to be mobilized within an hour. Soldiers are armed and have riot gear. They also were issued bayonets—standard issue but some feel could be inflammatory,” he explained. “Some context: they were issued to the members of the 82nd deploying to Washington, D.C. – they were told to pack them in their backpacks. Members I spoke said bayonets are always on their packing list but given the context of the protests, it could be perceived in a bad light.”

Some context: they were issued to the members of the 82nd deploying to Washington, D.C. – they were told to pack them in their backpacks. Members I spoke said bayonets are always on their packing list but given the context of the protests, it could be perceived in a bad light. https://t.co/h343ojJAjh
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) June 2, 2020

Seattle mayor, police chief vow to review protest tactics


People peacefully protest at University Village, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Seattle as demonstrations continued, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s mayor and police chief promised a large crowd of protesters Tuesday to review the department’s use of pepper spray and flash-bang grenades to break up a crowd of peaceful protesters the night before, encouraging them to keep marching as long as they do not do damage.

“Your voices holding me accountable are important and you should continue to raise them,” Mayor Jenny Durkan told those assembled outside the city’s Emergency Operations Center downtown. “We want you to march. ... We want you to continue on the path of justice. But we need you please to do it peacefully.”

Earlier in the day Seattle’s police watchdog agency said it would investigate the use of pepper spray Monday night to break up a fourth consecutive day of large protests over the George Floyd killing.

The department insisted that demonstrators threw fireworks and tried to storm a barricade near a police station. Police Chief Carmen Best said one officer was struck in the face with a chunk of concrete.

 Protesters chant "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" as they march Monday, June 1, 2020, in Seattle. Monday's protests in the city against police violence were peaceful. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

But video posted on Reddit and Facebook showed that in the moments before the chaos began, an officer grabbed a pink umbrella that a demonstrator was holding just across a barricade as a shield against a potential application of pepper spray. Other officers nearby then began spraying chemicals and firing flash-bangs at the crowd.

“It was a beautiful, beautiful march for hours,” the mayor said. “We know the end was not how it was meant to be, and the chief and I have talked about it. We’re going to look at it.”

Durkan also promised to address underlying issues of injustice and discontent with the crowd. When one protester asked her when, she asked what the group was doing Wednesday.

Best expressed support for the protesters, saying, “As a black woman, I feel the same things you feel. Just because I wear the uniform doesn’t change that.”

Demonstrators listen to people speak Monday, June 1, 2020, outside City Hall in Seattle during peaceful protests over the the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, among others. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)


During a subsequent news conference, Durkan emphasized that change is needed to remedy a deep history of discrimination that has marred the U.S. since its founding. She also spoke to Seattle’s efforts to reform its police departments; in her prior position as U.S. attorney, she led the Justice Department in forcing the city into a consent decree to change training and accountability practices after questionable uses of force.

She stressed that police uses of force must be rare, necessary and proportional, and she said she had concerns about police tactics used Monday night.

Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability said Monday it has received about 12,000 complaints over the Seattle Police Department’s handling of the demonstrations, break-ins and theft. There were reports that a young girl was tear-gassed, officers placed their knees on the necks of two people who were being arrested, and protesters twice grabbed unattended rifles out of police cars before being disarmed by a television news crew’s security guard. Many of the incidents were captured on video.

On Tuesday, the agency said it was adding Monday night’s use of pepper spray to disperse the crowd to the long list of events it’s investigating. The agency, which is led by a civilian director and supervisors, uses civilian investigators as well as Seattle police sergeants to conduct its work, then presents its findings and recommendations to the chief.

The city’s Office of the Inspector General will also conduct a review, Durkan said.

“I am extremely concerned that the crowd management tactics that I have seen being used by the Seattle Police Department are just out of proportion,” Seattle City Council President Lorena González said in an interview.

Demonstrators in Washington and around the country have been protesting the killing of Floyd, a black man who died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.

The police department declared the protests a riot about 9 p.m., saying the decision was made “after a crowd threw rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers and attempted to breach barricades one block from the East Precinct.”

That explanation drew criticism from protesters and some city leaders. City Council Member Teresa Mosqueda tweeted a link to overhead video taken by a witness and posted on Reddit, which did not show projectiles from the crowd or attempts to breach the barricade in the moments before the chaos began.

“THIS IS NOT A RIOT,” Mosqueda tweeted.

González said the police and fire chiefs were due to discuss the demonstration response at a council meeting on Wednesday.

“We want to be able to get a better understanding of what the response was and has been,” she said. “My hope is that we’ll be able to correct course in a way that doesn’t eviscerate the trust we have spent so many years trying to rebuild with communities of color in our city.”

Best said a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will remain in effect through Saturday. She said police do not intend to enforce it in a heavy-handed manner but want to be able to use it to keep the peace if necessary, given the looting and violence that occurred during last weekend’s protests.

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This story has been corrected to show that the police watchdog agency has received about 12,000 complaints, not 1,200.

Washington man has some surprise guests: about 60 protesters


Demonstrators react as a helicopter circles low as people gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rahul Dubey had some unexpected guests Monday night — about 60 in all — as a tense nation’s capital continued to grapple with the fallout from the death of George Floyd while in police custody.

They were protesters out after Washington’s 7 p.m. curfew and about to be arrested when Dubey frantically waved them into his rowhouse. Police chased them as far as the entrance. Inside, pandemonium ensued as some of the screaming protesters hit by pepper spray sought relief for their eyes with milk and water. On the back patio, neighbors pitched in by handing milk over the fence.

“The whole time he didn’t think of himself,” said one of the protesters, a 22-year-old Virginia man named Meka who declined to give his last name. “He was just trying to keep everybody safe, make sure we knew our rights and to make sure our spirits were lifted throughout the night.”

Dubey said a police line was about two houses away when he flung his door open and he encouraged people to come inside.

“And now the pepper spray is coming, and they’re coughing and they can’t see and they’re tripping up on the stairs and their friends or whoever’s around them is helping them, pulling them inside the house. And this went on for 10 minutes,” Dubey said, adding that “it was pure terror. It was 10 minutes of terror.”

Meka insists that the protesters acted peacefully throughout the evening. He said he didn’t see anybody who tried to fight police or cause damage. At the same time, he acknowledged openly defying the curfew as he participated in his third consecutive night of protesting.

“I believe, as an American citizen, they don’t have the right to place a curfew on us if we were just peacefully protesting. I believe that’s unconstitutional in the first place,” Meka said, adding that he was just trying to make a difference in the world.

Dubey said he also viewed the protesters as acting respectfully: “The last thing that they were chanting with their arms out peacefully was ’let us through, let us through.’”

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a curfew from 7 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. the following day. She emphasized that “if you are out, then you are subject to be stopped and/or arrested, so it’s very important that you stay at home.”

The move came after violence erupted the night before near the White House, where looters and vandals set fire to parked cars and buildings, including historic St. John’s Church. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish that fire.

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said at a news conference Tuesday that police started seeing behavior among the protesters in northwest Washington around 9 p.m. Monday that was consistent with what preceded violent activity the night before.

He said police moved to get that stopped with arrests and a homeowner “allowed a number of people who were going to be arrested into his home.”

Newsham said police were in constant communication with Dubey and that the people in the home ultimately were not arrested. At one point, Meka said, police officers sought to enter after stating they had received a 911 call, but the protesters all denied making such a call and the officers left.

All told, however, there were 194 arrests in that neighborhood.

While the visitors praised Dubey, he was impressed with them as well.

“They were all strangers to each other before this started and when we were in that first hour we were all taking care of each other,” he said. As night continued into early morning, he said the group began “sharing stories of where they were on Sunday and what had happened and, you know, why Black Lives Matter and what they were feeling inside.”

DEAR POLITICAL CHICKEN LITTLES 

THERE IS NO ANARCHIST INTERNATIONAL ORDER

THE BLACK BLOC ARE ALL LOCAL

ANTIFASCIST ACTION IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO FASCISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY

ANARCHIST ARE ANTI STATE, ANTI GOVERNMENT AND ANTI ORGANIZATION

EVERYONE KNOWS ANARCHIST ORGANIZATION IS AN OXYMORON

AND I SHOULD KNOW I AM AN ANARCHIST

SO ARE YOU 

False claims of antifa protesters plague small U.S. cities

ALL CLAIMS ABOUT ANTIFA ARE FALSE

Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CHICAGO (AP) — In the days since President Donald Trump blamed antifa activists for an eruption of violence at protests over police killings of black people, social media has lit up with rumors that the far-left-leaning group is transporting people to wreak havoc on small cities across America.

                              HOW TO IDENTIFY ANTIFA AKA ANTI FASCISTS

The speculation was being raised by conservative news outlets and pro-Trump social media accounts, as well as impostor Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Twitter and Facebook busted some of the instigators behind the unsubstantiated social media chatter. Twitter determined Monday that a tweet promising antifa would “move into residential areas” and “white” neighborhoods was sent by the white supremacy group Identity Evropa. The tweet was shared hundreds of times and cited in online news articles before Twitter removed it Monday, a company spokesperson said

Yet the tweet continued to circulate Tuesday on Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook, using information shared by Twitter, announced Tuesday night it also took down a handful of accounts on its platform that were created by whites supremacy groups like Identity Evropa and American Guard, some of them posing as part of the antifa movement.

For years, some social media users have tried to delegitimize controversial or political protests with baseless theories that they were organized by wealthy financiers or extremists organizations. Over the weekend, Trump singled out antifa as being responsible for the violent protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, saying in a tweet: “It’s ANTIFA and the Radical Left.”

“Usually you see this when there’s an interest to deflect conversations from protests to just accusing the protests of being violent, organized or having backers that are evil,”said Filippo Menczer, a professor of informatics and computer science at Indiana University. “The president mentioning it, of course, has generated a huge spike.”

The theories about antifa — short for “anti-fascists” and an umbrella term for lefitst militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations — have trickled through cities across the country in recent days.

Police departments say people are phoning in “tips” they see on social media claiming antifa is sending buses or even planes full of antifa activists to their area.

In Payette County, Idaho — a rural county of 24,000 — the calls started early Monday morning after one Facebook user said the sheriff had spotted antifa rioters in the area. The calls didn’t taper off until the sheriff’s office debunked the rumor on Facebook.

“It’s really a small community, where our citizens know us pretty well,” said Payette County Sheriff Lt. Andy Creech. “When the post got out there, we started getting phone calls directly.”

Meanwhile, Facebook users were also warning their friends to stay clear of a shopping center in a New Jersey suburb, saying it would be the center of antifa destruction on Tuesday.

But police had “no credible information” that antifa would be present in the area, Toms River Police Department media specialist Jillian Messina said in an email. The police aren’t aware of anyone showing up at all, she added.

Identical Facebook and Twitter posts about busloads of antifa protesters also stumped the Sioux Falls Police Department, where officers in the South Dakota city said they didn’t see any unusual bus activity in town. But the claims still spread for days ahead of a planned protest this Saturday, said Sam Clemens, a public information officer for the department.

“Everyone heard there were going to be buses of people,” Clemens said. “It was very specific: there were three busloads.”

Even the owner of a Michigan limousine business was forced to refute online rumors when two of his buses became the center of a conspiracy theory that liberal financier George Soros was funneling protesters to Milan, Michigan. Social media users widely shared a manipulated photo of his white buses, edited to show the words “Soros Riot Dance squad” emblazoned on the sides.

The buses belong to Sean Duval, the owner of local transportation company Golden Limousine International, and don’t have any words printed on them.

Said Duval: “It’s frustrating when people from the outside start instigating and try to turn American against American.”

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Associated Press writers Barbara Ortutay in Oakland, Calif., Beatrice Dupuy in New York and Ali Swenson in Seattle contributed to this report.

Pink Claps Back at All Lives Matter Instagram Commenters: 'The Epitome of White Privilege'

Pink is speaking out in support of Black Lives Matter.

© Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Pink re-posted Billie Eilish's statement slamming the "All Lives Matter" movement

On Saturday, the "What About Us" singer, 40, re-posted a portion of Billie Eilish's powerful statement in which she slammed the “All Lives Matter” movement in wake of George Floyd's death. Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white officer pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck.


"I have an enormous platform and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and how I say it," Eilish's statement began. "But holy f—ing s—, I'm just gonna start talking."

"If I hear one more white person say 'aLL liVeS maTtEr' one more f—ing time, I'm gonna lose my f—ing mind," the statement continued. "Will you shut the f— up? No one is saying your life is not hard. No one is saying literally anything at all about you. All you mfs do is find a way to make everything about yourself. This is not about you. Stop making everything about you. You are not in need. You are not in danger."© Provided by People Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

When hateful messages appeared in the comments section of her post, Pink (born Alecia Moore) was quick to shut them down.

“Totally get where you’re coming from. HOWEVER, as a person with a lawyer brain, I have to say… when you single out one race and say ‘that’ race matters. You ARE implicitly saying other races don’t matter as much. It is automatically inferred,” one commenter wrote. “I believe it does this situation a disjustice [sic] by putting it in the #blacklivesmatter category. This could happen to ANY ONE OF US! THAT is the atrocity! THAT is the REAL issue. It is not about race.”

In response, Pink hit back, "You are the epitome of white privilege and the saddest part is that you don’t even hear yourself and probably never will."

RELATED: Beyoncé, Oprah and More Stars Share Powerful Messages as Protests Erupt Over George Floyd's Death

When another person wrote, "All Business Owners Life's Matter too," she replied, "So you can't read."

“There are NO white people in need!!! I get it… but come on… dont’ just rattle off nonsense,” yet another wrote, to which Pink quipped, "I would need you to make sense in order to respond."

Along with Eilish's statement, Pink has also been re-posting messages about Floyd's death shared by stars like Ellen Pompeo, Alyssa Milano, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis on Instagram.

Pink is just one of the many celebrities using their platforms to decry the killing of Floyd. Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx, Selena Gomez, Bella Hadid and Kim Kardashian West all made statements after a video released last week showed a Minneapolis police officer, who has since been identified as Derek Chauvin, placing his knee firmly on the back of Floyd's neck next to a patrol car.

In the footage, Floyd can be heard groaning in pain while bystanders plead with Chauvin to be more gentle. Three other police officers were also present for the incident which resulted in Floyd's death.

Chauvin was fired from his post and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced on Friday. The third-degree murder charge carries a maximum of 25 years in prison, according to Minnesota's criminal code.

The cases of three other police officers present at the time of Floyd's death are still under investigation, Freeman said, but he added, "I anticipate charges" against the three officers.

Freeman also said that more charges against Chauvin are possible.

Floyd's death has caused widespread outrage and protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Minneapolis, as well as other major U.S. cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit. At times, the encounters between the protestors and police have turned violent.

HOW DID BIDEN'S STATE DO?
Negotiations, restraint, little intervention: How police responded to Wilmington protest, riot

Jeanne Kuang and Karl Baker, Delaware News Journal June 2, 2020

Several protest leaders in Wilmington said face-to-face negotiations with police on Saturday helped keep the situation from escalating into violence on either side until nightfall, when the peaceful protest eventually morphed into one punctuated by looting in the city's downtown.

Across the nation, protests in response to George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police have been followed by chaotic confrontations between protesters and police and in many cases, deployment of tear gas and rubber bullets.

In Wilmington, it didn't come to that. Police were largely restrained — day and night.

Protesters said police allowed them to control their own crowd for most of the day and negotiate an end to more heated confrontations.

Shaheed Banks, who said he's been treated poorly by police in the past, spoke at the initial rally at Rodney Square. Afterward, as he helped lead the crowd on a march to the Wilmington Police Department headquarters, he found police flexible.

"An officer told us, 'Sir, I'm taking your lead,'" Banks said. "And I respect that. They actually let us protest and let us police ourselves."

Banks, along with protesters Keith James and Hyland Henry, said they worked alongside police to de-escalate conflict when some threw rocks, argued with officers and smashed a police car.

Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy, right, speaks with protesters in front of the Wilmington Police Department Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, Delaware News Journal)

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When a handful of protesters were detained by police at the station, demonstrators negotiated for their release. When police were concerned about growing tension, they allowed Henry onto the station's roof to address the crowd.

"They said they don't want this to escalate and we need to move," he said. "I said, 'If you let me talk, I can move the people.'"

He then helped lead the crowd toward the Riverfront and I-95.

Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy did not make himself available for an interview about the police's handling of the day and night's protests, despite multiple requests made through Mayor Mike Purzycki's office.


Gov. John Carney in an interview with Delaware Online/The News Journal on Monday said Wilmington officers were asked to be restrained, "to not get sucked into" what he said were out-of-state activists' ploys to provoke police retaliation. Carney did not provide evidence for that claim, citing unspecified "police intelligence."

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OUTSIDERS: Carney says Wilmington protesters inciting violence 'were not from here,' gives few detailsEdward Maguire, an Arizona State University criminologist who studies police responses to protests, said communication with influential protest figures is a sign of "a real success."

"There are always people who are perceived as influential by the crowd and those are the people who police should be having conversations with them, asking them what they want and approaching them from the perspective of facilitation rather than control," Maguire said.


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The Wilmington crowd was next met on the highway by a row of Delaware State Police patrol cars and troopers holding long guns, which Hyland, a protester, criticized as inappropriate in front of peaceful protesters who kneeled on the highway.
Despite moments of tension during that impasse, James said he and others had peaceful exchanges with the troopers, asking police to denounce the Floyd killing and put the guns away in exchange for the crowd to leave.

Members of the Delaware State Police remove their guns and put them away after negotiating with protesters on I-95 Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Wilmington. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, Delaware News Journal)

James, who is running for state representative in the 10th District, and others led the crowd back to the police station, where they had a similar exchange with Tracy and Purzycki.

"Then we left from there, as we said we would," he said.

From there, some of those group leaders, including Henry, went home.

But crowds moved to downtown Wilmington's Market Street, where the demonstration took a turn. Some protesters began shattering windows. Others decried it.

Wilmington police showed up in riot gear, which some in the crowd said would inflame the situation.

Dover protesters peacefully march, rally downtown Monday afternoon

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A group of about 50 protesters held a peaceful protest in Dover Monday afternoon. The gathering began with the group lying down on Legislative Mall for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the reported time that a Minneapolis police officer held George Floyd to the ground while pressing a knee into his neck. At 1 p.m., the protesters began to march down Loockerman Street and continued to rally in the downtown area for the next couple hours.
EMILY LYTLE, DOVER POST

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