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Police Arrive In Advance of Planned Protest
2014-12-12 06:15:09| Railroads - Topix.net
Omaha Police cruisers were parked in front of the Union Pacific building Thursday night, in advance of a planned protest. But the protesters never came.
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Greenpeace apologizes for protest at Peru Nazca Lines
2014-12-11 02:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Environmental activist group Greenpeace apologized on Wednesday for a protest it organized at the ancient Nazca Lines etched in a desert in Peru. The group said it was sorry if the protest at the historical site on Monday caused any "moral offense" to the people of Peru. The activists placed giant letters in the soil close to the figure of a hummingbird, saying "time for change, the future is renewable." The message was intended to pressure negotiators at the UN climate talks happening in Lima....
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1000s protest police violence across U.S. for 3rd night
2014-12-07 05:47:16| Footwear - Topix.net
Thousands of people in New York and other U.S. cities protested for a third night against the use of lethal force by police against minorities, as prosecutors pledged to consider charges against an officer in the killing of an unarmed black man last month. The killing of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, who was gunned down in November by a police officer in a darkened public housing stairwell in Brooklyn, is the latest in an avalanche of deadly police actions across the country which many deem racially-biased.
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Ecuador indigenous leader found dead days before Lima protest
2014-12-07 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The body of an indigenous leader who was opposed to a major mining project in Ecuador has been found bound and buried, days before he planned to take his campaign to climate talks in Lima. The killing highlights the violence and harassment facing environmental activists in Ecuador, following the confiscation earlier this week of a bus carrying climate campaigners who planned to denounce president Rafael Correa at the United Nations conference. The victim, José Isidro Tendetza Antún, a former vice-president...
Sawant charged with disorderly conduct from Alaska Air protest
2014-12-04 02:06:55| Airlines - Topix.net
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has been charged with disorderly conduct for her actions during a protest at Alaska Airlines headquarters on Nov. 19, SeaTac city attorney Mary Mirante Bartolo said Wednesday. Sawant was with airport workers and their supporters protesting the airline's support of a lawsuit filed against the Port of Seattle over the port's decision to increase the minimum wage for some workers at Sea-Tac Airport.
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