Sunday, 5 July 2020

Riot Pictures from Daily Mail, started July 4

A large group of Black Panther Party members descended onto Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial - a site where the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that was formed by Confederate Army veteran, held its rebirth ceremony atop mountain in 1915 with flaming crosses
A large group of Black Panther Party members descended onto Stone Mountain 
The burning of the American flag outside of Trump Tower is viewed as a direct act of defiance against an administration that has been criticized for being tone deaf on racial issues
The burning of the American flag
Activists and members of different tribes from the region block a road as they protest in Keystone, South Dakota, on July 3 during a demonstration around the Mount Rushmore National Monument and the visit of US President Donald Trump
Activists block a road in Keystone, South Dakota, near Mount Rushmore National Monument 
Members of the Black Panther Party (pictured) arrived in Stone Mountain Park on July 4th as officials reopened the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial - a site commonly used by white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan
Members of the Black Panther Party (pictured) arrived in Stone Mountain Park 
Pictured: Members of the Black Panther party armed with assault weapons arrive to Stone Mountain Park in Georgia as a controversial Confederate monument reopens on Saturday
Pictured: Members of the Black Panther party armed with assault weapons arrive at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia 
Gerald Griggs: 'Here we are in Atlanta, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and still we have the largest Confederate monument in the world. It’s time for our state to get on the right side of history'

Thousands of protesters across the United States sidestepped traditional barbecues and cookouts to participate in Fourth of July protests against police brutality and racism
protesters
Protesters holding signs like 'The Founding Father's Owned Slaves' and Black Lives Matter signs kneel near the remains of a torched American flag outside of Trump Tower
Protesters kneel near the remains of a torched American flag
Several American flags were torched on Saturday as protesters lit them ablaze near Trump Tower in New York City as citizens are becoming increasingly exhausted by divisive rhetoric
Several American flags were torched on Saturday as protesters lit them ablaze near Trump Tower in New York City
The New York Police Department said there were around 1,200 orderly protests inundating the city as part of the United New York Fourth of July Rally & March
The New York Police Department said there were around 1,200 protests inundating the city
A speaker at the event cited ‘police murder, terror and mass incarceration of Black and Brown people’ as one of many for why the ‘United States of America is irredeemable'
A speaker said that the United States of America is irredeemable
Pictured: a woman holds up a damaged American flag above a fire created by several smaller flags near Trump Tower in New York City
Pictured: a woman holds up a damaged American flag above a fire created by several smaller flags near Trump Tower in New York City  
Macellaro: 'What does the Fourth of July mean to people who are still oppressed, marginalized – who don’t have all the freedoms we’re supposed to have in this country?'
Anti-racism protests continue at the Madison Square Park in New York City as people carry signs reading 'The Fourth of July is a National Lie' and 'The Police Should Not Be Above The Law'
protests continue at the Madison Square Park in New York City

NYPD have released footage of a man in a gray t-shirt gunning down Deondraye Moore, 20
NYPD have released footage of a man in a gray t-shirt gunning down Deondraye Moore, 20 in broad daylight
Deondraye Moore was shot in the head
Deondraye Moore was shot in the head

Video shows the moment a person in a passing car extended a gun and opened fire on 29-year-old Anthony Robinson as he walked down the street with his daughter
A person in a passing car extended a gun and opened fire on 29-year-old Anthony Robinson as he walked down the street with his daughter
The car fled from the scene, leaving Robinson lying in the road as he daughter ran to get help
The car fled from the scene, leaving Robinson lying in the road as he daughter ran to get help

A protester shouts at a line of policemen during a small standoff between police and protesters in front of Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, DC
Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, DC
Protesters are seen above in the 'City Hall Autonomous Zone' in Lower Manhattan on Friday
Protesters are seen above in the 'City Hall Autonomous Zone' in Lower Manhattan
A protester wears a face mask that calls for the termination of the officers who arrested Elijah McClain
A protester wears a face mask
Before Kelete’s name was announced, people on social media suggested the driver was a right-wing extremist
A group of demonstrators in Baltimore used ropes (pictured around the statue) to topple the Christopher Columbus monument and dump it into the city's Inner Harbor
A group of rioters in Baltimore used ropes (pictured around the statue) to topple the Christopher Columbus monument and dump it into the city's Inner Harbor
The empty plinth is all that remains after the statue was torn down on Saturday evening by a group of protesters in Baltimore, Maryland
The empty plinth was all that was left after the rioters were through
At lease three police officers with the Baltimore Police Department look into the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, after a statue of Christopher Columbus was rolled in on Saturday
 three police officers with the Baltimore Police Department look into the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, after a statue of Christopher Columbus was rolled in on Saturday 
The Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Piazza in Little Italy in 2015
The Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Piazza in Little Italy in 2015
Black Lives Matter protesters who gathered outside of the White House in Washington D.C., were joined by Trump supporters like Roar of the Deplorables, a biker group who wants to fight the 'the anti-Trump regime'

Black Lives Matter protesters who gathered outside of the White House in Washington D.C.
A small American flag and what appear to by copies of newspapers were set on fire outside the White House in a pointed critique of President Trump and his administration

A small American flag was set on fire outside the White House
President Trump on Friday during his speech at Mount Rushmore railed against the 'angry mob' of Black Lives Matter protesters and anti-racism protesters who taken to the street for more than one month


 Gregory 'Joey' Johnson (right) burns a U.S. flag near Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an anti-Trump rally in in Los Angeles, California . Johnson's burning of an American flag in Texas in 1984 led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the act as free speech
Gregory 'Joey' Johnson (right) burns a U.S. flag near Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California . Johnson's burning of an American flag in Texas in 1984 led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the act as free speech
JULY 4 PROTESTS: The burning of the American flag outside of Trump Tower is viewed as a direct act of defiance against an administration that has been criticized for being tone deaf on racial issues
The burning of the American flag outside of Trump Tower
Figures released by the NYPD showed that for the first six months of 2020 there were 176 murders, a 23 percent increase on the same period last year. Above, looting continues in Manhattan amid protests over the death of George Floyd
looting continues in Manhattan
Around 500,000 mostly wealthy New York residents fled the city when Covid-19 hit the city, leaving parts on Manhattan, famously the ‘city that never sleeps’, resembling a ghost town. Above, A NYPD police car is set on fire as protesters clash with police
Around 500,000 mostly wealthy New York residents have fled the city,  leaving parts of Manhattan resembling a ghost town. Above, A NYPD police car is set on fire
Seven-year-old Natalie Wallace (pictured) was among the at least eight people killed in shootings in Chicago on Saturday
Seven-year-old Natalie Wallace was among at least eight people killed in shootings in Chicago on Saturday

An investigation is also underway in North Carolina after a 74-year-old woman was killed by what police described as reckless 'celebratory gunfire'
In North Carolina a 74-year-old woman was killed by what police described as reckless 'celebratory gunfire'
Video footage posted to social media shows people at what appears to be a rap concert inside the club
Video footage posted to social media shows people at what appears to be a rap concert inside the club

South Carolina: two killed and eight wounded in  gang-related shooting at Rap Concert


Some 200 people showed up to the club for a concert by the Georgia-based rapper Foogiano, whose real name is Kwame Brown. Witnesses said the shooting was instigated by a member of Foogiano's entourage after someone in the crowd tried to steal the rapper's chain necklace. It is unclear whether the necklace is the same as the one he is seen wearing here
Some 200 people showed up to the club for a concert by the Georgia-based rapper Foogiano, whose real name is Kwame Brown. Witnesses said the shooting was instigated by a member of Foogiano's entourage after someone in the crowd tried to steal the rapper's chain necklace.

Mykala Bell, 23, of Greenville, South Carolina
Clarence Sterling Johnson, 51, of Duncan
Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans Jr. identified the two dead victims Mykala Bell (left), 23, of Greenville, and Clarence Sterling Johnson (right), 51, of Duncan
A woman who said she was Bell's cousin posted a tribute to her Instagram page. She said the mother-of-two Bell was shot in the head by a stray bullet
The mother-of-two Bell was shot in the head by a stray bullet

A riot was declared twice in less than 24 hours in Portland, Oregon amid escalating Fourth of July protests near the Justice Center and federal court house. A protester wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt above raising her hands as fireworks go off in the background
A riot was declared twice in less than 24 hours in Portland, Oregon 
Protesters pictured raising a fist as an American flag is burned in Portland, Oregon in the early hours of Sunday morning
Protesters pictured raising a fist as an American flag is burned in Portland, Oregon
Portland Police shared a video showing protesters setting garbage on fire downtown during Saturday's protest
 protesters setting garbage on fire in downtown Portland

Two cops were injured in the Bronx after a bullet smashed through the windshield of their SUV
Two cops were injured in the Bronx after a bullet smashed through the windshield of their SUV
Secoriea Turner (pictured), an eight-year-old girl from Atlanta, Georgia, was shot dead on Saturday night when at least two gunmen opened fire on her mom's car
Secoriea Turner, an eight-year-old girl from Atlanta, Georgia, was shot dead on Saturday night when two gunmen from the Atlanta "Autonomous Zone" opened fire on her mom's car
Charmine Turner (left), pictured with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (right), broke down in tears during a press conference held Sunday
Her Mom, Charmine Turner (left), pictured with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (right), broke down in tears during a press conference held Sunday
Charmine Turner, pictured with Secoriea, said: ''We understand the frustration of Rayshard Brooks, we understand. We ain't got nothing to do with that, we innocent. We didn't mean no harm. My baby didn't mean no harm'
Charmine Turner, pictured with Secoriea, said: ''We innocent. We didn't mean no harm. My baby didn't mean no harm"
The tragic shooting took place near a local Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot dead by a police officer in June
The tragic shooting took place near a local Wendy's 
The Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed has since become a popular site for Black Lives Matter protests
The Wendy's  has become a popular hangout for Black Lives Matter 
Pictured: Protesters chant outside a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks died, but locals said the area has become overrun with armed community members
Protesters chant outside the Wendy's restaurant. Locals said the area has become overrun with armed community members 
Secoriya Williamson: 'They killed my baby because she crossed a barrier and made a U-turn. You killed a child. She didn't do nothing to nobody'
Secoriya Williamson: 'They killed my baby. She didn't do nothing to nobody'
Pictured: eight-year-old Secoriea Turner who was killed by a gunshot wound on Saturday
Pictured: eight-year-old Secoriea Turner who was killed by gunshot on Saturday 
Pictured: "RIP Rayshard" is spray-painted on a sign as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta
flames engulf the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta
An armed protester awaits the casket of Rayshard Brooks to pass by the area where he was killed near a Wendy's restaurant in June
An armed protester near the Wendy's restaurant
A man armed with a rifle stands guard at the memorial that has grown around the Wendy's restaurant that was set on fire after Rayshard Brooks was killed
A man armed with a rifle stands guard at the memorial that has grown around the Wendy's restaurant that was set on fire
Pictured: The Atlanta Police Department is offering a reward up to $10,000 for any information that will lead to an indictment in the case
Pictured: The Atlanta Police Department is offering a reward up to $10,000 for any information that will lead to an indictment in the case

The Atlanta Police Department on Tuesday released this short clip that shows a gunman carrying AR-15 near the scene where Secoriea Turner, 8, was shot on Saturday
A gunman carrying AR-15 near the scene where Secoriea Turner, 8, was shot

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