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Garcetti Says He Won't Back Black Lives Matter's Proposed Budget; Supports Slavery Reparations
Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he does not support Black Lives Matter-LA’s proposal to cut the Los Angeles Police Department’s $1.8 billion operating budget by 90%. The People’s Budget proposal for the 2020-21 fiscal year calls for shifting money that had been intended for the LAPD to provide more funding for housing, health care and mental health services. Health...
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Yucaipa Councilmember Causes Controversy by Grabbing Shotgun and Joining Business Owners During Protests
A Yucaipa City Council member is once again involved in a big controversy. This time, it involves social media pictures at a police brutality protest from earlier this month. Those pictures show several men standing outside businesses with rifles in their hands, and a councilman was also there with his gun. The scene on June 1 in uptown Yucaipa featured…
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Yucaipa Councilman at the Center of Controversy over Protest Pictures
Yucaipa councilman, Bobby Duncan, is at the center of controversy over pictures of him with a rifle at protests. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
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Live Updates: Church Bells Toll in a Show of Solidarity
Bells at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will toll for eight minutes and 46 seconds Tuesday in a show of solidarity on the day George Floyd will be laid to rest in his hometown of Houston. Floyd died after being pinned to the ground by a white Minneapolis police officer who placed his knee on his neck…
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‘I Was Scared, Frightened for My Life,' Says Protestor Detained in Unmarked Van
San Diego police detectives are under investigation after a cell-phone video posted on social media showed a woman taken into an unmarked van while those around her questioned where she was being taken. On Monday, NBC 7 spoke with Shayla Piccini, who was seen being detained in the video. The arrest took place following a protest about racial injustice on…