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A protestor stands in front of riot Police Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.”

(COMMONDREAMS) — German police deployed a water cannon and pepper spray to disperse around 500 protesters in Hamburg, ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit this weekend, where advocacy groups say global leaders will continue to support a flawed model for creating a more just world.

Leaked docs reveal the collusion between local police forces, pipeline company, and defense contractors as they executed ‘military-style counterterrorism measures’ to suppress DAPL protesters.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto with Venezuelan opposition activist Lilian Tintori, right, April 6, 2017. | (Photo: Enrique Peña Nieto/Twitter)
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is notorious for avoiding meetings with protesters.
It took him an entire year to finally meet with the parents of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College who went missing in September 2014. Peña Nieto also cancelled talks with leaders of National Coordination of Education Workers, CNTE, which led massive protests last year against government education cuts.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Two alleged members of the Jewish Defense League face charges of assault and hate crimes after a vicious attack on a Palestinian-American man attending a protest against the policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, last Sunday.

In this Oct. 16, 1016 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from his room at the Maadi Military Hospital as they celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Oct. 6, 1973 war. An Egyptian security official said Froday, March 24, 2017 that the country’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak returned home, after his release. (AP/Amr Nabil)
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed and has left a military hospital in southern Cairo, returning to his home in the northern suburb of Heliopolis, his lawyer has confirmed.

In this Feb., 2011 photo, protesters gather around Republican State Sen. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration bill, outside the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. (AP/Matt York,)
(REPORT) — If Republicans in Arizona’s senate have their way, police in that state could soon have the power to seize assets and property from protesters, the Arizona Capitol Times reports.
From a February 22 article:

(ANTIMEDIA) If Republicans in Arizona’s senate have their way, police in that state could soon have the power to seize assets and property from protesters, the Arizona Capitol Times reports.
From a February 22 article:

A protester stands in front of a riot police line during a demonstration after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP/John Minchillo)
WASHINGTON — Thousands protested the incoming presidency of Donald Trump on Friday in the largest demonstration against a presidential inauguration for at least a generation, since Vietnam War protesters disrupted Richard Nixon’s second inaugural parade in 1973.