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... of hypocrisy. Yang Jiechi (through translator): Many people within the U.S. actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States. The challenges facing the U.S. in human rights are deep-seated. They did not just emerge over the past four years, such as Black Lives Matter.
Now, these jurors were subjected to some proxy questions to tease out any potential bias: How do you feel about Black Lives Matter? How do you feel about Blue Lives Matter, that kind of thing? At the end of the day, we wind up with a panel that is about ...
... This was followed by a brutal, long and difficult period of slavery. All of this continues in history to this day. Otherwise, where would the Black Lives Matter movement have come from? Judy Woodruff: A U.S. intelligence report this week said that Russia tried to hurt Mr. Biden's ...
... told police he had driven to an El Paso Walmart to kill Mexicans Kim Tran, a consultant and researcher focusing on Asian solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, noted that Asians in the U.S. have long been scapegoated as carriers of disease. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ...
... had a crystal ball, I didn't realize how timely it would become in 2020 specifically. But I think there's a more general timeliness. Black Lives Matter and a lot of the anti-immigrant sentiment that sort of erupted last year -- those didn't happen in a vacuum. That ...
... historic. Benjamin Crump: It makes a statement that George Floyd deserved better than what we witnessed on May 25, 2020, that George Floyd's life matters, and, by extension, black lives matter. Judy Woodruff: The settlement came amid jury selection for Derek Chauvin. He's the former -- the white former ...
... dismissed, including a woman who said she “can’t unsee the video” of Chauvin pinning Floyd, and a man who said he has doubts about Black Lives Matter and the way the group pursues its goals. Nelson pressed the woman hard on her ability to be fair despite her strong ...
... shot three people. Conservatives have rallied around him, painting him as a symbol for gun rights. They generated $2 million for his bail in November. Black Lives Matter supporters have worked to define him as a trigger-happy white supremacist. Richards told Schroeder last month that Rittenhouse has received threats ...
____ Two days before the attack, the Proud Boys’ top leader, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested shortly after he arrived in Washington and was charged with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a December protest. Tarrio was ordered to stay away from the nation’s ...
... a juror is race or gender. Even if a juror says they have had a negative interaction with the police or hold negative views about Black Lives Matter, the key will be trying to find out whether they can put those past experiences or opinions aside and be fair, said ...
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