On Donald Trump’s first full day as president, Washington will likely see one of its largest rallies in years as women from across the country descend on the nation’s capital in a show of unity. “It’s not so much a protest as a presence,” said former state Sen. Barbara Trafton of Auburn, who plans to […]
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Abortion opponents hold ‘Hands Around The Capitol’ in Maine
AUGUSTA — Maine Right to Life is hosting its “Hands Around the Capitol Memorial” event. Executive Director Teresa McCann-Tumidajski calls the annual event protesting the Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion “the largest pro-life gathering in the state.” Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Congressman Bruce Poliquin were among Saturday’s participants. Tumidajski said […]
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Students chant, march through downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — The protests have come to Lewiston. Starting at about 5 p.m. Friday, a crowd of more than 100 people began a march through downtown Lewiston, starting at Bates College and ending on Birch Street. What followed was a series of minor traffic snarls and a lot of curiosity. Lewiston police officers in cruisers […]
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Protesters rally for racial justice locally and nationally
Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways and marched into stores to protest a New York grand jury’s decision to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. Tensions were already running high around the nation because of a grand jury’s decision last week to not indict […]
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Protests erupt after cop cleared in chokehold death
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the streets by hundreds of New Yorkers who likened the case to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. As the demonstrations mounted, […]
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Thousands rally across U.S. after Ferguson decision
Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri. They led marches, waved signs and shouted chants of “Hands Up! Don’t Shoot,” the slogan that […]
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Ferguson unrest persists despite chief’s gesture
FERGUSON, Mo. — Cast as an olive branch by some, the Ferguson police chief’s attempt to march with protesters demanding charges in the killing of an unarmed, black 18-year-old by a white officer still erupted into a clash that activists Friday blamed on police missteps. The trouble Thursday night came hours after Police Chief Tom […]
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Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew
FERGUSON, Mo. — The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and arrests of some protesters, but it wasn’t the curfew violation that precipitated the confrontation. A team of officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, St. Louis city and county police moved armored vehicles down the street of […]
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Mabel Wadsworth Center holds Saturday protest outside Bangor Hobby Lobby
BANGOR — Women and men stood on the sidewalk in front of Hobby Lobby Saturday morning holding signs that read: “My body is not your hobby,” “Control the boardroom, not the bedroom” and “Life, liberty and reproductive freedom,” amongst others. The group of about 50, organized by the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, stood together […]