Faith-based demonstrators at the jetport ask for the national conversation to return to racial injustice On the eve of the Super Bowl, nearly 100 silent protesters “took a knee” at the Portland International Jetport to call attention to racial injustice and inequality. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the protesters – including many clergy members – […]
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Protests continue at Susan Collins’ Portland office Friday
Nine religious leaders, part of a daylong sit-in at the downtown office, were arrested after they refused to leave at the end of the day Thursday. Friday afternoon brought a fresh group of protesters to Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Portland, expressing their unhappiness with the Maine Republican’s vote for a tax reform plan working […]
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Charges against Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland dropped
PORTLAND (AP) — Black Lives Matter protesters in Maine who police had said obstructed a public way are no longer facing criminal charges. WGME-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2h3G8hm) that the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office has six months to refile the charges but let the deadline pass. The group organized a protest last summer after black men […]
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March for a purpose
Each day, I read about protesters. What a waste of time. If people want to protest, protest for a legitimate reason — food for people or showing respect for the American flag by standing up. I have never missed a vote (and I am 98 years old). I respect God and my country. I cannot […]
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Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for abruptly leaving UMF ceremony
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage apologized Wednesday to the president and the former president of the University of Maine at Farmington for abruptly leaving a dedication ceremony and calling two students “idiots.” Reacting to signs held by student protesters Nick Bray and Ally Hammond, LePage cut short his speech during a ceremony to rename a […]
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Police, protesters clash again in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — Anger spurred by the death of a black teenager at the hands of a white police officer boiled over again when protesters stormed into a Missouri convenience store — the same store that Michael Brown was accused of robbing. Police and about 200 protesters clashed in Ferguson, Missouri, late Friday after another […]