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272 NYPD cops apply for retirement since Floyd protests

Police officers hang their handcuffs in large quantities. The wave of finer firings began after George Floyd’s police murder on May 25, with 272 uniformed police officers filing retirement documents from then until June 24, New York police say. That’s a 49 percent increase from the 183 officers who filed …

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Barr forms a task force to fight “anti-government extremists”

Attorney General Bill Barr said Friday that he was forming a new government task force to target “anti-government extremists.” Barr described the new group in a note obtained by the Washington Post. “Although these extremists profess a variety of ideologies, they are united in their opposition to the basic constitutional …

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Whole Foods workers protest Black Lives Matter mask policy

Reportedly, Whole Foods employees in Massachusetts left the supermarket in protest this week over the company’s policy that prohibits Black Lives Matter masks and equipment. The Cambridge store manager told employees they walked in wearing masks with Black Lives Matter written on them on Wednesday that they would have to …

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Barr creates a working group focused on “anti-government extremists”

Attorney General William BarrBill BarrBarr denies pattern of defending Trump’s interests, blames ‘media narrative’ that Pelosi throws cold water on accuser Clayton of Barr SEC refuses by firing Manhattan attorney to replace MORE On Friday, he ordered the Justice Department to form a task force dedicated to fighting “anti-government extremists,” …

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