The shocking video shows a demonstrator being hit by a car advancing on a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Rochester, New York – while the driver also covered a crowd showing pepper spray in an atmosphere of ambiguity during a week of police involvement. Daniel Prud. Footage from early Saturday …
Read More »Atlantic storm upgraded to potential tropical cyclone nine
The tropical system we have been monitoring in the Atlantic has been designated Tropical Cyclone Potential Nine on Tuesday with tropical storm warnings now published for much of the eastern Caribbean. What you need to know Another tropical storm in the Atlantic likely to form this week The next named …
Read More »The Frederick Douglass statue in Rochester, New York, was smashed on the anniversary of his July 4 speech
Rochester, NY – A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its Rochester base on the anniversary of one of its most famous speeches, delivered in the city in 1852. Police said the statue was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site at along the underground railway. where Douglass …
Read More »Shattered Frederick Douglass statue in Upstate New York Park
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was downed and destroyed in upstate New York, on the 168th anniversary of his most famous anti-slavery speech. Rochester police said the statue of the former slave was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped …
Read More »Statue of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY ripped off the base
Rochester, NY – A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its Rochester base on the anniversary of one of its most famous speeches, delivered in the city in 1852. Police said the statue was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet …
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