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Armed gang in Haiti kidnaps 17 Americans
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – According to media reports, a group of 17 Americans and their families, including children, have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti’s capital.
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Londoners convene to protest death of a 27-year-old black man
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Protesters in London, in their protest to the killing of a black man and social activist in the city, rallied in front of the hospital where he died.
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South Africa in shock after US police kills sportsman
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – The death of South African rugby player Lindani Myeni at the hands of US police in Honolulu has aroused shock and anger in his homeland, prompting protests and calls for justice.
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VIDEO: US police fatally shoots black man in Minneapolis
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) – The US police have shot dead another black citizen in Minneapolis.
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Black senior manager files lawsuit to sue Amazon
TEHRAN, Mar. 02 (MNA) – Black senior manager, Charlotte Newman, alleges that a senior Amazon employee sexually harassed and groped her, while Amazon says it's investigating the claims.
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Protesters rally after US officers pepper spray 9yo girl
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Protesters in Rochester, New York, toppled a police barricade during a demonstration after footage emerged showing officers pepper-spraying a handcuffed 9-year-old, stoking outrage.
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VIDEO: Chicago cops pin black woman under SUV for 8 minutes
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Bodycam videos released by an activist show how a Chicago police officer drove into a woman over a year ago, knocking her to the ground and crushing her leg beneath the SUV for over eight minutes as she bled in the street.
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US police kill a black man in LA
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) --- US police once again killed a black man in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – A Kansas sheriff's deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fleeing a traffic stop.
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VIDEO: US police treats a black man brutality
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Police forces in the United States treated a detained black man brutally and in an inhumane manner.
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Police shoots black man dead in Philadelphia, sparks unrest
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Police in Philadelphia shot and killed a black man on Monday, triggering protests that saw at least 30 officers injured, officials said.
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VIDEO: California police shoots black citizen, sparks unrest
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Dozens of protesters came out Friday night to demonstrate against the police-involved shooting of a Black man in Southern California one night earlier.
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VIDEO: One person killed amid opposing rallies in US
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – A resident of Denver, Colorado, was killed on Saturday in a shooting that took place during two opposing rallies in the city, one pro-police and one anti-police, the Denver Police Department said.
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By: Keith Harmon Snow
American dream, global nightmare
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – For many years, I have mistakenly believed that police shootings and killings of blacks and Native Americans in the United States occurred because police officers had made some kind of mistake.
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Thousands of protesters hold anti-racism march in Washington
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – People from across the United States traveled to the US capital on Friday to protest against racial inequality.
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Wisconsin declares state of emergency amid protests
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Statewide outrage in response to a police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin has made authorities announce a state of emergency along with deployment of US National Guard.
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US federal agents fire tear gas on peaceful protesters
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – US federal troops have used tear gas and flash-bang grenades against Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, on the 59th consecutive day of unrest in the city.
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VIDEO: George Floyd protests continue in US
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – The US has been grappling with the widespread protests for two months after the brutal killing of George Floyd, a black citizen, by the cops.
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VIDEO: Aerial footage shows George Floyd protests in NY
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – The aerial footage shows thousands of people on the streets of New York protesting racism and police violence in response to the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police officers.
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American analyst:
Considering Israel's role in downing Iranian Air Bus a 'MUST'
TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) –An American political analyst believes that the role of Israeli agents in US decision-making centers in downing Iranian passenger jet by US navy is a MUST.
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US shooting leaves 2 dead, 12 injured in North Carolina
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – At least two people were killed and seven others were wounded after a shooting in the US state of North Carolina early on Monday.
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By: Yuram Abdullah Weiler
Anti-racism protests in view of Ayatollah Khamenei’s letter to Western youth
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Uprisings decrying racism and injustices perpetrated and perpetuated by police have erupted in hundreds of US cities and towns, and spread to numerous cities in North America and Europe.
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VIDEO: Protesters tear down confederate general’s statue in Washington
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Following a day of peaceful protests celebrating Juneteenth, protesters pulled down and burned the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington DC on Saturday. Pike had fought for confederacy mainly to protect a Southern US society of which slavery was an integral part.
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US leadership’s mindset void of ‘freedom of other’: Iran Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iran has lambasted the United States for years of looting and coercion of others, all in favor of the benefits of the country’s leaders.
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VIDEO: Protesters shut down highway in Atlanta over death of Rayshard Brooks
TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Following the killing of another black man Rayshard Brooks by US Police in Atlanta, protesters marched onto the highway Saturday, shutting down part of the I-75/85 downtown connector, a major thoroughfare through the city.
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VIDEO: Back Lives Matter protests in Australia
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – The aerial footage shows thousands of people taking part in Black Lives Matter and pro-refugee protests in Australia’s Perth with the social distancing protocols in place.
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Trump eying Whites for November elections: West Asia commissioner for human rights
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – As the US in engulfed in anti-racism protests following the brutal suffocation of black citizen George Floyd by a white policeman in Minneapolis on May 25, some analysts and politicians are of the opinion that Donald Trump, who is not hiding his racist tendencies, is seeking to use the situation to win the votes of the whites in the November elections.
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By: Tommy Sheridan
Tearing down symbols of slavery, racism should be applauded
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – I am firmly on the side of the Bristol educators, agitators and organizers who together combined on Saturday to achieve in sixty minutes of action what years of flowery and mealy-mouthed words could not.
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VIDEO: Canadian former MP talks of racial violence, police brutality over Floyd's death
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician and former MP in an exclusive interview with Mehr News Agency talked of racial violence and brutality of police over the death of George Floyd.
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In an interview with MNA;
Canadian politician hopes that world can finally see backside of Trump, applaud his exit
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician expressed hoped that world can finally see the backside of Trump and applaud his exit.
