US faith leaders wrestle twin traumas in protests, virus

American religious leaders across faiths are grappling with the heavy burden of helping to heal two active traumas: rising civil unrest driven by the police killing of George Floyd and the coronavirus pandemic.

Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis

As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.

Protests declared unlawful assembly throughout downtown LA

An officer was attacked on a downtown Los Angeles street Friday night during protests against police brutality, and multiple people were detained for allegedly damaging police cars and throwing objects at officers.

Voices of the community: Racial tension

Long before many of these protestors were even born there were those in the black community who also took to the streets. In 1965 frustration over police mistreatment and discrimination in housing and unemployment led to the Watts riots.