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Demonstrators have taken to the streets across multiple states on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s Administration in a day of action honoring the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, with more events planned across the country in the evening.
Mexico City officials have announced a 14-point plan to address the capital’s housing and gentrification problems, which sparked large and sometimes violent protests earlier this month.
The closure comes after "no rapists on our campus" was painted on The Fence during a summit at Carnegie Mellon University.
Hundreds of people have taken part in protests near a hotel used to house asylum seekers in a town. Protesters from far-right and pro-refugee groups gathered in Epping, Essex, on Thursday. BBC Essex political reporter Simon Dedman, who was at the scene, estimated there were about 40 pro-refugee protesters and about 400 members of far-right groups.
More than two dozen protests were planned across Arizona to honor the late Rep. John Lewis, a longtime civil rights leader.
Organizers said the protests were a direct response to what they characterize as the Trump administration’s “brazen rollback” of civil and human rights.
The man accused of attacking an independent journalist during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle last month was arrested Wednesday. The victim, Cam Higby, told The Center Square he got a text from a detective with the Seattle Police Department confirming 33-year-old Jeremy Lawson was in custody.