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The massive demonstrations that followed the shooting of Michael Brown helped to solidify the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, Mo., and around the country.

St. Louis County, Mo., prosecutor said that he will not be charging the White police officer who shot 18-year-old  Brown in 2014, after quietly reopening the investigation.  And after a five month investigation into the case’s evidence, witness statements and forensic reports, he came to the conclusion that “we cannot prove that he” committed murder or manslaughter.

Civil rights leaders and Brown's mother reportedly hoped that Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who became the county’s first Black prosecutor in January 2019, might reopen the investigation into police officer Darren Wilson, who shot Brown six years ago.

Bell told reporters today that his decision was “one of the most difficult things I’ve had to do."

Washed...

Roughly two weeks after a massive Black Lives Matter street painting appeared in downtown Redwood City, Calif., it was washed away — leaving the asphalt without a trace of the message’s familiar bright yellow paint. But unlike in other cities where vandals targeting BLM murals have been arrested and even charged with a hate crime, this time the city suddenly removed the artwork.

Despite granting permission for the temporary street art and even providing the paint for the July 4 project, officials in the Northern California city ordered the painting be cleared from its prime location late last week, KPIX reported.

“Staff is concerned about public safety issues that may arise from painting murals on its public streets, which could result in driver confusion and traffic accidents,” city spokeswoman Jennifer Yamaguma told The Washington Post in a statement early Wednesday. “Thus, the existing mural has been removed from Broadway and no further art installation will be authorized on the City’s streets.”

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Former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner offered a not-so-appetizing analogy when asked about voting for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Turner, who was a prominent surrogate for Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., during the 2020 Democratic primary, expressed her lack of excitement for the former VP to The Atlantic.

“It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of sh-- in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.’ It’s still sh--," Turner described to Atlantic staff writer Peter Nicholas.

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Laying Low

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Seattle police declared a riot Saturday following large demonstrations in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and deployed flash bangs and pepper spray to try to clear an area near where weeks earlier people had set up an “occupied protest zone” that stretched for several blocks.

Via Twitter, police said they had made more than two dozen arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse. They also said they were "investigating a possible explosive damage" to the walls of the city's East Precinct police station.

Authorities said rocks, bottles, fireworks and mortars were thrown at officers as they attempted to clear the area over the course of several hours stretching into Saturday night. One officer was hospitalized with a leg injury caused by an explosive.

Earlier, protesters in Seattle broke through a fence where a youth detention facility was being built, with some people setting a fire and damaging a portable trailer, authorities said.

Peaceful demonstration according to the Fake Media.

Freebie...

In hearings that took place this week, lawmakers grilled drug companies on their pricing plans for their potential vaccines, with some going so far as to ask executives at companies including Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca if they would supply their vaccines at cost. 

While executives from other pharmaceutical companies also largely declined to agree to provide their potential vaccines at prices that would provide them with zero profits, the pressure from the Democratic Congress to do so appears to be rising.  

Even shares of BioNTech -- which, along with its partner Pfizer, locked up a nearly $2 billion order for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate from the U.S. government on Wednesday -- saw its shares fall.

Investors could be growing concerned that future deals may be negotiated more fiercely, and potentially at prices that could make profits difficult to come by.

When someone comes with a vaccine, pay them as much as you can. They are saving lives.
Just a thought.

Shut...

Charlamagne tha God ripped Joe Biden on his radio show Friday, saying the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee should "shut the eff up forever" to avoid making gaffes.

"The Breakfast Club" host took issue with Biden's remarks earlier this week when he suggested President Trump is the first "racist" U.S. president.

"How the hell can Donald Trump be the first racist president in a country where 12 presidents before him owned slaves?" asked Charlamagne, the popular African American host on New York's Power 105.1.

"I really wish Joe Biden would shut the eff up forever and continue to act like he's starring in the movie 'A Quiet Place,' because as soon as he opens his mouth and makes noise, he gets us all killed, OK?" Charlamagne added.

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Riot.

A federal judge on Friday denied an order sought by Oregon's attorney general to prohibit federal agents from making arrests during the ongoing protests in Portland amid a battle between progressive local leaders and the Trump administration over the presence of federal forces.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman said the state lacked standing to sue on behalf of protesters.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Trump administration last week, alleging federal agents have arrested protesters without probable cause and used excessive force. Authorities deny the accusations.

How embarrassing.