Westbrook Police data shows disproportionate use of force on Blacks

Black Lives Matter

Published
September 9, 2020

Westbrook Police data shows disproportionate use of force on Blacks

The police chief and advocates hope to continue public conversations about race and Westbrook police.
Published
September 8, 2020

Police say protester in Portland threatened man with gun

A man who was protesting police brutality Monday showed a handgun in a threatening manner to a motorcyclist stopped at an intersection, police say, and was charged with criminal threatening.
Published
September 4, 2020

Portland leaders call for peaceful demonstration, ask opponents to leave guns at home

Fearing counter-protests and violent confrontation at a planned Black Lives Matter demonstration Saturday, Portland police are asking everyone to remain peaceful and leave weapons at home.
Published
September 2, 2020

‘No justice, no Derby’ is latest cry in a city grappling with racial tensions

Crowds outside the shuttered gates of Churchill Downs have been protesting instead of partying.
Published
September 2, 2020

BLM resolution splits Gorham

The Town Council ends up approving two anti-racism resolutions, one that includes the words "Black Lives Matter" and one that does not.
Published
September 1, 2020

Trump visits Kenosha, blames ‘far-left politicians’ for violence in wake of police shooting

The president did not meet with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot in the back 7 times by a white police officer in Kenosha last week.
Published
August 29, 2020

‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters determined after D.C. march

Race in America is front and center during a pandemic that's disproportionately affected Black Americans.
Published
August 28, 2020

Thousands gather at March on Washington commemoration

They come together near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' address in 1963.
Published
August 27, 2020

NFL teams cancel practice in response to Blake shooting

The New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Football Team and Green Bay Packers all canceled practices.
Published
August 27, 2020

Maine Voices: White is a race, and we white people can’t ignore that anymore

Everything around us conspires to make racism invisible to white people, but we can overcome that.