George Floyd
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Ways of Seeing: Refilling the joy coffers
“Immigration officials and law enforcement are participating in atrocities every day.”
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Taylor contributes to BLM protests with music
MIDDLEBURY — In addition to attending some small-scale rallies around the state, Middlebury College Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor felt like he needed to respond in…
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Ways of Seeing: Event was for BLM, not police
In early June, a group of friends and I organized a vigil on the Bristol green to honor the life of George Floyd and raise awareness about police…
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Talking to kids about race and justice
When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida in 2012, Joanna Colwell’s daughter was 11 years old. Just old enough, Colwell recalled, to walk by herself to the store…
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Hundreds gather in Bristol to denounce police killing
BRISTOL — More than 350 people attended a peaceful vigil on the Bristol town green Tuesday afternoon to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and to…
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Vermonters join in outrage over racial inequality
ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — People started gathering in College Park, the former site of the Middlebury town offices, a little before 6 p.m. on Saturday. As the…
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Leahy: Americans are right to call for justice
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy delivered these remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on June 3. America is hurting. Reeling from a deadly pandemic that has taken…
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Letter to the editor: There are many ways to fight for racial justice
We would like to thank the estimated 375 fellow citizens who joined us on the Cross Street Bridge, on very short notice, for Saturday evening’s vigil for Black…
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Letter to the editor: Murder of George Floyd should inspire people to act
We are deeply saddened and enraged by the murder of George Floyd and other recent killings of Black Americans, and the ongoing illness of violence and oppression toward…
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Letter to the editor: Vergennes chief says police cultivate trust
On behalf of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police and the Vermont Police Association, I express both outrage and sadness surrounding the murder of George Floyd in…
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Letter to the editor: Middlebury police chief weighs in on Floyd case
George Floyd died after being taken into custody by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. My initial familiarity with this case began with media images and reports. I…
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Letter to the editor: State law enforcement condemns ‘horrendous’ act
The Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council members witnessed, as did the rest of our country, the actions of the Minneapolis Police officers who took the life of a man in their…