Armond Feffer (University of Missouri)
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A Black Lives Matter activist tries to defuse a fight between Trump Supporters and another BLM protester outside the Trump rally in Tulsa. The rally was seen as controversial for many reasons. One, the rally was held a day after Juneteenth in the city where the Greenwood massacre took place, and two, the rally was held during the height of the pandemic and most Trump supporters were not wearing masks.
Daniel Shular (University of Missouri)
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Patricia McCloskey aims a pistol with her finger on the trigger at protesters who marched onto Portland Place in St. Louis on June 28, 2020. The McCloskeys were charged with felony gun charges after the incident.
Jacob Musselman (Ball State University)
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A protester stands covered in milk after being hit with tear gas then sprayed with pepper spray by riot-control police May 30, 2020, in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis.
Shafkat Anowar (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)
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Honolulu police department gathered around the last protester Kalahuamakanoe who was attempting to block the convoy of delivery trucks for the Na Pua Makani wind turbine farm project in Kalaeloa on November 19, 2019. Activists began barricading the exit in Kalaeloa shortly after 10:30 p.m., with arrests beginning past 11 p.m. The total number arrest from the protest went over 200. For decades the conflict over native land has been an issue to the local dwellers and Native Hawaiian community.
Bernat Cedó (Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya)
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A riot police strikes a protester during the protest driven by "Tsunami Democràtic" that wanted to give visibility to the Catalonia-Spain conflict during the Barça-Madrid league match.
Elias Valverde (University of Texas at Arlington)
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Protesters cheer as American flags burn outside the Ott Cribbs Public Safety Center during a demonstration against police brutality June 1 in Arlington. Protesters threw the flag poles at the police station after the flags had burned.