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Amnesty International says Nigeria’s security forces have fired on two large gatherings of peaceful protesters, killing 12 people who were calling for an end to police brutality.

Many participants paid tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and said they were against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s seat.

Denver’s district attorney says a television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies will be charged with second-degree murder.

A leader of the Brooklyn COVID protest last week that turned into a violent attack on a well-known local journalist was charged with of inciting violence and unlawful imprisonment, and was ordered by the judge to stay away from the reporter. Harold “Heshy” Tischler was arraigned Monday evening in the Oct. 7 attack on reporter Jacob Kornbluh, who alleged he…

A leader of the Brooklyn COVID protest last week that turned into a violent attack on a well-known local journalist is in custody and facing charges of inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment, the NYPD said late Sunday. Harold “Heshy” Tischler is expected to be arraigned Monday in the Oct. 7 attack on reporter Jacob Kornbluh, who alleged he was...

A leader of the Brooklyn protest last week that turned into a violent assault on a well-known local journalist is now in custody, the NYPD said late Sunday.

A private security guard working for a TV station was in custody Saturday after a person died from a shooting that took place during dueling protests in downtown Denver

After months of grappling with a pandemic that has walloped New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, prompting changes to holidays, mourning and prayers, new limits on worship and other activity in some areas are pushing tensions in some neighborhoods of Brooklyn to the boiling point. New restrictions in places where coronavirus cases are rising, including several Orthodox areas, led to street...

An arrest is expected “shortly,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday morning, in connection with Wednesday night’s attack of a journalist reporting on protests against the newest COVID restrictions implemented in parts of Brooklyn. Speaking to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer, de Blasio told listeners the NYPD was prepared to make an arrest two days after Jewish Insider...

A prominent Orthodox Jewish organization based out of Queens and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced separate lawsuits to halt restrictions on religious gatherings put in place by the state of New York, just as a third day of protests over the new lockdown orders got underway in Brooklyn. Agudath Israel of America on Thursday asked for a temporary…

Now that the crowd restrictions are in effect, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said he had tasked the NYPD and law department with setting a “single, clear” standard for protest response — and to release that publicly. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Non-essential businesses and some five dozen public schools shut down amid protest and confusion in the affected neighborhoods. Both Jewish and Catholic religious institutions have filed suit against the new regulations. News 4’s Gilma Avalos and Andrew Siff report.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan and Myles Miller report.

Protests erupted in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood Tuesday and Wednesday night after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new restrictions on schools, businesses and houses of worship in some parts of the city and state. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda and Checkey Beckford report.

A grand jury has indicted the St. Louis couple who displayed guns while hundreds of racial injustice protesters marched on their private street

An 18-year-old Queens man has been arrested on an assault charge for allegedly driving into two bicycling protesters in the Flatiron District over the weekend and fleeing the scene, police said Tuesday. Cops responded to a 911 call about two hurt cyclists near 25th Street and Fifth Avenue shortly after 7:15 p.m. Saturday. They found a 19-year-old woman with arm…

Police say an SUV hit two protesters in the Flatiron District on Saturday.

The NYPD is looking for the driver who ran down two protesters Saturday night in the Flatiron District.

Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to internal Department of Homeland Security talking points obtained by NBC News.