Sentences with phrase «activists clashed with police»

Irish rock band U2 was forced to cancel its St. Louis concert scheduled Saturday over security concerns after Black Lives Matter activists clashed with police following the not guilty verdict of Jason Stockley in the shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.

Dozens of South Korean activists clashed with police Tuesday as they tried to install a statue to former slave workers in front of one of Tokyo's consulates.

Not exact matches

This came after several clashes between police and activists in North Dakota, most recently a confrontation with several hundred protesters where police responded by spraying people with water and tear gas amid freezing temperatures.

But May Day 2018 turned out to be a day of violent clashes between police and protesters, as both left - wing and right - wing activists took to the streets with fire and fists, from Paris to Istanbul.

While there, she clashed as often with Police Department leaders as civil rights activists who accused her by turns of being too hard and too soft on officers.

From clashes with police to activists being banned from talks, some of the action was confrontational.