Sentences with phrase «protested by members of the community»
The event was seen as hugely insensitive in the wake of the Parkland shootings, in which a gunman used a weapon similar to the AR - 15 rifle to take 17 lives and was protested by members of the community.
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The people complaining today about being demonized did not, as far as I know, raise their voices in protest against the demonization of others by members of their own community.
Religious leaders, community members and activists took to the streets Sunday in New York to protest upcoming congressional hearings, convened by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, on «the radicalization of American Muslims.»
The officials fear negative impact of the ever - growing protest on businesses in the area, as well as concerns raised by community members.
If the controversial school closings it has rubberstamped for the mayor — over the protests of countless community members — wasn't enough to convince New Yorkers that the Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, is broken beyond repair, then perhaps its most recent move, approving a $ 120 million contract with Verizon, will be.
Members of the Urban Jobs Task Force and community leaders protest the tax deal made by Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) to the Inner Harbor developers, COR.
Hundreds of Oahu residents signed a petition started by several community members at a rally at Magic Island to protest the bill, as dozens of residents, wearing shirts that protest breed - specific legislation, lined Ala Moana Boulevard to draw awareness to their cause.
Images of the violent protests by the Palm Island community; the imposed «state of emergency» resulting in a military style police operation; the removal and arrest of 26 community members and the incarceration of Lex Wotton who subsequently had his right to free speech removed, was extensively reported in national and international media.