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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:45 PM Jul 2016

Over 70 arrested during Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester (NY)

By Samantha House | shouse@syracuse.com
on July 09, 2016 at 12:06 PM

ROCHESTER, N.Y. ... Starting at 4 p.m. Friday, hundreds of people gathered near Liberty Pole Way for a protest in the wake of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile -- black men who were shot and killed by police in Louisiana and Minnesota this week ...

Hundreds of protesters held a sit-in near East Avenue and Alexander Streets, reported News 8 WROC Rochester. When the group held their ground, police started making arrests around 9 p.m., said News 8 WROC Rochester ...


http://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2016/07/over_70_arrested_2_reporters_detained_during_black_lives_matter_protest_in_roche.html

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Over 70 arrested during Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester (NY) (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2016 OP
The MSM is doing a good job of keeping these reports very "low key". Nt Purveyor Jul 2016 #1
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