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Authorities in Northe Califoia have threatened to stop working San Francisco 49ers games in response to Colin Kaepeick sitting during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial injustice. In a letter obtained by KNTV, the Santa Clara police union told the 49ers organization that officers wouldn’t work at the stadium if it doesn’t “take action” against Kaepeick over his protest. The station noted that about 70 Santa Clara police officers work eight home games per year. "The board of directors of the Santa Clara Police Officer's Association has a duty to protect its members and work to make all of their workings environments free of harassing behavior,” the letter ad...

Colin Kaepeick and San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem Thursday night, continuing the quarterback's preseason protest of American racial injustice and minority oppression. Kaepeick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang "The Star-Spangled Baer" and dozens of military members unfurled an oversized flag at the Chargers' Qualcomm Stadium. Kaepeick and Reid received scattered boos when they dropped to a knee amid a crowd of teammates, but the protest was otherwise unremarked by the San Diego crowd. The 49ers' visit coincided with the aual Salute to the Military preseason game for the Chargers, who have strong fan support in their city'...

Black Lives Matter slammed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after a memo leaked late Wednesday seemed to show the group carefully coaching candidates on how to avoid angering the "radical" activists. The November 2015 memo included tips like: Do not offer “support for concrete policy positions;” be sure to "lead from behind;" stick to "small" meetings; and avoid mentioning terms like "black-on-black crime." On its Facebook page, BLM said officials should "stop pacifying" them. “We are disappointed at the DCCC’s placating response to our demand to value all Black life. Black communities deserve to be heard, not handled. People are dying,” the organization said, in respo...

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepeick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and other minorities. Kaepeick sat on the team's bench Friday night during the anthem before the Niners played host to the Green Bay Packers in an exhibition game. He later explained his reasoning in an interview with NFL Media . ''I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,'' Kaepeick said. ''To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave a...

MILWAUKEE – Police said an 18-year-old man was shot and seriously injured at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the man and take him to a hospital, as tense skirmishes erupted for a second night following Saturday's police shooting of a black man. Some two dozen officers in riot gear confronted about 150 people who blocked an intersection near the fatal shooting Saturday afteoon, and more arrived. Police moved in to try to disperse the crowd and waed of arrests after protesters threw bottles and rocks at police and shots were fired. Earlier Sunday, police Chief Edward Fly said the man whose death touched off Saturday night's rioting was sho...

Student protesters staged a sit-in outside the chancellor's office last December. (Student Labor Committee at UC Berkeley) The chancellor at University of Califoia Berkeley has an exit plan in case student protesters storm his office. Nicholas Dirks, the school's chancellor, installed a $9,000 escape hatch in a hallway outside his office to "provide egress" if potential student protesters descend on the administratio...

PHILADELPHIA – The Democrats’ convention kicking off Monday still faces the potential for rowdy protests from Beie Sanders delegates and supporters, despite the ouster of Democratic National Committee leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz serving as somewhat of a peace offering to liberal factions of the party that have accused her of tipping the scales for Hillary Clinton. Sanders supporters were angry over leaked emails that show the Florida congresswoman and her team blasting Sanders and discussing ways to undermine him. While her resignation could calm that storm, the liberal wing still appears intent on protesting over other grievances including Clinton, the party’s presumptive presiden...

July 24, 2016. Protesters at the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pa., FOXNEWS.COM PHILADELPHIA – The Democrats’ convention kicking off Monday still faces the potential for rowdy protests from Beie Sanders delegates and supporters, despite the ouster of Democratic National Committee leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz serving as somewhat of a peace offering to liberal factions of the party that have accused her of tipping the scales for Hillary Clinton. Sanders supporters were angry over leaked emails that show the Florida congresswoman and her team blasting Sanders and discussing ways to undermine him. While her resignation could calm that storm, the liberal wing still appears ...

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July 19, 2016: Protests outside Republican National Convention. (FoxNews.com) CLEVELAND – Angry street protests created havoc Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, forcing the Secret Service to temporarily suspend transportation for lawmakers and other officials trying to get to and from events within the roughly 1.5-square-mile complex. Among the most chaotic scenes was a tense, midday standoff at an intersection close to where GOP congressmen and others do interviews at the TV networks’ makeshift studios -- halting traffic and sending nearly a hundred police officers to the scene. The incident involved Trump and anti-Trump protesters, Black Lives Matter members and self-descr...

More than 100 people were arrested and 21 police officers injured in Miesota Saturday night when protests over recent police killings of black men morphed into rioting. St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman detailed at a Sunday press conference what he called an “extreme incident” Saturday night that led to 102 arrests after protesters pelted police officers with rocks, rebar and incendiary devices, including Molotov cocktails. The injuries to officers were “significant, but none were life-threatening,” Coleman said. The protests, which started with a march from the goveor's mansion around 8 p.m., were among several demonstrations nationwide following the deaths of 32-year-old Philando Castile,...

Investigators believe the Dallas gunman who shot 14 people, including five murdered police officers, originally plaed a much larger attack. Dallas' WFAA-TV, citing a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation, reported that authorities think Micah Johnson changed his attack plan so the shootings would coincide with Thursday's protest against police brutality. "We think he was probably plaing something bigger based on what we found at [Johnson's] house [in suburban Mesquite]", the source said "He had a bunch of explosive materials. He didn’t have the explosives created." Among those materials were metal pipes, as well as chemicals that could be used to create pipe bombs....

Investigators believe the Dallas gunman who shot 14 people, including five murdered police officers, originally plaed a much larger attack. Dallas' WFAA-TV, citing a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation, reported that authorities think Micah Johnson changed his attack plan so the shootings would coincide with Thursday's protest against police brutality. "We think he was probably plaing something bigger based on what we found at [Johnson's] house [in suburban Mesquite]", the source said "He had a bunch of explosive materials. He didn’t have the explosives created." Among those materials were metal pipes, as well as chemicals that could be used to create pipe bombs....

July 7, 2016: Dallas police officers crouch behind a cruiser after shots were fired following a protest in downtown Dallas (KDFW) DEVELOPING:At least two police officers were shot Thursday night in downtown Dallas during a protest over the recent fatal shootings of African Americans by police. Fox News' Dallas affiliate KDFW-Fox4, citing a uniformed officer, reported that the officers were shot, but their conditions were unknown. Fox4 is reporting that there are believed to be at least two gunmen, one of whom was reported down, while the other — wearing what was believed to be a bullet-proof vest and tactical gear — was in a nearby garage, where police reportedly were egotiating for his ...

After Heat Street reported earlier this month on how the University of Northe Colorado’s Bias Response Team policed speech on campus and in the classroom, a university spokesperson has told the local newspaper“there are some pieces that we can do better next time.” “We do not want to be in the process of censoring—that is not the intent,” the dean of students, Katrina Rodriguez, told the Greeley Tribune this week. After reviewing more than 200 pages of records, Heat Street revealedthat the Bias Response Team had asked professors to change their teaching style and lessons after students reported being offended. In both cases, the professors had asked their students to weigh opposing arg...

Interim UM Systems President Mike Middleton, left, with filmmaker Spike Lee in April. (Mikala Compton/Missourian via AP) Last fall, the University of Missouri was rocked by race protests that helped topplethe president and chancellor, and sparked a backlash thatincludeddrops in enrollmentanda retreat bysome donors. On Wednesday, the University of Missouri’s interim president addressed the tumultuous protests: There are “some very, very progressive people [who are] supportive of the students… and eager to make changes,” Michael Middleton said—and then there are “people who think that it was out of control… just bitter, angry people over the fact that this happened in the first place.” Per...

Frassetto led the students in a protest that lasted two days. (LehighValleyLive.com) A Pesylvania high school teacher was convicted Monday of corrupting his young charges by leading hundreds to cut class and protest last year against the school district’s perceived ill treatment of minority students. Michael Frassetto, 29, who has since left his job at the Medical Academy Charter School in Allentown, admitted in court that he rallied students at multiple schools in the Allentown School District to skip class and fight the power, the Allentown Moing Call reported. Frassetto was charged with 417 counts of “corruption of youth,” one for each student who attended a Sept. 28, 2015 rally at th...