Juneteenth Protests Highlight Emancipation Day in Nashville and Beyond
In Nashville and across the United States Juneteenth celebrations turned into protests as Black Americans gathered at courthouses and in city streets. Demonstrators referenced George Floyds death, while politicians issued proclamations and lawmakers debated holiday status and policing reforms amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations.
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Nashville
Tenn
Confederate Territory
Tennessee
Adolphe Birch
Tennessee Supreme Court
Phillip McGee
George Floyd
Minneapolis
McGee
Abraham Lincoln
Galveston
Texas
District of Columbia
Floyd
Charity Dean
Detroit
Office of Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity
Wisconsin
Tony Evers
Plum Howlett
Boston
Black Lives Matter
Portland
George Washington
Donald Trump
Trump
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Navy upholds firing of carrier captain over virus outbreak
The Navy sustained Capt. Brett Crozier's dismissal and blamed both his leadership and Rear Adm. Stuart Baker for failing to curb the Pacific carrier's COVID-19 crisis aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The report endorses a deeper probe and signals career-ending admonishments, with the ship returning to duty after weeks in Guam.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Pacific
Guam
Adm
Mike Gilday
Naval Operations
Brett Crozier
Stuart Baker
Pentagon
Crozier
Robert Burke
Gilday
Baker
Pacific Fleet
Kenneth Braithwaite
Senate
Braithwaite
Senate Armed Services Committee
Roosevelt
Defense
Mark Esper
Mark Milley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
China
Asia-Pacific
Thomas Modly
Modly
James McPherson
Philippine Sea
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Atlanta
St. Petersburg
Florida
Jerry Johnson
Central Park
New York
Nicholas V. Huyne
U.S. Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
North
Pacific Ocean