Rival protesters — for and against police — face off in New York

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After two rival demonstrations converged near New York City Hall Friday afternoon—one supporting the New York Police Department and the other opposing police brutality—some anti-police protesters continued their march throughout Manhattan, temporarily taking over the Manhattan Bridge overpass and stalling traffic.

While the New York police brutality protesters focused on the police-involved killings of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson in August and 43-year-old Eric Garner in Staten Island in July, activists in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, gathered to remember another black man fatally shot by a police officer who hasn't had as much play in the national media. Read more...

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