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'F--- The Pigs': Twitter Slams Jersey City Mayor Following Police Brutality Protest 'F--- The Pigs': Twitter Slams Jersey City Mayor Following Police Brutality Protest
'F--- The Pigs': Twitter Slams Jersey City Mayor Following Police Brutality Protest Twitter users are slamming Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop for condemning hate speech used against police officers during a peaceful protest over the weekend. Fulop's video depicts nearly 100 marchers chanting "F--- the pigs" while marching down a city street toward a police vehicle. 1/2 About this demonstration yesterday in JC w/repeated chants of “Fuck the Pigs”... I’ll be the 1st to say that Civil Demonstrations, criticism, & protests are welcome here in #JerseyCity, our nation's history has proven it’s produced changes in govt. BUT What we can’t... pic.twitter.com/LYBsgKhMS3 — S…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Huge Number Of NJ Protests Peaceful, Powerful, Only Trenton, Atlantic City Get Riotous Huge Number Of NJ Protests Peaceful, Powerful, Only Trenton, Atlantic City Get Riotous
Huge Number Of NJ Protests Peaceful, Powerful, Only Trenton, Atlantic City Get Riotous Nearly all of the protests in New Jersey this weekend over the death of George Floyd were peaceful -- with authorities joining the demonstrators to help underscore their message, although were damaging enough to steal the spotlight. What had been a peaceful protest that included police officers kneeling in solidarity in Trenton later erupted into more than 1,000 rioters rampaging through downtown, throwing bricks at officers, setting a police car on fire and looting businesses. The same was true in Atlantic City, which Mayor Marty Small  was "under siege" Sunday by those who took …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Jon Craig