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July 25, 2016

#BlackLivesMatter Protests Held Across U.S., 7 Arrested in Asheville, NC
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Black Lives Matter activists held demonstrations in at least half a
dozen cities in the U.S. over the weekend, including in Houston, Texas;
Springfield, Missouri; Apopka, Florida; and Asheville, North Carolina,
where seven people were arrested after a sit-in at police headquarters
on Friday. The demonstrators staged the 30-hour sit-in to demand answers
in the case of the fatal police shooting earlier this month of a
35-year-old African-American man. Police say the man was carrying an
assault rifle. His family has hired a lawyer and questioned whether the
shooting was justified.


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