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Ferguson protests continue throughout downtown Los Angeles

  Nearly 300 protesters engaged in a second day of demonstration Tuesday night throughout the  downtown Los Angeles area in response to the non-indictment of Darren Wilson in the fatal August 9 shooting of Michael Brown. The protest originated at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard, approaching the southeast border of the USC University […]

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Portrayals of sports riots, current protests sharply differ

On the morning of Super Bowl LII, the city of Philadelphia took to the streets in anticipation of celebrating who would become the 2018 NFL champion Eagles. It wasn’t the typical procedure of putting up barricades or cleaning the streets for fans — city employees coated light poles with hydraulic fluid to prevent celebrators from […]

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Before Ferguson: On life, liberty and property

Let’s talk about stealing. Last Monday evening, the news broke that the grand jury would not indict police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Riots broke out in Ferguson, and peaceful protests were organized in many cities, including Los Angeles. Stuck in front of a television set on the […]

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Letter to the editor: On pundits and protests

I’m not here to offer any thoughts on what happened between Michael Brown and Darren Wilson, on whether or not Brown deserved to be shot or deserves justice, on whether or not Wilson was justified or monstrous. And frankly, I don’t think anyone who was not present that fateful night has any business expounding thoughts […]

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Student voices needed in the LAPD protests

On Aug. 2, two LAPD officers beat the unarmed Omar Abrego to death after stopping his car in front of his home on the corner of 69th and Main St. On Aug. 11, two different LAPD officers stopped and killed unarmed Ezell Ford right off the corner of 65th and Broadway.  These killings happened less […]

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Daily Trojan wins eight California College Media Association awards

The Daily Trojan took home eight awards at the annual California College Media Association awards ceremony on Saturday, including three first-place wins. The DT was recognized for Best Newspaper Page/Design Spread, Best Arts and Entertainment Story and Best News Photograph. The Daily Trojan also won second place in the News Series and Sports Photograph categories and third place […]