As the one-month anniversary of George Floyd‘s senseless death in Minneapolis approaches, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso students invite the El Paso community to join in a student-led candlelight vigil to be held this week. The vigil, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, will be held in remembrance of those who’ve been […]Read More
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The El Paso area once again played host to a peaceful protest against the death of George Floyd, this one held in Downtown El Paso Tuesday evening. Hundreds of El Pasoans attended the protest, organized by the Brown Berets Del Chuco, marching from the Aztec Calendar Park, past the El Paso County Courthouse and County […]Read More
Women’s March El Paso will be hosting a march and gathering in the heart of Downtown El Paso, capped off by a keynote speech by newly-elected Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. “I am a proud third generation fronteriza and represent a community that is tired of being portrayed in a way that is not factually accurate,” Escobar said. “It […]Read More
In the aftermath of last week’s attacks on Dallas police officers, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen commented on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, characterizing them as a radical hate group. In the days following, local leaders wrote a letter to the Mayor and City Council to “publicly repudiate the statement, forcefully and unequivocally.” Chief Allen’s […]Read More
After El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen called Black Lives Matter a “radical hate group,” 13 area leaders called on the mayor and city council to repudiate his comments. Allen made the claim after a press conference of El Paso law enforcement officials on Friday. Allen didn’t speak at the conference, but afterward a reporter […]Read More