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Credit COURTESY BLACK LIVES MATTER SEACOAST Black Lives Matter Seacoast held a virtual gathering Sunday night honoring area leaders who are people of color. It’s the first event like it for the group. Julian Maduro, Events Manager for BLM Seacoast, said that other events celebrating local leaders, such as Catapult Seacoast’s 10 to Watch Awards, have left out BIPOC leaders who do important work in their communities. “This event really was born from the idea and the realization that people of color in the Seacoast aren’t being recognized enough for the great, great work that they’re doing. We saw an event that recognized Seacoast leaders, but there were no people of color on that event list, and we thought that was a real shame,” said Maduro. ....
Credit Todd Bookman / NHPR file Racial justice activists in New Hampshire say the police response to Wednesday s insurrection by a pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol was a stark contrast to their own experience with law enforcement at protests. They said they saw more police presence at New Hampshire s peaceful protests this past summer in response to police killings of Black people. In several cases last year, local law enforcement was seen protecting protesters from Trump supporters who had come to counter-protest. But Black Lives Matter Seacoast organizer Julian Maduro said there were violent shows of force against racial justice activists at a protest she attended in late May, in Portland, Maine. And at similar protests around the country, videos show police partially blinding several people with rubber bullets. ....