On Friday President Biden informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call that the White House will formally recognize the Armenian genocide on Saturday.
Biden is expected to for the first time specifically invoke the word genocide in the Saturday commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which will make him the first ever US president to do so.Â
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This has been among the most controversial topics in modern Turkish society, and throughout past decades, which is subject in some cases to criminal prosecution by the Turkish state. And it remains a Turkish red line  for which all the country s recent modern leaders have reacted fiercely at the mere suggestion, and which only thirty countries in the world officially acknowledge. The United States will now be the 31st, and likely more will follow the example of t .
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Footage tonight of the police presence at Columbus Circle, where 6 participants of the weekly Stonewall Protests were arrested and 2 people were sent to the hospital by the NYPD for allegedly splashing paint.
Footage is muted to protect the identity of the person who filmed it. pic.twitter.com/HW1jjIwAu5 talia jane (@taliaotg) April 23, 2021
According to the NY Post, the crowd grew out of a weekly gathering of queer activists in Greenwich Village. The group, known as the Stonewall Protests bills itself as a black queer and trans activists centered on the acknowledgment of all black life. according to an Instagram post. The protest was billed as the March on Broadway according to social media posts.