Protests and Demonstrations

State Republican chair blames protestors for deadly Capitol riot

425 Views  Â Democrats, Republicans still at odds over who is to blame KOAT spoke with state Republican Party chair Steve Pearce and state Democratic Party chair Marg Elliston about the storming of the U.S. Capitol and who they believe is to blame. “I think President Trump was the cause of the

NMSP prepare for protests at Roundhouse

402 Views  Â SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico leaders want to make sure that what happened at the U.S. Capitol last week doesn’t happen here. “It is certainly something in Santa Fe we don’t want to see,” said Mayor Alan Webber. But state police and Santa Fe city leaders are planning

Will NM legislators abolish qualified immunity?

392 Views  Â In the majority of police brutality cases, officers are not criminally prosecuted, and reform advocates contend that is in part because of something called “qualified immunity.” Eliminating qualified immunity emerged as a key demand during the protests that have swept the nation demanding justice for victims of police

Domestic terrorism: A more urgent threat, but weaker laws

411 Views  Â ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.  In the days leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the FBI received intelligence that extremists were planning violence as lawmakers gathered in Washington to certify the electoral victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

Trump challenges to election reverberate in New Mexico

373 Views  Â SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s top elections official is urging a federal court to dismiss a challenge by President Donald Trump of absentee voting procedures for ballot drop boxes. She also wants Trump’s campaign to be sanctioned for pursuing meritless litigation.

New Mexico evacuated Statehouse amid pro-Trump protests

392 Views  Â SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Statehouse was largely evacuated on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered peacefully outside the building and violence broke out in the nation’s Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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