BY Bryn Dayton | Salt Lake City, UT | 2/27/19
40 community members gathered on a cold Saturday afternoon, February 23, to protest Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.
BY staff | Salt Lake City, UT | 9/07/18
Downtown Salt Lake City echoed with the chants of more than 50 demonstrators shouting, “Justice for Laquan,” “Community control now,” and “Jail killer cops,” on Sept. 5, the opening day of the trial for the Chicago cop who murdered young Laquan McDonald.
BY staff | West Valley City, UT | 4/26/18
Elijah Smith was desperately trying to put his right arm in the air in order to comply with police orders when a still-unnamed officer fired the shots that took his life.
BY staff | West Valley City, UT | 4/10/18
In the third recent act of brutality by the West Valley City Police Department, on April 8, officers killed Elijah James Smith, a young Black man who was fleeing for his life.
BY Sean Taylor | Salt Lake City, UT | 9/19/17
Over 100 people joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to protest Donald Trump’s repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Sept. 15, at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building downtown.
BY staff | Salt Lake City, UT | 9/03/17
Some 150 people gathered in front of Salt Lake City’s public safety building to call for the immediate firing of Salt Lake City Police Department’s Jeff Payne, the cop who assaulted and arrested nurse Alex Wubbles.
BY Gregory Murray | Salt Lake City, UT | 8/24/17
More than 50 people gathered in the heart of Salt Lake City on August 22 to protest the ongoing "Operation Rio Grande," an act of police violence that has displaced hundreds of homeless people and led to over 400 arrests in just a few days.
BY Gabriella Killpack | Salt Lake City, UT | 5/22/17
50 union members and supporters picketed the AT&T store, May 21, in South Jordan, Utah in support of the Communication Workers of America’s three-day strike.
BY Ian Decker | Salt Lake City, UT | 11/12/16
Roughly 3000 people demonstrated against Trump's agenda, Nov. 10. The event was organized by a coalition of student, worker and community organizations. Protesters gathered at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building. The crowd chanted, “Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump go away!” and “Liberation not deportation!” Several speakers representing various activist organizations in the valley spoke urging opposition to Trump's agenda.
BY Megan Faye Barnhurst | Salt lake City, UT | 10/08/16
On Sept. 27, 25 students rallied and marched on the University of Utah campus demanding “Education for all!”
