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The evening of July 28, a group called People's Rights Montana held a meeting, the fifth of its kind, in the empty Tilleman Dodge building on Highway 2 East in Havre, a meeting that drew 50 people, in which speaker Jerry Taylor Jr., the area assistant for the group, gave a presentation on the supposed dangers of wearing masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19. "I don't want to criticize people who wear masks, if they choose to wear a mask that's their right," he said, ... but w...
This story is the first in a two part series about People's Rights Montana District 1. Watch for Part II in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News. Local residents have been meeting at events sponsored by an organization with ties to anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, a group demanding Gov. Steve Bullock resign, be impeached or be arrested for his directives during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they violate people's constitutional rights. "People's Rights is a nationwide...
More than 100 people showed up for a protest Sunday evening for what they called a "Walk for Justice, George Floyd and Equality." Event organizer and Chippewa Cree Tribe member Melody Bernard said they were protesting the death of George Floyd and the racial bias that she said was part of it. "Racism does exist," she said. "Profiling does exist, it is in our community and we need to bring awareness to that and we need to stop it." The oppressed need to start speaking out, she...