Protesters marched through Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square, and Oxford Street on Friday, marking the annual Million Mask March, which draws big demonstrations each year on November 5 against government overreach, income inequality, and, more recently, Covid-19 restrictions. Many demonstrators sported Guy Fawkes masks to honour the fictionalised anti-government character depicted …
Read More »Rage over Bisexual Superman sees illustrators and producers call for police protection
LAPD officers have been asked to patrol both the offices of DC Comics and the comics offices of Warner Brothers Studios, as well as the private homes of some DC artists, according to a Tuesday report from TMZ citing “threats” generated by fan outrage over the next-generation Superman’s revelation he …
Read More »Minneapolis votes on replacing police with ‘peace officers’
Minneapolis is holding municipal elections on Tuesday, with the post of mayor and city councillors being contested. The poll has been somewhat overshadowed by Question 2 on the ballots, however, which asks citizens to help decide the future of the city’s embattled police department. It proposes replacing the department, which …
Read More »Judge temporarily blocks December vax mandate for Chicago police, says unions must negotiate rule with city
Judge Raymond Mitchell of the Cook County Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Fraternal Order of Police in Chicago (FOP) on Monday, saying the city cannot enforce the vaccine requirement until it bargains with police unions, including the FOP and others representing sergeants, lieutenants and captains (all three of …
Read More »‘Use guns! Take back the Senate!’ Lindsey Graham called for Capitol police to SHOOT Jan 6 rioters – report
The report’s second chapter, entitled ‘Bloodshed’, recounts Graham being evacuated from his chambers to be taken to an undisclosed location after rioters had breached the Capitol. “What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them,” the senator yelled at the Senate sergeant-in-arms, according to sources cited …
Read More »‘A knife in the heart of Holocaust survivors’: Australian police seize Nazi flag near synagogue ahead of Kristallnacht anniversary
The Nazi flag was flown from a window of the neighboring UniLodge student housing complex downtown. The vice president of the Queensland Jewish Board Deputies, Jason Steinberg, told AAP that synagogue-goers noticed the swastika on Saturday morning. The flag was removed after police arrived at the scene, and a 45-year-old local …
Read More »Virginia malls boost security, police on lookout for ‘non-specific’ Halloween weekend ISIS terrorist attack threat
Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia are seeing more police out and about than usual, thanks to a law enforcement alert about a potential “lone wolf” attack from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) sympathizers, CBS news reported citing sources. “We have increased our police presence throughout the county …
Read More »‘Coercion is not consent’: Firefighters and police rally against vaccine mandate outside New York mayor’s residence (VIDEO)
Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders rallied outside Gracie Mansion, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s official residence, on Thursday. They held signs that said “My body my choice” and “Coercion is not consent.” “Finally we are out, because we are not taking this anymore, this is insanity,” a …
Read More »Russian holidaymakers detained by police in Turkey, accused of setting fire to forest while out hiking in dense remote woodland
On Monday, local cops arrested the group of tourists after a fire was reported in an area of dense forest in the country’s Antalya province. The incident occurred on Saturday in the area of Çağlarca, and authorities claim the fire may have been started by a campfire set up by …
Read More »Florida Governor DeSantis to offer $5,000 hiring bonus for police who lose jobs on vaccine mandates in other states
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Fox News on Sunday that he hopes to sign legislation authorizing the hiring bonuses as part of an effort to fight “unconstitutional” vaccine orders and fill a need for more officers in his state. The Republican governor on Friday called a special legislative session to …
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