Officers arrived at the St. Cloud Wells Fargo around 2pm local time on Thursday, responding to a call about a bank robbery in progress, police Lieutenant Lori Ellering said in a statement. “Negotiations are ongoing,” she said. “The situation remains an active incident. There are an undisclosed number of bank …
Read More »25 killed in Rio de Janeiro shoot-out as Brazilian police clash with drug cartel in favela (VIDEOS)
More than 200 Brazilian police officers raided the third-largest favela in Rio, home to over 60,000 residents, on Thursday morning. Local media reported heavy gunfire and explosions in Jacarezinho, and spoke of rifle-armed militants jumping across roofs to escape the police. Multiple Brazilian social media users described the confrontation as …
Read More »Colombian police deploy tear gas & water cannons to repel assault on parliament building amid anti-government protests (VIDEOS)
Dozens broke through the perimeter fences during a massive rally at Bolivar Square in Bogota on Wednesday and stormed the building that houses both chambers of Colombia’s parliament, while lawmakers were in session. Police fired volleys of teargas and deployed water cannons to disperse the angry crowd. Videos posted on …
Read More »Bowing to terrorism: The Atlanta mayor’s craven words on the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks hand a victory to Antifa
People often forget why the word ‘terror’ is in ‘terrorism’. While terrorism often includes loss of life and destruction of property, its overall aim is to strike fear into people, using the threat of more violence to persuade them to not make certain decisions or to force some sort of …
Read More »Violence erupts in East Jerusalem as Israeli police disperse protesters demonstrating against Palestinian evictions (VIDEO)
Dozens of Israeli officers in riot gear confronted the Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem late on Wednesday, deploying water cannons and tear gas. Footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows police forcing protesters to the ground, dragging and hitting both men and women. Some needed medical assistance, as seen in …
Read More »French police investigating Paris firework incidents after vigilantes reportedly target drug users (VIDEOS)
Multiple fireworks were let off in the Stalingrad area of the city’s 19th arrondissement on Friday and Saturday nights. Videos filmed from balconies on both sides of Avenue de Flandre and shared online purportedly captured several fireworks being launched towards a group of people gathered outside an office building. On …
Read More »‘Most severe sexual abuse’: German police bust darknet child-porn platform boasting 400,000 users worldwide
The shutdown of the platform was announced in a statement by Frankfurt prosecutors together with the Federal Criminal Police Office on Monday. Law enforcement officials said they had caught three suspects believed to be the administrators of the now-defunct platform, which reportedly had over 400,000 users at the time the …
Read More »‘Blind destructive rage’: At least 93 police officers injured, more than 350 protesters arrested during chaotic May Day in Berlin
Berlin saw over 20 various demonstrations held by various political movements to mark Labor Day on Saturday. While most were peaceful, some descended into violence, with the left-wing ‘Revolutionary May 1st Protest’ turning out to be particularly chaotic. The march, which is held annually in the neighborhoods of Neukoelln and …
Read More »Streets set on fire as police and May Day protesters battle in Berlin (VIDEOS)
May Day is an international day of leftist protest, but demonstrations in Berlin on Saturday drew participants of all stripes. Pro- and anti-vaxxers, trade unionists, anti-capitalist radicals, Palestinian activists and techno music fans all took to the streets in around 20 separate protests across the city. Notably absent were the …
Read More »Police speed into Brussels protest with trucks, blast demonstrators with water cannon (VIDEOS)
Last month’s April Fools ‘La Boum’ party drew thousands of people to a nonexistent concert in the Belgian capital of Brussels, for a gathering that turned into an impromptu protest against the country’s coronavirus restrictions. Police cracked down hard on the gathering, and shocking video footage showed mounted cops mowing …
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