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 Riot police fired flashbang grenades to disperse the crowd, which was setting garbage containers on fire and smashing the windows of parked vehicles.  Mounted officers patrolled the streets where rioters were attempting to erect makeshift barricades and later set them on fire. Protests broke out shortly after Rabbi Eliyahu Mali, …

Law enforcement officers raided a facility in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands and arrested its owner, whose identity was not revealed, a statement by the Spanish National Police said on Sunday. The operation took place in September 2020 but remained secret until now through a decision of …

As the Scottish government is considering ways to make it easier than ever for people to change their legal sex, skeptics say the drive to embrace trans rights is often going in the wrong direction. One latest example is the way Police Scotland records suspects’ self-identified gender rather than biological …

Oriola is the joint Editor-in-Chief of the African Security journal and associate professor at the University of Alberta. Based on his years of experience studying armed uprisings across the globe, he now believes that the US is potentially on the brink of disaster.  In a recent article, he cites recent …

Another night, another riot. Protesters assembled on Friday afternoon in Lents Park, where police had shot a man dead hours earlier. The man, who local media identified as “white” to ward off any potential “social unrest,” was carrying a replica firearm when he was killed. “Social unrest” soon broke out …

The heated confrontation took place at the recent youth game between Indiana Elite and Baylor Basketball at the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield, per the Indianapolis Star, when a Baylor coach disagreed with a call from the on-court official – before the coach began to exit the arena, with the Baylor players right behind …

As many as 10,000 people took to the city’s streets on Thursday, local paper Berliner Zeitung reported, with many banging pan lids as a form of noisy protest and call of attention.  But the largely peaceful demonstrations later turned violent as crowds converged on an area near the Hermannplatz metro …

Many of the protesters held umbrellas and otherwise covered themselves as much as possible, apparently trying to give the police as little surface area to spray as possible. It was the fourth night of protests over the killing of Daunte Wright on Sunday.  The police sent their final notice over …

Around 100 demonstrators on Tuesday night gathered at a nearby park before marching to the Portland Police Associate (PPA) building, the city’s police force said.   Protesters launched fireworks and used vehicles to block adjacent roads. Portland police issued numerous warnings over a loudspeaker telling the crowd that they needed to …

For the third night in a row, protesters rallied outside the police station, chanting Wright’s name and “Black Lives Matter,” as police sought to disperse the “unlawful assembly.” A stubborn crowd rallied outside the police station despite the near-freezing temperature and light snow.  As police fired smoke and gas grenades …