Slashing the police budget for 2021 by $15 million hurt recruitment, resulting in only 42 new hires as opposed to 250 in a normal year, Bowser said on Wednesday. She called for another $11 million to hire and train 20 more officers in the current fiscal year and 150 in …
Read More »WATCH: Shocked motorists beep their horns as Asian black bears walk onto highway to beg for food from cars in Russia’s Far East
As seen in the footage, filmed earlier this month but only published on Sunday, a bear and a group of cubs fearlessly approach vehicles, standing on their hind legs. The incident happened on a highway in the Amur region, close to Russia’s frontier with China. The route, which goes from …
Read More »Olympic Games hosts Japan show approval for Team GB’s Black Lives Matter kneeling campaign by joining in at women’s football match
Several members of the squad had spoken out about the importance of making the gesture before games in Tokyo, and the Japan players showed their approval by joining in and kneeling shortly before kick-off, while Arsenal forward Nikita Parris reportedly held up a fist. The gesture has continued to be a controversial …
Read More »‘The snowflakes are triggered’: Row blazes after NFL decides to play ‘black national anthem’ before every game to start season
Bosses have courted fury after an ESPN report suggested they are ready to play the song during games including the season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, as well as taking a range of other measures including featuring the names of police brutality victims on shirts and helmets. …
Read More »Congressional Black Caucus chair ARRESTED by Capitol Police in protest photo-op over voting rights (VIDEO)
Seven women and two men were arrested on Thursday afternoon inside the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The Capitol Police said they gave three warnings to participants in the “illegal demonstration activity” to disperse. The nine were part of a larger group of about 20 protesters, including Congresswoman …
Read More »Not a lone wolf killing: New documentary on JFK assassination reveals ‘organized black op,’ director Oliver Stone tells RT
Some three decades after the release of his groundbreaking and controversial film ‘JFK,’ Stone has returned once more to the events leading up to and following the gruesome killing in November 1963 of American’s 35th president. For the legendary filmmaker and director, the assassination is as relevant today as it …
Read More »Black academic Cornel West hammers ‘spiritual rot’ of Harvard in fiery resignation letter
“How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay,” West wrote in a resignation letter from the Ivy League institution, penned in June but posted to his Twitter account on Tuesday. Continuing to air his grievances at the school, West claimed that the …
Read More »Marvel + #MeToo + political propaganda = Black Widow, a middling, formulaic Disney money grab
This article contains plot points and minor spoilers for the movie Black Widow. After a two-year, Covid-induced drought, Marvel is finally back in theatres with the much-anticipated ‘Black Widow’. The movie was originally set to kick off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in May last year, but …
Read More »US orders amphibious assault ship into Black Sea after Moscow warns tensions escalating dangerously in waters off coast of Russia
According to commanders, the US Naval Ship Yuma, a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport craft, “began its northbound transit into the Black Sea to operate with our NATO allies and partners.” The twin-hulled catamaran is able to transit a whole company of US Marines and is equipped with both a flight …
Read More »Overwhelmed Scottish hospitals declare ‘code black’ status amid pressure of Covid-19 surge
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, Moray have both cancelled non-urgent elective operations, NHS Grampian said on Wednesday. The move comes after NHS Highland said Raigmore Hospital in Inverness reached capacity on Tuesday and also declared “code black” status. The designation is the country’s most severe tier …
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