Billionaire donor George Soros and his various vehicles for funding political causes donated money to the campaigns of 75 serving US district attorneys, a pro-law-enforcement group said in a report on Monday. The 75 prosecutors represent over 72 million people in the US, including residents of half of the 50 …
Read More »Police fear Western arms shipments to Ukraine may backfire
Swedish police have voiced concerns that weapons delivered to Ukraine by its Western allies could make their way to the Scandinavian country, ending up in criminal gangs’ arsenals once the conflict is over. Speaking to Swedish Radio on Monday, Crime Commissioner Gunnar Appelgren warned: “there is probably a high risk …
Read More »Comedy is America’s lifeline to sanity, but the thought police aren’t laughing
This week, comedian Ricky Gervais rattled liberals with a routine that took aim at transgender ideology. America needs this sort of comic relief to start discussions on controversial issues, but the left can’t take a joke. There’s a rule of thumb that goes, “If you’re going to tell people the …
Read More »Police held back feds from charging school shooter – media
Not only were local police slow to confront the shooter who killed 19 children and two adults in Tuesday’s Texas school massacre, they also reportedly refused to allow federal agents to confront the gunman until nearly an hour after they’d arrived on the scene. Specially equipped US Customs and Border …
Read More »Police ‘gassing’ video sparks unrest
Protests broke out in the Brazilian city of Umbauba on Thursday following the death of a man in police custody. Video footage purportedly shows police pushing the man into the trunk of a vehicle and filling it with gas, before he appears to stop moving. The cops say he “fell …
Read More »Police kill man ‘carrying rifle near school’
Several schools in Toronto, Canada were placed on lockdown after police shot and killed a man said to be toting a firearm in public. Authorities have offered few details about the deadly incident, which follows two mass shootings in the United States in recent days. Toronto police responded to “reports …
Read More »Police respond to ‘ongoing violent incident’ in Norway
Police in Norway are responding to a stabbing incident in the Numedal district 85km West of Oslo, they said on Twitter on Friday. The attack left three people injured, including one in critical condition, the report said. Norwegian authorities labeled the incident “PLIVO”, which stands for “ongoing life-threatening violence” in police …
Read More »Police unions protest after officer arrested
Hundreds of members of French police unions turned out for protests on Monday after one of their number was arrested over the shooting to death of two people in a car on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris on the election night of April 24. The three police unions, Alliance, Synergie, …
Read More »2 people shot dead by police in Paris amid protests – media
Two people were killed in Paris amid election protests on Sunday evening after police fired at a vehicle, following a ‘refusal to comply’, AFP news agency has reported. A vehicle reportedly tried to clash onto the police officers at Pont Neuf and one of them fired his weapon. The driver and his front passenger …
Read More »Macron pledges to address voters’ ‘rage’ as police clash with protesters
French President Emmanuel Macron, in his first speech since being re-elected on Sunday, pledged to become a leader for all people and to “effectively address” the “rage and discord” of Marine Le Pen’s electorate. With 90% of votes counted, Macron garnered at least 56% of the vote while right-wing National Rally’s …
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