Days after President Donald Trump’s supporters forced their way into the US Capitol and ran riot throughout the building, police and prosecutors are working to identify and track down members of the mob. DC police have already arrested at least 80 people, and Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine told …
Read More »Philadelphia imposes citywide curfew after 2 nights of riots over police shooting of knife-wielding black man
The curfew is being put in place after violent protests spun out of control on Monday and Tuesday following the death of Walter Wallace Jr., whom police shot after he refused to drop his knife during an altercation on Monday afternoon. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered several hundred members of the …
Read More »Riots & looting in Philadelphia after black man armed with knife shot dead by police (VIDEOS)
Protesters, including Black Lives Matter activists, poured into the streets after a 27-year-old man named Walter Wallace Jr. was fatally shot in an altercation with police on Monday afternoon. A peaceful demonstration quickly descended into chaos as people were filmed breaking into stores and fighting. Rioters hurled various projectiles at …
Read More »As Portland burns, why are so many people arrested in the riots being let off? It’s a recipe for carnage
Of all the cities in the United States that have suffered rioting over the past few months, there isn’t one that has seen quite as much trouble as Portland, Oregon. The unrest in the city has stretched from the end of May all the way to this month. There doesn’t …
Read More »Trump tells Proud Boys to ‘STAND BACK’ from ‘left-wing’ riots as Biden calls Antifa only ‘AN IDEA’
Asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether, as leader of his party, he had called Oregon’s Democrat governor or Portland’s Democrat mayor to advise them on ending more than three months of violent protests, Biden said, “I don’t hold public office now. I’m a former vice president. I made it clear …
Read More »WATCH: Anti-lockdown riots continue in Madrid, as police response grows increasingly violent
Last week, Madrid city council announced new restrictions for over one million of the city’s inhabitants, introducing localized restrictions on movement amid a surge in new cases of coronavirus. Dozens of residents were involved in violent clashes with police last week, in what local media dubbed a riot. Eyewitness footage …
Read More »Louisville braces for riots: One officer charged for ‘endangerment,’ not murder in Breonna Taylor case
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced on Wednesday that former officer Brett Hankison will face three counts of “first degree wanton endangerment” in the death of Breonna Taylor. Taylor, 26, was killed in March during a “no-knock” police raid serving a narcotics warrant. Protests over her shooting escalated into violence after the …
Read More »Riots return to Portland as protesters attack businesses, burn flags and force motorists to pledge loyalty to BLM (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Around 200 demonstrators marched through the city on Saturday night, with some individuals smashing windows and applying graffiti on buildings. A bank, a restaurant and a Starbucks coffee shop were among the businesses targeted, the Portland Police said in a statement. No arrests were made, but the acts of vandalism …
Read More »George Floyd riots cost insurance companies as much as $2 BILLION – more than any in HISTORY, industry claims
The tidal wave of arson, vandalism, and other property crimes that swept across the nation in the aftermath of the Floyd killing left between $1 billion and $2 billion in damages, as measured by insurance claims paid out by the industry, a report released Wednesday by the Insurance Information Institute …
Read More »‘Placating the mob’?: Portland mayor BANS police from using tear gas at riots after fleeing violence at his own condo
“Effective immediately, I am directing the Portland Police Bureau to end the use of CS gas for crowd control until further notice,” Wheeler announced Thursday. “We need something different. We need it now.” Wheeler gave no indication of what other solutions might be considered to help cope with violent protests. …
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