Portland becomes a “war zone” as shops are looted, anti-police protesters set fire to a compound, and police use tear gas during the violent night of demonstrations Protesters try to create an ‘autonomous zone’ outside the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct Thursday night Police officers used tear gas to disperse …
Read More »Mexico City Police Chief Shot in Attempted Murder, Blames Drug Cartel
Police officers arrive at the area where a shooting occurred in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2020. REUTERS / Henry Romero MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexico City police chief was shot and wounded and two of his bodyguards were killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early Friday that quickly …
Read More »Dismissed Miami police officer accused of putting a knee to the neck of a black woman
(Reuters) – A former Miami police officer was charged Thursday with assault and misconduct after a video appeared showing him pressing his knee to a black woman’s neck and savoring her stomach, while she continued to scream, according to US media reports. Jordi Martel, 30, was charged with official misconduct …
Read More »Kentucky Capitol Meeting Urges Action on Breonna Taylor’s Death
Hundreds of people have gathered at the Kentucky Capitol to urge action in the investigation of three police officers in the fatal shooting of a black woman, Breonna Taylor, in Louisville. By Associated Press DYLAN LOVAN June 25, 2020 8:33 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share on FacebookShare …
Read More »Trump bursts into Democratic-run American cities: ‘How to live in hell’
President Trump said Thursday night that crime in Chicago makes him “worse than Afghanistan,” and razed other violent cities in the United States, where life is “like living in hell.” The president made the remarks during a Fox News Town Hall after host Sean Hannity asked him about rising crime …
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