19 Oct, 2020 08:11 Follow RT on Reports indicate that the suspect in a sexual assault case has barricaded himself in a building at the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood. Armed police have surrounded the venue and asked the public to avoid the area. The siege began after police attempted to arrest the suspect in Los Angeles at approximately 10pm local time, according to Fullerton Police Corporal Billy Phu. Eyewitness footage from the scene captures the extent of the major armed police response. Supposedly someone was shot at Paramount studios. Bunch of differing stories out here. Hard to believe a non-employee […]
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Conservative protesters in San Francisco accuse Antifa activists of violently attacking their rally. Police officers were injured at the event as well. A “free speech rally” was held at the United Nations Plaza on Saturday. Some demonstrators wore red ‘Make America Great Again’ Trump campaign hats and carried pro-police ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags, as well as US flags. The activists came to decry what they call censorship of conservative views and stories by social media giants, like San Francisco-based Twitter. Counter-protesters rushed to the scene as well, quickly outnumbering their rivals. Carrying makeshift shields and ‘Smash fascism’ banners, they threw plastic […]
A fire in a commercial business area of Harrisonburg, Virginia has hospitalized three people, two of whom are in a “serious condition,” as first responders continue to search for people and battle the blaze. Firefighters responded to “what was described as an explosion and a subsequent fire” in Miller Circle in Harrisonburg, Mike Parks, the director of communications for the city, told the press on Saturday. While the exact site of the blast wasn’t immediately clear, a shopping center reportedly affected by the fire contained a vape store, a barbershop, as well as grocery and music stores. Three people were transported […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010171080801130-supporters-of-iraqs-pmf-attack-kurdistan-democratic-party-building-in-baghdad—photos-videos/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF), an Iran-backed conglomeration of Shia militias, attacked and set fire to the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad over comments made by a Kurdish leader, media reported. Images shared by national broadcaster al-Sumaria TV showed supporters of PMF gathering outside the building as smoke billowed. They held up images of Shia figures, including US-assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. According to the broadcaster, the attack came as a result of statements by prominent Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zubari implicating the PMF for rocket […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010171080800680-belarusian-opposition-holding-womens-march-in-central-minsk—photos-videos/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Several dozen opposition supporters are holding a traditional women’s march in Minsk on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. A small group of participants first gathered near a shopping mall in the Belarusian capital and then started marching down Independence Avenue. Initially, they marched without slogans and symbols but later unfurled opposition white-red-white flags. Participants of the unsanctioned procession are also carrying flowers, white-and-red umbrellas and banners. As they move, other people join the column, not just women. From time to time, the marching crowd shouts to passers-by: “Join us!” No law […]
and now this one, a ‘must watch’…enjoy (VT) They vote. Will you? pic.twitter.com/frjxcHRAfF — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 15, 2020 📺 NEW VIDEO Retweet and watch until the very end.#ByeTiffany pic.twitter.com/xhvYNN5yWZ — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 15, 2020 THIS is the travel ban Trump brags about?! Trump kills. pic.twitter.com/11noAnbSpY — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 15, 2020 Moscow Mitch represents everything that is wrong with our politics. Vote Amy McGrath! #DitchMitch https://t.co/KkdWduzVWq — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 15, 2020 Trump seems to have left his brain home… Trump is not well pic.twitter.com/QmyXMxT7UT — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 14, 2020 If Trump hadn’t lost Iowa already this should […]
At least one person has been killed after a roof collapsed on the campus of Curtin University in Western Australia. Several injuries have been reported as emergency workers search through the rubble for survivors. A glass ceiling caved in at a construction site located on the premises of the Perth university on Tuesday. Firefighters and paramedics are at the scene and have begun to look for victims. At least one person was killed in the collapse, with several others reportedly injured, one critically, local media reported. An ambulance service confirmed that it had transported two men in their 20s who sustained […]
Police cleared the streets of central Portland after rioters pulled down the statues of two US presidents and carried out other acts of vandalism in the city, as part of an “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” protest. Demonstrators targeted statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln as they marched through downtown Portland on Sunday night. Footage shows a crowd cheering as the statue of Roosevelt mounted on a horse is pulled down. The statue was then covered in orange paint and “stolen land” and “murderer” were painted on the base of the sculpture. Roosevelt has been accused of supporting policies that […]
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Parisian restaurant and bar workers have taken to the streets carrying a mock coffin, an expression of their anger at new Covid-19 restrictions, which they say will kill off the whole industry. At a rally organized by the local trade association in the French capital on Thursday, the protesters staged the mock funeral procession with the words “Bars – restaurants – clubs” written on the coffin.Others held up a sign “Restaurant industry 1686-2020, RIP,” referring to the year when the first café-type business was opened in Paris. Some of the protesters have been seen brandishing smoke flares. The activists denounced what […]
The Nebraska couple accused of fatally strangling 24-year-old Sydney Loofe after wooing her on Tinder last year allegedly discussed selling homemade murder and torture videos. Anastasia Golyakova, who testified in Dawson County Court on Thursday about her months-long relationship with Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, revealed the couple told her they believed they could make upwards of “one million dollars” from these sinister videos. “I paid three psychologists to forget this,” Golyakova said, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Boswell, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and improper disposal of human remains for her alleged role in the […]
Back when we had a president: Be afraid. Be very afraid. #flygate pic.twitter.com/DmYNlUCxV2 — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 8, 2020 Yikes pic.twitter.com/CJNTBdVoCV — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 8, 2020 Excellent ad by Meidas Touch. Trump is a dictator. America does not want a dictator. #TrumpIsNotAmerica Pls watch, pls share https://t.co/koD9IFtIvm — Tomi Ahonen Ruthlessly Fly (@tomiahonen) October 7, 2020 Joe Biden will put out the fire set ablaze by the arsonist in the White House pic.twitter.com/1l7dYwi0WS — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 8, 2020 Let’s bring the troops home from hard-fought battles so they can rest of for more warshttps://t.co/VqrFCEqRDc — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) […]
Crowds of angry Orthodox Jews filled the streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced strict Covid-19 restrictions that would limit occupancy in synagogues. Protesters in Borough Park, a largely Orthodox area of Brooklyn, burned a pile of discarded masks in the middle of the road. A video posted to social media shows New York City firefighters arriving at the scene to put out the blaze. The protest reportedly continued into the early hours of Wednesday, with men in traditional Orthodox costume marching through the area. Elsewhere in the city, police attempted to corral Orthodox Jews who […]
President Donald Trump was seen briefly leaving Walter Reed National hospital on Sunday afternoon, after his doctors said earlier in the day that improvements in his condition might allow for him to return to the White House soon. The surprise move excited a crowd of supporters who had been demonstrating outside the hospital in support of Trump. A black Chevrolet Suburban carrying Trump passed close to a security fence, behind which supporters waved flags and cheered for him. Trump, wearing a mask, waved to the crowd as he passed by. Trump had been taken to Walter Reed on Friday, the day […]
Dozens have been detained and fined as anti-government protesters held numerous smaller rallies in Israel in defiance of coronavirus lockdown measures that ban people from gathering more than 1km from home. At least 38 activists were detained in Tel Aviv alone for “violating public order” and allegedly “attacking police officers,” according to the Times of Israel. סיכום לשעה חצות: מאות נצורים באלנבי פינת ברנר בין עשרות שוטרים שנמצאים מכל צד וסמויים בתוך הקהל שמבצעים מעצרים מעת לעת אין לי שום דרך לדעת כרגע כמה נעצרו אבל מדובר בכמה עשרות. הבלגן חוגג pic.twitter.com/GzVTfL4nB3 — Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) October 3, 2020 Multiple people were […]
A bomb squad has been called in to investigate an unattended backpack found in the street during a pro-Trump rally outside the Walter Reed military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, where US president is being treated for Covid-19. Police cordoned off the area and shut down a section of Rockville Pike, diverting traffic and pushing Trump supporters away, after the suspicious bag was discovered in the area near the entrance to the medical facility on Saturday night. The Montgomery County Bomb Squad responded to the incident, with a sniffer dog seen investigating the backpack in multiple videos shared by witnesses online. UPDATE: […]
Hordes of sea animals were washed up at a popular tourist beach in Kamchatka after surfers complained about suffering from eye burns. A probe was launched as tests showed an increased presence of petroleum products in the water. The first signs that something was wrong at the picturesque Khalaktyr beach, a popular tourist and surfing spot, became apparent when people started to develop symptoms after taking a dive in the ocean. “For weeks now, all surfers have been experiencing eye problems after coming back from the water,” Yekaterina Dyba, an administrator at a local surfer school, wrote on social media. She […]
New Meidas Brothers ad is awesome!!! Called, “The Snake” https://t.co/Mwi1zOAutD — Ron F. (@RonGOPVet4Biden) October 1, 2020 We begin with what we think is a Melania look-a-like from SNL in a laugh riot of broken English… Didn’t realize SNL was back https://t.co/omZ6ARO5Qe — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 1, 2020 Lets get 1,000 retweets on this immediately. […] Source link
Over 3,000 migrants have crossed illegally into Guatemala from Honduras while heading towards the United States. Some groups of migrants were able to force their way through border checkpoints, footage shows. The large congregation of migrants heading from Central American countries to the US crossed into Guatemala on Thursday, local officials said. Members of the group arrived at the border early in the morning and by midday more than 3,000 of them illegally entered the country, Guatemalan migration officials confirmed, appealing for help from their Honduran colleagues. ASÍ CRUZARON MÁS DE 300 hondureños de manera ilegal la frontera con Guatemala.09hrs frontera de […]
Around 200 have been detained as the Belarusian capital, Minsk and other cities host rallies, during which the opposition plans to hold a “people’s inauguration” of former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. The action was called in response to the secret inauguration staged by long-time President Alexander Lukashenko for himself earlier this week. Tikhanovskaya won’t be attending the protest, as she fled Belarus for Lithuania after the August 9 election, which the opposition insists was rigged. Thousands marched along Independence Avenue in Minsk, despite security forces thoroughly preparing for the unsanctioned event and urging people to stay at home. Mobile internet speed […]
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A music video released by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday has gone viral, stoking passion in Chinese netizens, as the PLA soldiers vowed to be ready to fight and safeguard the country if a war breaks out. The video, which caters to the domestic audience amid increasing military tensions in the Taiwan Straits and along the China-India border, shows the PLA’s readiness for combat, but does not indicate that China is a bellicose country, or is eager to start a war, analysts said on Tuesday. The PLA Eastern Theater Command and Southern Theater Command posted the music video […]
A large ‘tsunami’ of trash has hit a beach in the town of Omoa in northern Honduras. The garbage traveled from neighboring Guatemala, where anti-waste barriers were damaged by heavy rain. Footage from the scene shows thick layers of plastic bottles and other waste carried by the waves and piled up on a sandy beach next to wooden shacks and palm trees. Local official Daniel Ortega said that between 100 and 150 tons of garbage was cleaned from the beach. Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm as large quantities of trash regularly wash ashore in Honduras, including in places like Omoa […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009191080515220-student-makes-soviet-soldiers-dance-to-modern-tunes-videos/ The author’s interest in the subject, which eventually led to the creation of these music videos, reportedly stems from a previous “20th century Russian history coursework” of his. It appears that the famous dancing exploits of Soviet servicemen have recently taken on a slitely different hue online, thanks to the efforts of one Twitterian who uses the handle @communistbops. According to Military Times, the netizen’s interest in the subject stems from a previous “20th century Russian history coursework”, when he started listening to the Red Army Choir in order to “fully immerse […]
This comes as the UK has confirmed 4,422 new daily cases of the COVID-19 infection on Saturday, which is the highest daily total since early May. Clashes were reported between police officers and some of the protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square earlier in the day after the law enforcement tried to disperse the crowd during an unauthorised rally. Thousands of people took part in the protest against coronavirus restrictions, violating ‘the rule of six’ announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier this week amid a rising of COVID-19 cases in the country. The protesters were maskless and some of them carried […]
Dozens of Melburnians defied stern warnings from the police and turned up at a banned anti-lockdown rally, which was swarmed by throngs of officers who used full force to impose harsh Covid-19 restrictions. Dubbed a ‘freedom walk’, the rally hit the streets of central Melbourne earlier on Saturday. Police geared up for a massive turnout of protesters, sealing off the Tan Running Track and the Shrine of Remembrance – a venue of last weekend’s protest. Some 1,500 people declared their willingness to attend online, signing up through a now-deleted Facebook group. However, only around 100 protesters actually showed up. Images of […]
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in five counties as fast-moving wildfires continue to threaten lives and houses. Amid an unprecedented heat wave grid operators also warned of possible outages. The emergency was announced in Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, according to a late Sunday declaration. The move was prompted by a massive Creek Fire, which consumed over 18,000 hectares over the weekend, cutting off roads and forcing evacuations in Fresno. With some 15,000 firefighters battling the blaze it was still raging virtually uncontained by Sunday afternoon. Over 200 people were completely cut off from evacuation […]
Huge crowds of anti-government protesters have gathered in central Minsk, as mass rallies continue across Belarus in the aftermath of public outrage at the recent presidential election result, which is contested. A large crowd of protesters gathered on Sunday afternoon in central Minsk next to a war memorial and headed towards the presidential palace. The protesters are demanding that the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, step down, accusing him of grossly falsifying the August 9 election results as well as of brutally suppressing the ensuing civil unrest. Участники акции протеста «Марш единства» идут мимо стелы «Минск — город герой» к резиденции Лукашенко. […]
A dramatic scene unfolded at a protest in Portland on Saturday when a demonstrator tossed at least three firebombs towards the police. One of the Molotov cocktails set a fellow protester on fire. Footage of the incident shared by Portland police shows a tense confrontation between officers and a group of BLM activists. After the first makeshift firebomb hit the ground somewhere between the two parties, police declared a riot. Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member. Police are trying to restore peace and order for the safety of this neighborhood. https://t.co/V3UOCR6Bc4 — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) […]
At least 12 people have been arrested and 2 police officers injured in sporadic clashes in Jerusalem during a weekly anti-government protest over PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption and botched Covid-19 pandemic response. Thousands have hit the streets of Jerusalem on Saturday night, as the protests against Netanyahu continue for the 11th consecutive weekend, although failing to reach last week’s record numbers. As one group gathered in front of Netanyahu’s official residence, another crowd marched through the city to join them. About a dozen people were arrested for trying to cross barricades, veering off-path, ignoring police orders and “fighting with cops.” Police […]
Hundreds of protesters from rival groups have descended on Louisville, with armed pro-police activists facing off with anti-racism protesters, as members of all-black NFAC militia staged yet another demonstration of force. Dressed in black combat fatigues and carrying automatic weapons, around 200 members of the Not F*****g Around Coalition (NFAC) gathered in Louisville on Saturday. Having checked their weapons, they marched to a park just outside the Churchill Downs track, where they posed in formation, kneeled, and otherwise demonstrated their resolve to fight for racial justice. Simultaneously, a large group of Black Lives Matter, Until Freedom and other activists also marched […]
Dozens of arrests have been reported amid a heated anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia, where hundreds gathered to demand an end to Covid-19 measures, meeting a heavy police presence and at times clashing with officers. A sizable crowd descended on Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday morning for the ‘Freedom Day’ rally, calling on state authorities to rescind Victoria’s stage four coronavirus restrictions, which include a nightly curfew. Chants of “scam!” erupted from the crowd at certain points, apparently led by an elderly man, who was also heard saying: “I can’t believe this is my country! This is my Australia. I was born and […]
The New York Police Department has launched a probe after a vehicle drove through a crowd of protesters in Times Square, reportedly injuring several people. “There is an ongoing investigation into an incident in Times Square involving a black Taurus sedan,” NYPD confirmed on Twitter. A video shared on social media showed people chanting “No justice, no peace” in the square, when a honking vehicle pulls up and tries to drive through the crowd, eventually forcing its way past. Some reports on social media said several people received minor injuries in the incident, however police said they were not aware of […]
Over 3,000 people have been evacuated after a massive wildfire broke out in Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. Several separate wildfires are also raging in other regions of the country. The massive wildfire broke out in the mountainous regions of Andalusia on Thursday. Thousands of hectares have been already burnt out while emergency services are struggling to contain the out-of-control blaze. The fire triggered the mass evacuation of people living in small remote towns in the area, with over 3,000 people evacuated across the entire region so far. More than 500 emergency workers, including both civilian and military personnel, have been […]
Top German politicians have been venting their fury after Saturday’s massive anti-lockdown rally in Berlin ended with the surreal scenes of protesters trying to storm the Reichstag building – the seat of the national parliament. Many were baffled after footage showed one of the groups of protesters rallying against anti-coronavirus restrictions in the German capital breaking through police cordons with flags and banners and literally trying to take Reichstag by storm. Politicians all across the political spectrum have been left furious at the security lapse, but most of all at the Covid-sceptic protesters. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier slammed the incident as an “intolerable attack on […]
Multiple videos appearing to show Black Lives Matter protesters celebrating the shooting and death of a Trump supporter have conservatives concerned about a “hunt” against their lives. Since the clash of a pro-Trump car caravan and counter-protesters in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night and the subsequent shooting death of a man who is believed to be a Trump supporter, several videos have conservatives on social media calling out the left for what they claim is intentional violence against those who dissent from the current BLM and anti-Trump movements displayed in increasingly violent protests across the country. In one video that starts […]
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are gathering in central Minsk for a new rally a day after a protest march resulted in scuffles with the police. Law enforcement is maintaining a heavy presence in the city. Crowds of protesters flocked to a spot near a war memorial in the Belarusian capital, gearing for a third massive Sunday rally in a row. They are demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko, who stands accused of rigging a recent election and of brutalizing members of the opposition. Similar events on two previous weekends attracted an estimated 100,000 participants each. Meanwhile, police armored […]
Scuffles have erupted in the streets of Portland, Oregon after a stream of cars entered the city as part of the pro-Trump caravan, drawing ire from the counter-protesters struggling to block the procession. Several hundred vehicles rolled into the streets of Portland on Saturday evening, many displaying Trump/Pence 2020 flags. The noisy procession launched from Clackamas, a suburb of Portland, which hosted a pro-Trump rally earlier in the day, and reached the city by 6pm, The Oregonian reports. Charged confrontation between Black Lives Matter and Trump supporters on Portland highway, yelling “Just go home!” and “don’t touch the car” pic.twitter.com/YMY39MVmvQ — […]
Thousands of pro-opposition women marched and tried to breach a police cordon in central Minsk on Saturday while ‘motor rallies’ were held in support of President Alexander Lukashenko, as political turmoil continues in Belarus. The women were carrying flowers, white-red-white flags and white-red-white umbrellas, and chanting slogans such as “Shame!”, “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” and “Long live Belarus!” The protesters had planned to march along Independence Avenue, but minibuses blocked their way. Police warned the marchers that their action was unauthorized and called on the crowd not to disturb public order and to break up the gathering. […]
Guardian: A lawyer for the family of Jacob Blake Jr called it “a tale of two videos”. 12-year old Tamir Rice was playing with a toy gun and was killed by a cop. Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly killed two people with an AR-15 and was allowed to walk right by the cops. Rice was 12. Rittenhouse? He’s 17. pic.twitter.com/M394i74EkG — Equally Divided (@DividedEqually) August 26, 2020 In one video, a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shoots Blake, a black man, repeatedly in the back. “A tale of two videos.” Another phrase I heard this week was just too perfect, “state sponsored murder”. If […]
Crowds of lockdown-weary Brits gathered in London at a ‘Unite for Freedom’ rally to protest the Covid-19 measures, an event quickly dubbed a gathering of “conspiracy loons” for its strong message against restrictions and mandates. People began gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square around noon and then marched to the Houses of Parliament to show opposition to the ongoing shutdowns, introduced as part of the UK’s response to the pandemic. The rally, called under the slogans of “No More Lockdowns – No Social Distancing – No Masks,” among others, attracted more than 10,000 people aghast at the looming prospect of another lockdown […]
The city of Portland has witnessed nightly protests for the last three months, with violent attacks on police, court buildings, and federal government facilities, beginning after the death of Black man George Floyd while in police custody on 25 May. Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon have broken into the lobby of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s apartment building and staged a sit-in protest, according to photos and videos posted on Twitter. The videos show activists entering the building and promptly re-arranging furniture in the entryway for a sit-in despite objections from private security guards at the complex. According to the protesters, they are demanding that the […]
A wave of chaotic unrest broke out in Malmo, Sweden after anti-Islam activists filmed a public Koran burning, sparking protests that soon descended into riots, with unruly demonstrators setting fires and clashing with police. Some 300 people gathered along a main thoroughfare in Malmo on Friday around 7:30pm local time to protest after members of a far-right political party staged a Koran burning earlier in the day, according to local press reports. As the crowd grew, fires were ignited in the street and several cars torched, prompting a heavy police response that struggled to bring the situation under control. “We have […]
Hurricane Laura struck the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, leaving a path of devastation in its wake as it moved inland after making landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the coastal town of Cameron. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated in its latest update that Laura was situated near Arcadia, Louisiana, and was moving northward at a pace of 15 mph. Although Laura did initially make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the storm quickly weakened and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm after moving inland. At present, Laura has maximum sustained wind speeds of 65 mph, with tropical […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080269087_0:167:3114:1919_1200x675_80_0_0_8090123b117e9d286f418f6e739fa62d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008261080277885-night-one-of-rnc-enriched-internet-with-guilfoylechallenge/ The ongoing Republican National Convention has delivered a couple of fiercely passionate speakers, including Donald Trump Jr. and his current girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, although many noted some madness in their passion. While Trump Jr. has been labeled “high” during his speech, Guilfoyle’s performance is now perpetuated as a meme. After Kimberly Guilfoyle, the national chair of the “Trump Victory Finance Committee” and current girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., delivered a speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention, netizens quickly turned her impassioned performance into a challenge, recording and editing videos that recreate […]
Disturbing videos have emerged online showing Black Lives Matter demonstrators screaming and yelling at restaurant patrons in Washington DC., demanding that they raise their fists in support of the protest movement. In one scene which spread like wildfire on Tuesday, a large group of white protesters can be seen crowding around the table of a white woman at a Washington DC restaurant and demanding that she raise her fist to comply. “Are you a Christian?” one activist repeatedly yells. Others yell slogans including “White Silence is Violence” and “No Justice, No Peace.” As no videos have emerged showing the entire sequence […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080276182_0:20:3078:1752_1200x675_80_0_0_28f64d7157a255d366b778429b8a09ca.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008251080276017-peaceful-anarchism-kenosha-burning-in-wake-of-jacob-blake-shooting—videos/ Kenosha became the latest US city to be swamped by protests after footage of the police shooting African American man Jacob Blake emerged on social media on Sunday. The southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha braces for a third night of unrest as arsonists set fire to buildings and cars in the city, while rioters loot businesses in a predominantly black district, following the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake, an African American man. Even though Blake survived, he is now paralysed from the waist down after being repeatedly shot in the back on Sunday. […]
Black Lives Matter rioters in Charlotte marched down the street chanting “f-ck your Jesus” on Monday night. The chant originally began as “cops killed Jesus,” but quickly took an anti-Christian turn. Charlotte pic.twitter.com/kfhhjmwwAH — special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 25, 2020 TRENDING: Democrat Leader Talcum X Calls for More Violence and Complete Dismantling of US Police after Last Night’s Kenosha Riots The Queen City Nerve, a local paper covering the riot, tweeted that “Protesters chanting ‘Cops killed Jesus’ then ‘Fuck your Jesus’ to drown out the chants of Sam, who’s been walking alongside protesters yelling over them with ‘Jesus Saves’ as […]
Another night of rioting and vandalism has rocked Kenosha, Wisconsin, with protesters seen setting stores and cars ablaze and clashing with the National Guard and police, who used crowd control weapons against violent rioters. Neither the deployment of the National Guard, nor the curfew that took effect at 8 pm on Monday evening deterred protesters, some of them toting guns, from taking to the streets of Kenosha for the second night in a row. HOLY SH*#: while interviewing this #BLM rioter in Kinosha he pulls out a real pistol and points it at my camera while explaining what we would do […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080268432_63:0:1897:1032_1200x675_80_0_0_e94a69751307649ae6f476d313188105.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008251080268498-videos-demonstrators-demand-police-reform-take-to-washington-dc-streets-after-wisconsin-shooting/ Local activists and demonstrators have taken to the streets of Washington, DC, to demand nationwide police reform and protest cops’ recent killings and shootings of unarmed Black individuals, including the recent attack which threatened the life of a Black man in Wisconsin. Though demonstrations have regularly occurred in the US capital since the May 25 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monday’s protests appeared revitalized following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old unarmed Black man who was shot in the back seven times by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Blake, […]
As two major storms are forecast to bring inches of rainfall and dangerous storm surges to the US Gulf Coast, thousands of residents have started making preparations ahead of what many weather experts are referring to as a “one-two punch” from Mother Nature. According to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) most recent updates, the twin hurricane threat to the US South was downgraded somewhat early on Monday, as Hurricane Marco weakened back to a tropical storm. However, the same cannot be said for Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. In […]
The streets of the French capital have descended into chaos, with multiple incidents of vandalism and looting, following Paris Saint-Germain’s bitter defeat in the final Champions League clash against Bayern Munich. As Bayern claimed a 1-0 win over PSG in the final of Europe’s most glittering club football tournament, played in Lisbon, hundreds of disappointed fans poured out of bars and other venues into the streets of Paris. Multiple vehicles were smashed and at least one car torched near the Champs-Elysées, according to videos shared on social media. Several businesses were vandalized and ransacked, including a cafe and a jewelry store. […]
Heavy rain has battered the northeastern Turkish province of Giresun and caused a flash flood overnight. The disaster has claimed at least four lives while almost a dozen people remain missing. One security officer and three civilians have been confirmed killed, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Sunday morning update. Eleven people were reported missing. The flood hit the mountainous coastal province early on Sunday morning after a downpour in the central part of Giresun. Water levels rapidly roze by at least one meter, flooding some areas and causing landslides. Başta Dereli olmak üzere selden etkilenen tüm vatandaşlarımıza geçmiş […]
Riot police officers have arrested several Black Lives Matter protesters blocking roads in Lafayette, Louisiana, following a vigil for a man shot and killed by cops while resisting arrest and trying to “walk away.” Crowds of activists gathered on Saturday evening at the Shell gas station along Evangeline Thruway, where Trayford Pellerin, 31, was shot and killed Friday night. A group of protesters demanding justice soon spilled onto the road, blocking it with a human chain, and declaring that “nobody gets past this line!” Initially peaceful, some protesters reportedly pelted bottles and rocks at police cars, and faced off with a […]
Thousands of people have hit the streets of Jerusalem, as protests against PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption, as well as mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, continue across the country. Up to 10,000 people hit the streets of Jerusalem on Saturday, according to some estimates, as the protests against Netanyahu continue for the 9th consecutive week. The activists gathered in front of Netanyahu’s official residence, and blocked several intersections across the city. As the demonstration escalated into sporadic scuffles between police and protesters, at least 30 people were detained, local media reported. וואו איזה תיעוד של אלימות מצד סגן ניצב, ככל הנראה […]
Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny, who remains in an artificially induced coma, has been transferred from a Siberian hospital to be airlifted for treatment in Germany, on his family’s request. Despite the seriousness of Navalny’s condition, doctors in the Siberian city of Omsk deemed him stable enough for transfer. Still in a medically induced coma, he was delivered to Omsk airport in an ambulance shortly after 6am local time, and was expected to be flown out to Germany later on Saturday morning. An aircraft ambulance, dispatched by a German NGO, was waiting for the activist at the local airport since Friday […]
Rescue teams were called in after an explosion and a fire were reported inside an underground facility at a hydroelectric dam in India. Nine people are believed to be trapped inside. According to local media, a fire broke out inside an underground power plant at the Srisailam Dam in Telangana State on Thursday night. Videos from the scene show engineers with fire extinguishers rushing to put out a bright blaze raging on one of the power units. Initial reports say that a short circuit may have caused the fire. #Telangana CM #KCR expressed shock over accident that took place at #Srisailam […]
Tens of thousands of Californians were recently forced to flee their homes in the North Bay area as a result of intensifying wildfires spreading across the state. During a Wednesday news conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that there are more than 360 known fires currently burning in California. The state is experiencing record heat levels and has seen more than 10,000 lightning strikes in the last 72 hours. “We’re quite familiar with these challenges. But there’s no question, while last year we experienced some acuity of fires, the total number of fires was substantially lower than what we’re experiencing this […]
Afghanistan’s capital has been hit by multiple rockets in an attack that appears to have targeted the main diplomatic district which houses embassies. At least 10 people have been injured in the attack, local media reported. “Several rockets were fired from two vehicles,” Ministry of Interior spokesman Tariq Arian said on Tuesday, as cited by Reuters. Photographs and videos show plumes of black smoke rising from the district as large booms can be heard in the distance. Workers in embassies were rushed to safe rooms during the barrage. One of the rockets landed inside the Presidential Palace, according to unconfirmed local media […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106770/47/1067704771_0:98:1920:1178_1200x675_80_0_0_e2b9c95c64462ec03849bb814fc9fe9d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008171080198285-raging-inferno-flame-tornado-threat-looms-over-california/ The flaming weather phenomenon has apparently emerged over a fire that started east of the town of Loyalton, located near the Nevada border. A massive fire that has already ravaged over 20,000 acres of land in Northern California, now presents firefighters who strive to contain it with a new challenge in the form of what ABC News describes as “a towering tornado of swirling flames, smoke and ash”. A huge fire cloud known as a pyrocumulonimbus ended up forming over the fire which started east of the town of Loyalton, located near […]
The 80th night of Black Lives Matter protests in Portland turned violent, with police declaring yet another riot as demonstrators threw rocks and projectiles at officers and their vehicles. Police said two cops were hospitalized. More than 200 people showed up to an anti-police brutality protest in East Portland on Saturday night. What began as peaceful demonstration later turned violent as protesters began moving into residential areas, throwing rocks and projectiles at police property and officers. Portland Police eventually declared the demonstration a riot early on Sunday, arresting several people as they tried to clear the area. Footage captured by RT’s […]
A hotel has been attacked by unknown gunmen in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, reports suggest. Video posted on social media shows a large plume of smoke emerging from the scene that apparently suffered the explosion. Reports of the attack emerged on local media on Sunday. Several videos circulating online show dust and smoke emerging from the location, identified as Mogadishu’s Elite Hotel, while gunfire can be heard in the background. A VBIED was detonated in front of the popular Hotel known as “Hotel Elite” at Liido beach in Mogadishu. Following the explosion, armed gunmen stormed the building and there is currently […]
Videos posted online show the chilling moment a young protester falls to the ground during clashes with police in Belarus. His death has sparked outrage across the country grappling with post-election protests. A clip first released by AP shows police officers in full riot gear lined up on the street. A man in a bloodied white T-shirt, who was believed to be Taraikovsky, collapses on the ground. WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO Videos filmed from other angles and published in local media show the same man approaching the officers with his hands up in the air. He then falls to the ground after […]
Members of the right-wing group Proud Boys were met with angry counter demos at a march in Michigan, with the clashes between the two sides growing so heated that riot police stepped in to clear the area. Videos from the event show a large group of Proud Boys marching in Kalamazoo on Saturday, most holding American flags and being confronted by counter-protesters who tried to break up the march. As the two groups start mixing, several fistfights and pushing matches can be seen breaking out. The Proud Boys marchers were chanting “four more years” in support of President Trump right before […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080126194_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6bdd3656d981d74754399a73b348c3b2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008101080126315-videos-derecho-with-hurricane-force-winds-cuts-trail-of-destruction-across-us-midwest-/ Some 450,000 homes and businesses in Nebraska and Iowa are without power following the onslaught of a derecho that stretched across several states, downed trees and caused structural damage that is now being assessed. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived windstorm that is generally accompanied by rapidly moving showers and thunderstorms. The Weather Channel revealed Monday afternoon that winds as high 100 miles per hour impacted Nebraska and Iowa earlier that day, dumping buckets of torrential rain and aggressive gusts of straight-line winds onto areas such as Des Moines, Iowa – home to over […]
Amid chaotic protests in Minsk, Belarus, several disturbing videos posted online show a police van rolling through a crowd with a man clinging to its hood for several chilling seconds before falling near – or under – the wheels. During one of multiple violent standoffs between protesters and riot police in the capital of Belarus on Sunday night, a police van was seen rolling through a crowd. Activists apparently tried to block the paddy wagon, with one man jumping on the vehicle. As the truck sped away, the man stood on its front bumper holding onto the radiator grill, but eventually fell […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080115497_0:244:3046:1958_1200x675_80_0_0_cdbcf1cb0534605059c5cd49140bce8c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008101080115421-blm-protesters-blue-rally-participants-clash-in-colorado—videos/ The Blue Lives Matter movement emerged in support of the American police after Black Lives Matter protesters and affiliated movements called for defunding the police force in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Anti-racism protesters crashed a Back the Blue rally outside the Fort Collins Police Department Saturday afternoon. The confrontation resulted in three arrested, both from counterprotesters and the Blue Rally participants, according to local media. A series of videos posted on Instagram captures the moments of the fight, with people screaming and punching each other in the face. One of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080105256_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_85136b610136bd782bc98476f79b22d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008081080105208-videos-show-military-trying-to-maintain-order-in-beirut-amid-anti-govt-protests/ Anti-government protests resumed in the Lebanese capital on Saturday, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government and social reforms. Hundreds have reportedly been injured in the clashes. The Lebanese Armed Forces have been trying to calm down protesters in Beirut amid clashes with police officers. Earlier in the day, demonstrators occupied the Foreign Ministry building and tried to break into other state institutions. The Foreign Ministry was freed by the military after additional units were deployed to downtown Beirut. Protesters have set several buildings on fire, according to media reports, including the Ministry of Economy […]
Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland fired rocks and fireworks at police on the 71st night of demonstrations in the city, with some even wearing body armor and shields as they clashed with officers. On Friday night, demonstrators made their way to the Penumbra Kelly Building in Portland, a headquarters shared by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Portland Police Bureau. Portland Police said in a statement on Saturday that they warned the crowd several times that arrests would be made for trespassing, but not all protesters cooperated. Some eventually took to launching rocks and fireworks at the gathered officers. These were […]
Anybody but the most irresponsible mayor in America would have been horrified by the video showing maskless concertgoers packed with no regard for social distancing at Shady Gators in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, on Saturday night. The sight should have been all the more disturbing to Mayor Gerry Murawski of Lake Ozark, because video from Memorial Day caused an uproar with images of swimsuited young people carousing in the same party spot’s multiple pools. But Murawski appeared only delighted when he spoke to reporters about it this week. The first-term mayor said that the videos generated attention, which is translating […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean Versione originale in Italiano It’s a video of the horrors. It lasts for a few seconds but it is enough to shock the hardened consciences for hours. It is evidence that the complaint, filed by the UN by Russia in December 2018 against the White Helmets self-styled “rescuers” for the illegal organ trafficking managed in Syria, was founded. But this video was seen by very few people because the website of Sana (Syrian Arab News Agency), the media supported by the government of Bashar Al Assad, which released it in Europe is reported […]
WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube censored and removed video from yesterday’s “White Coat Summit” in Washington DC. THIS IS COLLUSION! Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” on Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the coronavirus.Day two of their summit is going to kickoff today in front of the US Supreme Court. The doctors are very concerned with the disinformation campaign being played out in the far left American media today. From their website: “If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, […]
Firefighters are battling a massive fire that ripped through the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. One first responder has been injured, and parts of the area have been closed off as teams tackle the blaze. Photos and videos shared on social media show dramatic scenes that capture the extent of the fire. It was called in at around 7am local time on Tuesday. Some 160 firefighters are battling the five-alarm fire. The one who sustained moderate injuries was taken to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for treatment, Mission Local reports. Bartfeld Sales Co. building burns in a […]
Law enforcement officers have begun pushing protesters away from Portland’s federal courthouse after demonstrators pulled down a fence surrounding the building. Activists used wire cutters, power saws, and ropes to attack the fence on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning. Videos show a group of demonstrators rocking the chainlink barrier back and forth, ultimately pulling it down. Projectiles and tear gas flew across the sky, in what one observer described as a scene resembling a battlefield. Several fires were then lit outside the courthouse before police declared a riot and emerged from the building. Federal agents then […]
A courthouse was torched and a police station vandalized during a large protest in Oakland, California. The violence comes as several other cities across the US were hit by rioting and chaotic demonstrations. Oakland Police said that “agitators” had started a blaze inside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse on Saturday night. A video shows a fire raging inside the building. Earlier in the evening, protesters attacked a police station, with reports saying they broke windows and painted graffiti on the building. Others shot fireworks and pointed lasers at officers and helicopters monitoring the situation. Oakland police later shared photographs of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079985173_4:-1:1204:675_1200x675_80_0_0_31f9777a9c046ea13d2b3fd3a262b462.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007261079985111-protester-accidentally-shoots-another-protester-as-jeep-drives-through-crowd-in-colorado—videos/ The man was reportedly trying to hit a car that drove through a crowd of protesters gathered for a demonstration in memory of black man Elijah McClain, who was killed by police last year. A protester opened fire injuring another person in the leg while attempting to hit a vehicle that drove through a crowd of demonstrators on I-225 highway in Aurora, Colorado, on Saturday evening, according to the local police department. #APDAlert While the protestors were walking on I-225, a vehicle decided to drive through the crowd. A protestor decided to fire off […]
Protesters in Seattle have clashed with the officers, vandalised several buildings and set fire to a construction site for a county juvenile detention facility, forcing local police to declare a riot due to “public safety risks.” After a group of protesters set fire to the King County facility construction site, police have issued “dispersal orders” and were forced to deploy “less-lethal munitions” to clear the area and secure access to the fire for the city’s fire department. In response the officers were pelted with stones, bottles, liquid-filled balloons and other projectiles, as well as “some sort of explosives,” Seattle Police Department said on […]
Demonstrators in downtown Portland are using a range of weapons in their nightly skirmishes with law enforcement officers, and their growing arsenal now includes everything from leaf blowers to lasers. Ropes and electric saws Protesters tried out some new tactics during the latest fracas. Footage shows a group of helmeted, masked activists using an electric saw to break apart the fence used to protect the city’s besieged federal courthouse. The operation appeared to be well-coordinated, with several demonstrators using shields to protect the individual using the saw. Portland rioters are using electric saws to cut through the courthouse barrier Federal agents […]
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter militants showed up to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home Thursday night. Mayor Lightfoot didn’t push back hard enough against the feds rolling into Chicago to quell the violence so the BLM supporters are angry. Advertisement – story continues below BLM doesn’t care about all the black people being killed in Chicago by other blacks. It doesn’t fit their narrative. So now they’re protesting. TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey for Busting into Pro-Trump Rally, Harassing Protesters while Screaming “F**k Trump!” BLM supporters blasted rap music and chanted “F*ck Donald Trump!” WATCH […]
Newly surfaced cellphone footage has placed the spotlight on a California resident who recently went out of her way to block a Postmates deliveryman from entering an apartment complex and bringing an order to a customer. Footage of the bizarre confrontation was recorded and shared on social media Wednesday by part-time Postmates contractor Jordan Gipson. At the time of recording, Gipson was completing a delivery for a customer in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles when he was suddenly confronted by an unidentified white woman at the entrance of a building. The initial confrontation shows the pair standing at the entrance […]
…from the Senior Editor OK, yesterday I took Trump’s ‘mental competency’ test. What it doesn’t do is test for intelligence, perception or sanity. It tested short term memory, rudimentary at best, and looked for early onset dementia. Do you want me to recite the dialog from ‘Groundhog Day’ or maybe 100 other films? Video two will test Trump’s memory, he doesn’t have one. Do watch the Saudi piece, video 2… #SaudiTrump had enough cognitive ability to know you shouldn’t support the people who funded 9/11. Be a shame if EVERYONE saw this.pic.twitter.com/oNaTaFWLnH — BrooklynDad_Defiant Rep John Lewis! (@mmpadellan) July 10, 2020 […]
Antifa terrorists tried to set fire to the federal building in Portland, Oregon in the hour after midnight local time. Federal law enforcement officers inside the building came out and extinguished the fire. The feds used tear gas and flashbang grenades to push the insurgents back. The large gathering of insurgents at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse at times used defensive and offensive militant tactics during the hours long siege Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, forming phalanxes, barricading doors and setting small fires to the building. Videos: At 12:30 a small fire was started by the courthouse door. #PortlandMoms #blacklivesmatter […]
The head of the Department of Homeland Security set off alarms after saying that federal agents were making ‘proactive’ arrests in Portland amid heated protests, drawing comparisons to the dystopian “pre-crime” of Minority Report. Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf appeared on a Fox News segment on Tuesday night, discussing the ongoing protests and rioting across Portland, which he says have continued for “52 nights in a row” as federal officers there are stretched to the limit. “Because we don’t have that local law enforcement support, we are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals, and we need to do that […]
Fans of Leeds United celebrated wildly to mark their team’s promotion to the Premier League. But the aftermath was far from pretty, as residents of the English city woke up to mountains of rubbish on Monday morning. The streets of the Yorkshire town were littered with a truly extraordinary amount of trash, leaving council workers with a mammoth clean-up operation. Thousands of beer bottles and cans were strewn around Millennium Square in the city center along with heaps of food packaging and other waste. It comes after the storied local football club secured its return to the top flight of English […]
Dozens of boaters took to Manhattan’s Hudson River on Sunday to show their support for President Trump. This is what the silent majority looks like. Advertisement – story continues below Where is the Biden boat parade? “Raise your Trump flags and sport your Trump gear to show your support at the Statue of Liberty,” the “TrumpStock NY” event page said. TRENDING: Michelle Malkin Attacked by Antifa and Black Lives Matter Thugs at Denver Back the Blue Rally; Sends Law and Order SOS to President Trump Boats and jet skis waved Trump 2020 flags as they cruised through the Hudson River. VIDEOS: […]
Footage has shown protesters in Seattle smash windows at an Amazon Go store and cover it with graffiti. The shop was among many businesses vandalized on Sunday as an anti-ICE rally turned into riots and clashes with police. Also on rt.com Police union office set on fire as Portland protest descends into riot (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) The video, filmed by conservative activist Katie Daviscourt shows a group of people attempting to break into an Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle. Masked protesters ram the storefront with different objects and vandalize it with graffiti. One of the rioters can be seen spray painting […]
Violent rioters ripped down plywood and smashed through the door of the Portland Police Association late Saturday night… and lit the building on fire. Just before 11 p.m., the Portland Police tweeted that “people have broken into the Portland Police Association office and lit the building on fire.” Ppa is on fire. pic.twitter.com/GPP1HdZmoc — Griffin – Live from the Justice Center (@GriffinMalone6) July 19, 2020 TRENDING: Portland Riot Organizer Claims Mission is the ‘Abolition of the United States As We Know It’ A journalist named Tuck Woodstock reported that they were “hearing some kind of shots.” PPA on fire. Riot declared. […]
Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters who took to the Israeli streets on Sunday, including to PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, demanding he resign and lambasting his coronavirus response. Police used water cannons and mounted units to disperse crowds in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as thousands of protesters demanded Netanyahu’s resignation over corruption charges and demonstrated against the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. גם בירושלים, גם בתל אביב, זה הולך להיות קיץ ארוך וחם. מאות מפגינים נצורים בכיכר הבימה. המפגינים ישבו על הרצפה ולא נתנו לשוטרים לפנות אותם pic.twitter.com/Uzq1t0cLff — Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) July 18, 2020 […]
We Reviewed Police Tactics Seen In Nearly 400 Protest Videos By Talia Buford, Lucas Waldron, Moiz Syed and Al Shaw, ProPublica. July 18, 2020 We Reviewed Police Tactics Seen In Nearly 400 Protest Videos2020-07-182020-07-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/social.jpg200px200px Here’s What We Found. We asked experts to watch videos showing officers using tear gas, pepper balls and explosives on protesters. Police actions often escalated confrontations. As protests denouncing police brutality against unarmed Black people spread to thousands of cities, it was videos of police violence — this time, directed at protesters — that went viral. Clips showed officers launching tear gas canisters at protesters’ heads, shooting pepper spray from […]
A large group of protesters have besieged a Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago, forcing a convoy of several dozen policemen assigned to guard the monument into retreat after being showered with projectiles and fireworks. Around several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters descended on Chicago’s Grant Park on Friday, surrounding a towering Columbus statue in a bid to tear it down. The group – which quickly grew in size, vastly outnumbering the officers who stood guard at the base of the statue – threw bottles, fireworks and other projectiles at law enforcement, eventually forcing police to flee. Videos filmed at the scene […]
A loud explosion was reported Sunday morning as firefighters worked to put out a blaze on the USS Bonhomme Richard at a Naval Base in San Diego, California. The cause of the fire is unknown. Advertisement – story continues below NBC San Diego reported: An explosion erupted as a roaring blaze was reported on a military assault ship at Naval Base San Diego Sunday morning, according to authorities. TRENDING: Young White Mother Killed By Black Lives Matter Mob for Allegedly Saying ‘All Lives Matter,’ National Media Fully Ignores Plumes of smoke arose from USS Bonhomme Richard as firefighters battled the three-alarm […]
12 Jul, 2020 18:44 Follow RT on The USS Bonhomme Richard has caught fire at a naval base in San Diego. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke emitting from under the ship’s deck; at least one explosion and injuries among the crew have been reported. More views of the #fire burning now on board US #Navy amphibious ship USS #BONHOMME RICHARD LHD6 at 32nd Street Naval Station in San Diego. Reports so far indicate 3 sailors, 1 SDFD fireman injured. At the moment the fire seems to be growing pic.twitter.com/icPblRJOEV — Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) July 12, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0c/1079860141_0:0:1218:685_1200x675_80_0_0_4b6b45ab5b23c21affc79b91726f83ae.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007121079859980-videos-allegedly-showing-us-military-convoy-ablaze-in-southern-iraq-emerge-online/ A logistics supply convoy including four trucks came under attack by unknown assailants on Saturday night on the Samawah-Diwaniya highway in the south of the Middle Eastern country. Videos and photos emerged online showing flames consuming three vehicles from the attacked US military convoy. This viral video purportedly shows a logistic #US military convoy, including 2 fuel tankers and a cargo truck carrying a Hummer, on fire in Al Diwaniyah city in #Iraq. There has been no word on possible casualties. pic.twitter.com/r2Gy3QdUvD — Habib Abdolhossein (@HAbdolhossein) July 11, 2020 A logistics convoy supplying American forces […]
Massive crowds of people have packed one of the largest squares in Tel-Aviv on Saturday to decry how Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, handled the coronavirus pandemic and its harsh economic fallout. The rally at Rabin Square, which is a traditional protest spot in the city, was staged by self-employed, small business owners and students, who claim that, unlike salaried workers, they never received the promised financial help from the government. The demonstrators, who also neglected self-distancing rules, carried banners, which read “Let us breathe” and jokingly asked for charity money to be sent to them via a baking app. The Jerusalem […]
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said the ‘terrorists’ fueling violence in Belgrade will be arrested and held accountable, after the fourth day of protests saw more teargas and clashes with riot police. “I am proud of Serbia for enduring this,” Vucic said on Friday from Paris, where he was meeting with French and German leaders to discuss negotiations with the breakaway province of Kosovo. He denounced the violence and chaos as “pure terrorism.” A mass of protesters, mostly young men and women, gathered outside the Serbian parliament again on Friday, chanting slogans against Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and the entire Progessive Party […]
New York City workers, community leaders and volunteers joined together Thursday morning to paint the phrase “Black Lives Matter” along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, which runs in front of US President Donald Trump’s Trump Tower. Following in the footsteps of Washington, DC, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago and several other cities across the nation, New York City residents painted a “Black Lives Matter” mural in massive letters across Fifth Avenue. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio commissioned the mural last month. According to the New York City Department of Transportation, the mayor, first lady Chirlane McCray, Reverend Al Sharpton, City Council member […]
Social media has thrown dogecoin traders a treat. Trading volumes for the Shiba Inu meme-based cryptocurrency spiked nearly 2,000% in the last two days, according to data from Messari, as videos on TikTok encouraged users to invest. The whimsical asset’s price climbed 35% to $0.035 over the same period. Dogecoin is a “joke cryptocurrency,” according to one of its founders, Jackson Palmer. As such, impromptu social media-based frenzies may be a fitting use case. Daily volume for the cryptocurrency stayed well below $5 million for the past two months. “The recent rise of dogecoin, a meme coin, should serve as a […]
Mounted police used teargas and truncheons to disperse a crowd of several thousand protesters gathered outside the Serbian parliament in Belgrade, opposed to the government’s announcement of a new coronavirus lockdown. President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday that a new curfew would go into effect on Friday and last over the weekend, after 300 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths – the most since the pandemic began, local media reported. This prompted an estimated ten thousand people to gather outside the parliament building and demand Vucic’s resignation, starting around 10 pm local time. After some demonstrators reportedly broke into the building, […]