Protestors rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Washington Square Park in New York City, on Jan 28, 2023. The city of Memphis on Jan 27, 2023 released a graphic video, depicting the fatal police assault of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. (PHOTO / AFP) MEMPHIS, Tenn – The specialized police unit […]
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Video shows Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols
This still image from a Memphis Police Department body-cam video released by the city of Memphis on Jan 27, 2023, shows Tyre Nichols handcuffed on the ground surrounded by police officers, in Memphis, Tennessee. (PHOTO / AFP) MEMPHIS, Tenn – Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist stopped by Memphis police earlier this month, is seen pummeled […]
Haiti police block streets, break into airport over officer killings
A woman with her daughter walks past a barricade that was set up by members of the police as they protest bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Jan 26, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the […]
Brazil sees gang hand in journalist, Amazon expert killing
A boy plays with a flower in front of a banner with images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and the word "Justice" written in Portuguese, during a rally demanding authorities conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to their deaths, and do more to protect indigenous lands against […]
Suspect in California massacre on Lunar New Year’s Eve found dead
Monterey Park police officers stand at the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Jan 22, 2023. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) LOS ANGELES – A gunman killed 10 people at a ballroom dance hall during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration late on Saturday near Los Angeles before fleeing the scene and […]
Sunak fined by police for failing to wear seat belt
In this file photo dated Dec 9, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during his visit to Royal Air Force RAF Coningsby, near Lincoln, eastern England. (JOE GIDDENS / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a […]
Brazil police carry out raids against suspects in Brasilia riots
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, sit in front of police inside Planalto Palace after storming it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 8, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people suspected of involvement in the Jan 8 storming of government buildings by supporters of […]
UK seeks stronger powers to stop disruptive protests
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking at the Despatch box during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London on Jan 11, 2023. (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government will on Monday announce new proposals […]
Girl seriously hurt and others injured in shooting near London church
LONDON – A seven-year-old girl was left with life-threatening injuries after she and five others, including another child, were hurt in a drive-by shooting on Saturday near a church in London where a funeral was taking place, British police said. Detectives said the girl had been taken to hospital and remained in a life-threatening condition […]
Lula to purge Bolsonaro loyalists from security after rampage
Federal Interventor Ricardo Cappelli (center) inspects military troops as they wait for a protest announced by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan 11, 2023. (GUSTAVO MORENO / AP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that security force members were complicit in letting an anti-government […]
Peru families mourn protest dead after worst violence in decades
Relatives and friends of the victims of clashes with the Peruvian police gather at a field adjacent to the airport carrying their coffins in the Andean city of Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 11, 2023. (JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS / AFP) LIMA – Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried coffins through the streets on […]
German police move on protest over coal mine expansion
Police face activists as they start the evacuation of the village of Luetzerath, western Germany, on Jan 11, 2023, while anti-coal activists stage an "active defence" of the village, which is slated for forced evacuation, ahead of a planned demolition to expand a coal mine. Police have secured approval from the state interior ministry to […]
Peru: At least 17 dead in anti-government protests
A wounded demonstrator is ushered into the hospital's emergency room in the highland city of Juliaca, Peru, on Jan 9, 2023. (STRINGER / AFP) LIMA/JULIACA – At least 17 people were killed in clashes with police in southern Peru, the country's human rights office said on Monday, the deadliest day so far of protests demanding […]
Six-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia
Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting, Jan 6, 2023 in Newport News, Virginia. (BILLY SCHUERMAN/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT VIA AP) A 6-year-old boy shot his first-grade schoolteacher during an "altercation", police in Virginia say. "This was not an accidental shooting," Police Chief Steve Drew said on Friday evening of the shooting […]
Capitol Police ready for future attacks as Jan 6 anniversary looms
This file photo taken on June 9, 2022, shows US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger walking outside the room where the Capitol riot panel will hold its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, in Washington. (ANDREW HARNIK / AP) WASHINGTON – US Capitol Police are prepared for any possible future […]
At least nine killed in New Year stampede in Uganda
Fireworks light up the sky as people react while they celebrate after counting down to the new year at a church in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan 1, 2023. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – At least nine people were killed and several others injured in a New Year stampede in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said […]
Brazil arrests 4 for alleged coup attempt in Bolsonaro riots
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration against the presidential election results that elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the new President at an improvised campsite in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on Dec 29, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian police said they had arrested at least […]
Paris shooting kills 2, wounds 4
Guards stand in front the entrance of the Bataclan in Paris on Nov 13, 2018, during a ceremony held for the victims of the Paris attacks of Nov 2015, which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars and killed 130 people. (BENOIT TESSIER / POOL / AFP) PARIS — The […]
Six neighbors and suspect killed in condo dispute in Toronto
The scene after a fatal mass shooting at a condominium building in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Dec 19, 2022. (CARLOS OSORIO / REUTERS) TORONTO – Six people, including the suspect, died and one person was wounded in a shooting at a high-rise condominium building near Toronto on Sunday when a 73-year-old gunman […]
4th British boy dies after falling into ice-covered lake in UK
A person with a dog walks through frost and mist alongside a frozen lake in Bushy Park in London, Britain, Dec 11, 2022. (MAJA SMIEJKOWSKA / REUTERS) LONDON – A 6-year-old boy became the fourth to die after the children fell into an ice-covered lake in central England earlier this week, police said on Wednesday. […]