Police – Page 77 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

2 dead, 4 injured after gunman rams car & opens fire at Walmart warehouse in California

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Authorities have neutralized an armed suspect who crashed his vehicle into a Walmart distribution center near Red Bluff, California and opened fire on employees, killing and injuring multiple people. … Read More >2 dead, 4 injured after gunman rams car & opens fire at Walmart warehouse in California

Op-ed

Why are police across the US piling on the cartoonish violence & racist rhetoric when they know they’re being watched?

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Over-the-top gratuitous violence against unarmed protesters, shockingly racist conversations, all of it somehow recorded for posterity (and maximum virality) – are American police TRYING to get their profession abolished? … Read More >Why are police across the US piling on the cartoonish violence & racist rhetoric when they know they’re being watched?

USA

Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police (VIDEOS)

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Serious clashes erupted overnight between police and protesters in Portland, Oregon, on the one-month anniversary of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, with riot cops reportedly using tear gas as the crowd lobbed projectiles. … Read More >Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police (VIDEOS)

Shows

Confederate Statues Topple, Syria Is Relevant Again, NY Times Apologizes

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020By Editor

Statues are coming down around the country, in instances of direct action from anti-police-brutality protesters. Lee gives you instructions to bring down the statues that he insists you should not follow. … Read More >Confederate Statues Topple, Syria Is Relevant Again, NY Times Apologizes

USA

‘10-year prison sentences!’ Trump posts WANTED POSTER of statue-targeting vandals – to crickets from Twitter

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020By Editor

Having previously hidden US President Donald Trump’s threat of “serious force” to statue-toppling rioters, Twitter is staying silent after he retweeted an FBI poster of the wanted vandals and said they could face 10 years in jail. … Read More >‘10-year prison sentences!’ Trump posts WANTED POSTER of statue-targeting vandals – to crickets from Twitter

USA

Occupy meets BLM: Protesters camp outside New York’s City Hall, demanding $1bn cut from NYPD budget

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

Hundreds of protesters have been camped out in front of New York’s City Hall for the past two nights, vowing to “occupy” it until Mayor Bill de Blasio agrees to cut $1 billion from the police budget and give it to social services. … Read More >Occupy meets BLM: Protesters camp outside New York’s City Hall, demanding $1bn cut from NYPD budget

USA

WATCH: Cops knock woman to the ground as Washington DC again gripped by protests

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

Police officers in Washington, DC, have been caught on camera knocking a woman to the ground as demonstrations in the US capital once again spiralled into violence. … Read More >WATCH: Cops knock woman to the ground as Washington DC again gripped by protests

USA

Fighting words: Trump tweets that police are ‘furious’ over plan to paint BLACK LIVES MATTER in front of Trump Tower in NYC

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

Bringing up a report that New York City wants to paint the words “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue, right outside his flagship property, US President Donald Trump said the city’s police were mad about it. … Read More >Fighting words: Trump tweets that police are ‘furious’ over plan to paint BLACK LIVES MATTER in front of Trump Tower in NYC

USA

3 US cops fired after caught discussing ‘slaughtering’ black people & need for 2nd Civil War to ‘wipe ’em off the map’

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

Three police officers in North Carolina have lost their jobs after accidentally recording their own highly inflammatory conversations, in which they are heard discussing “slaughtering n****rs” and calling for a new Civil War. … Read More >3 US cops fired after caught discussing ‘slaughtering’ black people & need for 2nd Civil War to ‘wipe ’em off the map’

UK

22 police officers injured after Brixton, South London street party erupts into mob violence (VIDEOS)

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

An impromptu block party in Brixton, South London, descended into anarchy, after police called to the scene were assaulted and chased away. Twenty-two officers were injured in the resulting mayhem. … Read More >22 police officers injured after Brixton, South London street party erupts into mob violence (VIDEOS)