Hundreds of protesters took to the streets surrounding a Portland, Ore., police precinct on Thursday night, blocking traffic and chanting about burning it down, according to social media and a local report.Local FOX affiliate KPTV reported the group made its way to the front of Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct in central Portland early Thursday night, where…
Police say several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday as pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed on the Brooklyn BridgeBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated PressJuly 15, 2020, 10:12 PM3 min readNEW YORK -- Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday as pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed on the…
Portland protesters early Wednesday began to set up tents in the park near the federal courthouse and have barricaded streets to create their own autonomous zone, likened to the since disbanded Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle. Demonstrators began erecting tents in downtown Portland’s Lownsdale Square, across the street from the federal Pioneer Courthouse, one…
Protesters in Phoenix are demanding answers after officers fatally shot a man parked in a car in a driveway Saturday afternoon.Video of the incident shows four officers surrounding a car in the Maryvale neighborhood as bystanders look on and call for them to lower their guns and not to shoot.The footage doesn't show what happens…
Remains of the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy in Baltimore after it was ripped from its pedestal by protesters on July 4, 2020. Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images Remains of the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy in Baltimore after it was ripped from its…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…