Major incident is declared in Glasgow as armed police swoop on busy street 

Armed police swoop on Glasgow hotel ‘as police officer and other victims are stabbed’ in major incident By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:59 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 14:04 BST, 26 June 2020 Glasgow is on lockdown today amid unconfirmed reports of a ‘major incident’ where multiple people may have been … Read more

Tent cities, renamed streets and an armed man in Seattle’s CHOP zone

Seattle’s ‘occupied’ CHOP zone features a fleet of tents, a street renamed after George Floyd, an abandoned police building covered in Black Lives Matter slogans – and an armed man carrying a coffee cup.    The encampment known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest is hailed by its supporters as an ‘ideal society’ where people help … Read more

Holiday home owner slams police after claiming ARMED officers were sent to his rental property

Furious holiday home owner slams police after claiming ARMED officers were sent to his rental property in Cornwall to check lockdown rules were being obeyed Shaun Pritchard, from Cornwall, said armed police raided his property on June 11 Rental home owner accused Devon and Cornwall Police of being ‘heavy handed’ He claimed that two officers … Read more

Man in his 50s is shot in the leg by police after ‘armed robber stole lorry in Swindon’

Man in his 50s is shot in the leg by police after ‘armed robber stole lorry in Swindon’ Lorry was stolen at gunpoint in Westlea, Swindon, just after 5pm on Tuesday Police stopped the lorry nearby and a man in his 50s was shot in the leg  He was airlifted to hospital and police say … Read more

Man in his 50s is shot in the leg by police after ‘armed robber stole lorry in Swindon’

Man in his 50s is shot in the leg by police after ‘armed robber stole lorry in Swindon’ Lorry was stolen at gunpoint in Westlea, Swindon, just after 5pm on Tuesday Police stopped the lorry nearby and a man in his 50s was shot in the leg  He was airlifted to hospital and police say … Read more

Police at violent George Floyd protests are armed military gear from the Department of Defense 

Thousands of Americans who hit the streets to protest the death of George Floyd may have come face-to-face with law enforcement who look more like the armed forces than local police. The scene is a result of the US Department of Defense’s 1033 program that provides officers with hand-me-down equipment from military groups – for … Read more

Armed vigilante tries to stop a bank robbery in Santa Monica

Shocking pictures have emerged of an armed vigilante attempting to stop a bank robbery in Santa Monica during widespread violence and chaos this weekend.  It came as protesters in California, New York and Washington DC have confronted and stopped looters from ransacking stores during protests demanding justice for the killing of black man George Floyd.  As … Read more

Armed police with machine guns and dogs raid house to arrest suspects in machete gang

Police armed with machine guns raid house in Kidderminster to arrest ‘machete gang’ spotted in quiet street Four suspects were arrested by armed police in a raid on a machete gang One person was hospitalised after the operation on a street in Kidderminster  Group of men were seen on Harold Evers Way apparently wielding knives  … Read more

Dramatic moment armed man is arrested at dawn after holding a three-year old girl at knifepoint

Police and negotiators rescued a three-year-old from a man holding her at knifepoint in the early hours this morning.  Negotiations with the 32-year-old man, who was reported to have left a property in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, at around 4.20am with the girl and a kitchen knife, took place for a long time before police eventually managed … Read more

Armed police swoop on village after ‘tiger’ is spotted on loose… but turns out to be a sculpture

Not fur real: Armed police swoop on sleepy Kent village after a ‘tiger’ is spotted on the loose… but turns out to be a 20-year-old sculpture made by a local grandmother Sculpture mistaken for a tiger in woodland in Ightham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent Kent Police sent ten armed officers to cope with the perceived … Read more