The Mayor of Liverpool has slapped down calls to change the street name Penny Lane after allegations resurfaced that it is linked to an 18th Century slave ship owner. Joe Anderson said there is no evidence to support the claim that the south Liverpool road – made famous by The Beatles’ song of the same name … Read more
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been booed out of a Black Lives Matter demonstration after refusing to defund the city’s police department – as Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for it to be disbanded. Frey on Saturday proved to be at odds with activists fighting police brutality just two days after he sobbed uncontrollably at the … Read more
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been booed out of a Black Lives Matter demonstration after refusing to defund the city’s police department – as Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for it to be disbanded. Frey on Saturday proved to be at odds with activists fighting police brutality just two days after he sobbed uncontrollably at the … Read more
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has said the 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by two cops on Thursday was an ‘agitator’ who tried to work up the crowd and had been asked to leave the area ‘numerous’ times. Brown addressed the incident in a press conference on Friday after 57 officers on the … Read more
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has said the 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by two cops on Thursday was an ‘agitator’ who tried to work up the crowd and had been asked to leave the area ‘numerous’ times. Brown addressed the incident in a press conference on Friday after 57 officers on the … Read more
Dozens of protesters were arrested across New York City on Thursday night after thousands remained on the streets and continued marching past the 8pm curfew for a fourth night in a row. NYPD officers were out in full force following a day of George Floyd demonstrations that continued well into the night in Manhattan, Brooklyn … Read more
Liverpool’s deputy mayor has ‘voluntarily and temporarily’ stepped down from her role after she appeared to break lockdown rules hosting a garden party for her 50th birthday. More than 12 guests were filmed in Cllr Lynnie Hinnigan’s back garden earlier this month when stricter lockdown rules still applied. But Cllr Hinnigan, who has quit pending … Read more
The Mayor of Minneapolis says he believes George Floyd would still be alive today if he had been white as it’s revealed the 46-year-old black man was arrested, pinned to the ground, and ‘murdered’ by cops for allegedly trying to pay at a local deli with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd, a father of two, … Read more
The Mayor of Minneapolis says he believes George Floyd would still be alive today if he had been white as it’s revealed the 46-year-old black man was arrested, pinned to the ground, and ‘murdered’ by cops for allegedly trying to pay at a local deli with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd, a father of two, … Read more
Dead drunk: Mayor lies in a coffin and pretends to be a coronavirus victim to avoid arrest after breaking curfew rules to go drinking in Peru Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, mayor of a small town in southern Peru, accused of breaking coronavirus lockdown to go drinking with friends When police turned up he jumped into … Read more