Crisis talks in Northern Ireland after eight police officers were injured on sixth night of rioting

Violence flared up in Belfast again this evening as youths hurled petrol bombs at police officers in what has been described as the worst riots ‘in years’.  Police in Belfast faced a barrage of petrol bombs and rocks on Thursday, an AFP journalist said, as violence once again flared in Northern Ireland despite pleas for … Read more

Eight police officers are injured after they came under attack from rioting youths in Belfast

Eight police officers have been injured after they came under attack from youths throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks during a riot in a loyalist area of Belfast.  The behaviour, which followed four successive nights of disturbances in the unionist Waterside area of Londonderry, was branded ‘appalling’ by the city’s District Commander Chief Superintendent Simon Walls. The … Read more

Eight police officers are injured after they came under attack from rioting youths in Belfast

Eight police officers have been injured after they came under attack from youths throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks during a riot in a loyalist area of Belfast.  The behaviour, which followed four successive nights of disturbances in the unionist Waterside area of Londonderry, was branded ‘appalling’ by the city’s District Commander Chief Superintendent Simon Walls. The … Read more

Ex-army barracks building stands destroyed after rioting migrants torched it in row over conditions

An ex-army barracks building today stands destroyed after rioting migrants torched it in a row over conditions amid claims from a charity that staff abandoned the asylum seekers after the blaze.  Priti Patel strongly condemned the unrest at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, and police launched a probe after the disturbance. The riot reportedly broke … Read more

Ex-army barracks building stands destroyed after rioting migrants torched it in row over conditions

An ex-army barracks building today stands destroyed after rioting migrants torched it in a row over conditions amid claims from a charity that staff abandoned the asylum seekers after the blaze.  Priti Patel strongly condemned the unrest at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, and police launched a probe after the disturbance. The riot reportedly broke … Read more

Shops are boarded up in the Netherlands as they prepare for anti-lockdown rioting

The Dutch government vowed not to back down on its coronavirus curfew in the face of three nights of rioting by ‘scum’, ministers said. Police took to the streets of Dutch towns and cities in force on Tuesday night to try to prevent violent rioting that shook the country for three nights after a nationwide … Read more

Rioting erupts in French cities after police use tear gas and batons to break up crowds

Rioting erupted in major French cities including Paris on Saturday as thousands demonstrated against a new law making it illegal to film the police. The worst trouble was in the capital city, where officers tried to restore order using tear gas and batons. Fires were lit in Place de la Bastille – one of the … Read more

A model, an English professor’s daughter and a freelance art director arrested for rioting

The seven ‘comrades’ arrested for rioting after a New Afrikan Black Panther Party in New York City on Friday night live charmed lives and work, among other things, as models and art directors.  The NYPD tweeted the mugshots of the seven over the weekend and have since decried their actions as ‘the height of hypocrisy’.  … Read more

Rioting on the streets of Paris as health workers demand better pay and conditions

A march by French health workers calling for better pay and working conditions because of the Coronavirus crisis descended into street violence in Paris on Tuesday. Riot police used tear gas and baton charges as they fought with protesters by Les Invalides in the centre of the city on Tuesday afternoon. By 4pm there had … Read more

Sen Tom Cotton blasts NYT as it caves in over op-ed calling for troops to quash George Floyd rioting

Sen. Tom Scott questioned why the New York Times backpedaled on his recent op-ed calling for troops to be sent in to quash rioting seen in recent days connected to the George Floyd protests.   The paper posted a mea culpa yesterday over its decision to publish Cotton’s incendiary commentary calling for the use of military force … Read more