Maxine Waters, 82, is facing an intense amount of backlash for her Saturday comments calling for rioters to engage in ‘more confrontation’ as they await the ruling against Derek Chauvin. ‘We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational,’ Waters demanded of rioters as … Read more
Forty years ago, against a backdrop of recession, socio-economic plight and race-related tension, rioting broke out in Brixton. Across three days rioters – angered by the use of controversial police stop-and-search powers which they claimed had been used to unfairly target black youths – battled against thousands of Met officers as buildings burned around them. … Read more
Forty years ago, against a backdrop of recession, socio-economic plight and race-related tension, rioting broke out in Brixton. Across three days rioters – angered by the use of controversial police stop-and-search powers which they claimed had been used to unfairly target black youths – battled against thousands of Met officers as buildings burned around them. … Read more
No, it is not the return of The Troubles, nor anything like it. But still, it brings back dreadful memories to see the rioting that for weeks has plagued Northern Ireland and has now spread to the ‘Peace Wall’ in West Belfast: the point which marks a physical separation of largely (Protestant) Loyalist communities from … Read more
No, it is not the return of The Troubles, nor anything like it. But still, it brings back dreadful memories to see the rioting that for weeks has plagued Northern Ireland and has now spread to the ‘Peace Wall’ in West Belfast: the point which marks a physical separation of largely (Protestant) Loyalist communities from … Read more
Two men charged in connection with riots in Northern Ireland were today denied bail on grounds that they could re-offend – as police were pelted with stones and missiles on an eighth night of violence. Matthew Shaw, 32, and Jonathan Maitland, 25, both from Belfast, appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court, having been arrested following the … Read more
Two men charged in connection with riots in Northern Ireland were today denied bail on grounds that they could re-offend – as police were pelted with stones and missiles on an eighth night of violence. Matthew Shaw, 32, and Jonathan Maitland, 25, both from Belfast, appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court, having been arrested following the … Read more
A rapping alleged jihadist claimed the Prime Minister’s ‘treachery, stupidity and deceit’ would lead to riots and the fall of the West, the old Bailey heard today. Sahayb Abu bought an 18 inch gladiator-style sword, a combat vest, two balaclavas, fingerless gloves and a combat hat, jurors heard. The 27-year-old from Dagenham, East London, researched the … Read more
A rapping alleged jihadist claimed the Prime Minister’s ‘treachery, stupidity and deceit’ would lead to riots and the fall of the West, the old Bailey heard today. Sahayb Abu bought an 18 inch gladiator-style sword, a combat vest, two balaclavas, fingerless gloves and a combat hat, jurors heard. The 27-year-old from Dagenham, East London, researched the … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the US Capitol on January 6. While Trump’s acquittal is expected, all 100 senators will first have to sit at their desks … Read more