Ellen Greenberg was a 27-year-old elementary school teacher living in Philadelphia, PA with her fiancé Sam Goldberg, a producer for NBC. On January 26, 2011 Ellen left her job early due to heavy snow hitting the area. She returned to her apartment and was with Sam Goldberg until 4:45pm when he left to go to…
Sicily Hunston, 20, bit one policeman on the arm and hurled foul mouthed abuse at his three colleagues during a drink-fuelled fit of rage in Wythenshawe, Manchester A drunk woman who shouted ‘black lives matter’ before biting and racially abusing police during a violent struggle claimed she was ‘antagonised’ by an officer saying ‘all lives…
In November, Heather Campbell was sworn in as a citizen-appointed member of the Calgary Police Commission. While the professional engineer with TC Energy has a long resume that includes a Master of Laws and extensive volunteering, she says this latest role with the police commission sparked when she was just 15 years old. Read more:…
Saturday marks eight months since a rally organized by the London, Ont., chapter of Black Lives Matter drew 10,000 people to the city’s downtown, but how have the calls to defund police that were issued at the rally been answered in the time since? While some changes have been implemented by policy-makers, the group’s lead…
Denzel Washington says he has the ‘utmost respect’ for police and that he doesn’t agree with those who criticize them because anti-cop protesters wouldn’t even have ‘the freedom to complain’ if it weren’t for officers. The Academy Award-winning actor’s defense of officers follows calls to defund police over the last year in the wake of the Black Lives…
Black Lives Matter protesters overturned the barricades surrounding a Rochester, New York police station on Monday night as they demonstrated against the actions of police officers who pepper sprayed a nine-year-old girl while they arrested her. The barricades came down as it was announced the officers involved in the incident on Friday, have been suspended….
Metropolitan Police will record the ethnicity of people pulled over in cars under a six-month pilot scheme following criticism over the force’s stop-and-search methods in capital. Sadiq Khan said the plan would address ‘concerns about racial profiling and disproportionality’ in London which were brought to light during the Black Lives Matter movement last summer. Team GB…
The daughter of a black couple who claimed they were racially profiled after officers stopped them for ‘driving a vehicle on a road’ said Suffolk Police have been ‘cleared of any wrongdoing’. Ingrid Antoine-Oniyoke, 47, and her 50-year-old husband Falil Oniyoke were stopped near their home in Ipswich in June last year because one…
COVID-19 forced the Calgary Police Service to adapt its delivery of services in 2020 and created challenges never seen before when it came to enforcement, keeping staff safe and balancing the budget. Along with dealing with the pandemic, the public perception of the CPS and its forces was pushed to the forefront in light of…
Peaceful demonstrators for racial justice were tear-gassed in Lafayette Square last June so U.S. President Donald Trump could take photos at a nearby church in Washington, D.C. Seven months later, a mob inspired by the president’s baseless conspiracy theories smashed through the doors of the U.S. Capitol, pushed past security and ran amok inside the…
Jacob Blake’s family have said they will continue to fight for justice as peaceful protesters gathered in Kenosha Tuesday night after the District Attorney refused to prosecute the white cop who shot the black man seven times in front of his kids. Justin Blake, the 29-year-old’s uncle, slammed the decision not to file charges against…
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to all charges. A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha, concluding he couldn’t disprove the officer’s contention that he acted in self-defence because he feared the…
Swansea and South Wales Police work together to stop third anti-BLM protest before match with Watford after supporters outside booed players taking the knee in last two Championship matches A group of Swansea fans booed players taking the knee in their last two games The fans booed outside the Liberty Stadium for the Reading and…
Regina’s newly-appointed Board of Police Commissioners officially began their term Friday. In September, Regina city council voted to expand the civilian presence on the board from two to four. Over the next 12 months, returning civilian commissioner Jada Yee will be joined by Colina Paul, Yashu Bither and Juliet Bushi, as well as the mayor…
Radio journalist is among four BLM activists charged with firebombing police vehicles in Arkansas – as it’s revealed she wrote about ‘white supremacists try to re-brand themselves’ Four suspects, including a far-left journalist, from Little Rock, Arkansas have been taken into custody and charged by federal authorities They are charged in connection to coordinated firebombings…
