Election 2020: Countries warn citizens to avoid US as riots feared

Businesses are boarding up across New York City as special police units gear up to tackle looters and rioters and foreign countries are warning the few travelers who are not banned from entering the country to avoid it for fear of civil unrest after the election.    Dozens of retailers in Manhattan, including stores on Fifth … Read more

Selena Gomez dealt with ‘a bit of depression’ amid onset of coronavirus pandemic and shutdown

Selena Gomez says she dealt with ‘a bit of depression’ amid onset of coronavirus pandemic and shutdown Singer, 28, spoke on Instagram Live with Dr. Vivek Murthy Chat came to mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday  Gomez credited people around her and creative outlets as major help  Murthy served as Surgeon General from 2014 until … Read more

Derek Chauvin is released from prison after posting ‘non-cash’ $1million bond 

BREAKING: Derek Chauvin – the Minneapolis police officer charged with George Floyd’s murder – is released from prison after posting ‘non-cash’ $1 million bond By Karen Ruiz For Dailymail.com Published: 18:05 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 18:22 BST, 7 October 2020 The former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd has … Read more

British policeman, 43, faces disciplinary probe after branding George Floyd a ‘drug-crazed maniac’

A police officer is facing a disciplinary investigation after branding George Floyd a ‘drug-crazed maniac,’ and blasting Diversity’s Black Lives Matter-inspired dance routine on Britain’s Got Talent. PC Mark Gunn, a serving officer for 10 years at South Wales Police, made the controversial comments while discussing Diversity’s dance, which sparked around 24,500 complaints, on a … Read more

Justice Department brands NYC an ‘anarchist jurisdiction’ targeted for defunding 

The Justice Department declared New York City, Portland and Seattle as ‘anarchist jurisdictions that can have federal funding ripped away for failing to clamp down on violence according to its criteria.  It listed the three cities as among those ‘that have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable … Read more

QPR chief Les Ferdinand says taking the knee message has been ‘lost’

Les Ferdinand believes the meaning behind ‘taking a knee’ has been lost after QPR players shunned making the gesture at the weekend. QPR players did not take the knee before their 3-2 defeat by Coventry on Friday night, a sight that has become commonplace since the return of football as a gesture of support for … Read more

Trump says it was a ‘beautiful thing’ when MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi was struck by a rubber bullet

Trump says it was a ‘beautiful thing’ when MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi was struck by a rubber bullet during a George Floyd protest in Minnesota On May 30, reporter Ali Velshi was covering protest when he was injured by cops The MSNBC journalist was struck in the knee by a rubber bullet in Minneapolis   On … Read more

Support for Black Lives Matter has dropped among Americans since start of the unrest, new poll finds

Support for Black Lives Matter has dropped among Americans since unrest flared after George Floyd’s death, new poll finds New survey finds 55 per cent of Americans back Black Lives Matter  That number is down from 67 per cent who supported movement in June  Among African Americans, support for Black Lives Matter is unchanged Some … Read more

School under fire after teacher handed out cartoon which compares cops to KKK and slave owners

A school in Westchester has come under fire after a teacher handed out an image to students about the Black Lives Matter movement, comparing modern-day cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Westlake High School educator Christoper Moreno gave his 11th-graders a handout on September 8, on the first day of classes. The handout … Read more