In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File On Face the Nation, the Michigan Secretary of State said officials are concerned about violence during the midterms. Sec. Jocelyn Benson said "the ongoing spread of misinformation" fuels the potential for violence. Sec. Benson added that […]
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Biden lambastes ‘MAGA Republicans’ in rare prime time attack just 2 months before the midterms: ‘There is no place for political violence in America’
President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a speech on the "battle for the soul of the nation." The president assailed "MAGA Republicans," who he said are determined to take the country backwards. "For a long time, we've reassured ourselves […]
‘More to come!’ Ex-Trump supporter warns violence in US to continue after deadly protests
Mr Walsh, who ran against Trump in the 2020 presidential race and used to support the outgoing President ahead of his election in 2016, told ITV Good Morning Britain he “wept” as he watched the US Capitol Building being stormed by Trump supporters. He warned “more violence” may be coming unless Donald Trump stopped inciting […]
Chicago P.D.’s Marina Squerciati Talks Burgess Twist, Harrowing Fight Scene and the ‘Violence of Emotion’ to Come
RELATED STORIES Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday’s Chicago P.D. Proceed at your own risk! On Wednesday’s Chicago P.D., Burgess’ pregnancy took a tragic twist when she lost the baby following a brutal beating from a sex trafficking ringleader. After tracking one of the underage victims to a motel, Burgess called for backup — […]
Trump sent 80 US troops to Gabon over possible violence in DR Congo
Citing the possibility of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, US president Donald Trump has deployed 80 troops with “appropriate equipment” and aircraft to the nearby Gabon, he informed Congress in a letter. The first members of this US contingent arrived in Libreville, Gabon on January 2, Trump said in a letter sent […]
Washington will be the fifth state to ban assault riles for buyers under 21 after gun violence killed 14,577 people in 2018
Elaine Thompson/AP Washington state has now banned anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle, effective Wednesday. The new measures come as 14,577 were killed from gun-related violence in the US in 2018, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive. A spokesperson at the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility called the new law […]
Images of students’ arrests ‘shocking’, France in ‘exceptional violence’ – education minister
French education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer admitted that the images of students on their knees, while being arrested by baton-wielding officers are “shocking.” The controversial video from Mantes-la-Jolie released late Thursday has been a hot topic of discussion on social media. Depicting rows of education reform protesters on their knees, hands on heads, with helmeted police […]
‘Stop killing women’: Israeli cities grind to a halt as thousands demand end to domestic violence
Highways and intersections across Israel came to a standstill on Tuesday as thousands of women blocked the streets, some lying in fake blood, to demand the government takes action to end the growing violence against women. The strike began in Tel Aviv at 9.30AM, as women targeted a major interchange, causing hours worth of delays […]
The Summer Boston Roiled with Racial Tension … and Mob Violence
In the summer of 1974, South Boston began its ride toward becoming a war zone. In 1974, Federal District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled that the Boston School Committee had deliberately segregated the city’s schools, creating one system for Blacks and another for Whites — separate, unequal and unconstitutional. And there was hardly a […]
US Domestic Violence Murder Rate Rises
A week ago Tuesday, on the second day of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, President Donald Trump told the press gathered on the White House lawn, “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of. This is a very difficult time.” […]