Newport Beach, Calif., police made sure City Hall was closed down on Wednesday in case a riot broke out at a planned George Floyd protest, but they might have forgotten something: where would traffic go? We know where one driver is going: to jail. Car careens through protestors in Newport Beach #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #NewportBeach @fox11news
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Dozens of people were arrested this week for rioting and looting in St. Louis during demonstrations that started as protests of the police killing of George Floyd — and all of them have been released, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt criticized the release of 36 people who were arrested. “In
A horde of celebrities have signed an open letter calling for state and local governments to cut police budgets and reallocate the funds to necessary areas to benefit the black community. The open letter is to supplement a petition of the same type from The Movement for Black Lives. The Movement for Black Lives is
President Donald Trump has accused another platform of rigging the election by deboosting his content from youth. Snapchat will no longer allow Trump’s verified Snapchat account to be promoted on its platform. This decision came “after executives concluded that his tweets over the weekend promoted violence, the company said today,” The Verge reported in a
What CNN host Chris Cuomo lacks in brains he makes up in passion and enthusiasm. And on Tuesday night, the host of “Cuomo Prime Time” was passionately and enthusiastically flat wrong – and worse, dangerous. The CNN host encouraged violence – rioters, looters, killers – by encouraging more of the violent protests. Really. First off,
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday night that the Republican Party will no longer host the 2020 Republican National Convention in North Carolina as was previously planned, but instead will be seeking other locations to host. The president blamed Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the change in plans, saying that the governor is still
An alleged looter bragged about his ill-gotten haul on social media — but it’s apparent he didn’t get away with what he might have thought. What are the details? The suspect, apparently based near Santa Monica, California, shared a video on Twitter featuring boxes upon boxes of stolen merchandise. Twitter user Santa Monica Problems tweeted
The big three networks continued to gaslight Americans by insisting that protests and riots across the country were “mostly peaceful” while cities burn, policemen are attacked and both officers and bystanders are assaulted and in some cases, murdered. Another one of these tragic cases happened Tuesday as 77-year-old retired police captain David Dorn was murdered
Britain’s former colony of Hong Kong is under threat from China and the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming to their assistance. China is threatening to blatantly violate the agreement signed with Great Britain in 1997 that gave Beijing possession of the island. In that deal, China agreed to maintain a certain autonomy
A retired black police captain was murdered by looters outside a pawn shop in St. Louis in the early morning hours on Tuesday, when he went to check on the business as violent protests in the city and across the U.S. continue to rage following the death of George Floyd. What are the details? David
The scientist architect behind the lockdown policy to stop the spread of coronavirus admitted that Sweden, which rejected the lockdown model, had similar results to those nations with lockdowns. Imperial College London scientist Neil Ferguson made the startling comments in his first public address since he was caught violating his own social distancing guidelines in
Volatile San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich unleashed a torrent of hatred for President Donald Trump during a Sunday night phone call to Dave Zirin, sports editor and resident communist for The Nation magazine. The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports and Boston Globe, among others, jumped all over this golden opportunity to join in the roasting
President Donald Trump signed an executive order championing religious freedom on Tuesday, commemorating the anniversary of Pope Saint John Paul II’s historic journey back to Poland, which sparked the freedom movement that toppled the Soviet Union. Trump’s executive order directs $50 million to advance religious freedom outside the U.S. and allows the U.S. Treasury to
National Guard troops were deployed to stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, to prevent further vandalism of the site after it was defaced with graffiti by activists over the weekend. President Donald Trump called in troops to assist in securing the capital as ongoing protests over the death of George
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California accused President Donald Trump of using the words of a dictator in a statement he made about combatting the riots gripping the nation. She made the comments while calling in on CNN. “These are not the words of a president, these are the words of a dictator,” she said.
As NewsBusters has extensively documented, CNN host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo has an affinity for the left-wing terrorist group Antifa; claiming they had a “good cause” and “morality” on their side. So, it came as no surprise when, on Tuesday’s Cuomo PrimeTime, he emphatically argued that protests were under no obligation to be peaceful. Cuomo kicked
Riot-torn Philadelphia contributed two nominees to 2020’s Darwin Award list on Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, looters decided to raid a South Philly gun store. Amazingly, it turns out if you and your buddies plan to ‘jack a gun store, a person with a gun might be there to stop you. Such was the case in
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she has lifted the state’s stay-at-home order allowing many retailers to reopen Thursday and bars and restaurants to reopen to 50% capacity on June 8. The move, which also eases limits on the number of people permitted to gather outside, comes as protests over George Floyd’s death
So we pretty much all got an eyeful of President Donald Trump holding aloft a Bible in front of St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C., on Monday — and we pretty much all know the image enraged Episcopal Diocese of Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images “Let me be
It’s not surprising that the president’s invocation of God during violent protests in D.C. on June 1 didn’t fly with the Hollywood left. The Christian faith is an obvious impediment to their progressive ambitions.Trump’s walk to St. John’s Church and subsequent raising of the Bible amid nationwide riots as leftists raged near the White House,
The People’s Republic of China — notorious for placing Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps and imposing extra coronavirus lockdowns on black people — is accusing the United States of America of “chronic” racism. The regime that put down the Tiananmen Square protests with tanks in 1989 is condemning the U.S. for “police violence.” The Chinese
By now, many of you have seen Tucker Carlson’s monologue from last night, which was probably his harshest criticism of Trump’s leadership to date. A Twitter post containing the majority of the monologue has more than 5,000 retweets and 12,000 likes as of the time of this writing. Clearly, Carlson — who is normally a
Cellphone video caught the moment a vehicle sped through a Bronx intersection and slammed into a New York City police officer, launching him into a midair spin and into another vehicle amid continued rioting early Tuesday morning. Content warning: Language and racial slurs: What are the details? Officers were responding to a report of about
The Hollywood left is so serious about protesting police that some of them are putting their bodies on the line to do so. To combat “racism” and “police brutality” famous faces like supermodel Emily Ratajkowski, actress Anna Kendrick, MJ’s daughter Paris Jackson, singer Halsey and others joined raucous L.A. protests that broke out in the
The Taliban signed a preliminary peace agreement with the U.S., promising to break ties with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. It’s the one element of the deal that Trump and previous administration insisted upon. But according to a new study by the UN, the Taliban is honoring that promise in the breach. NBCNews: Relations between the Taliban,
Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad, who was already under fire for his department’s handling of the investigation into the shooting of Breonna Taylor, was relieved of duty today by Louisville mayor Greg Fischer, less than one month before he was scheduled to retire. The final straw for Conrad appears to have been the revelation that,
Two officers were struck by a vehicle as a group of law enforcement officials were responding to protests over the death of George Floyd in Buffalo, New York. Startling video of the heinous incident was caught on video and circulated widely on social media on Monday. The officers can be seen running to get away
On May 29, Hulu premiered its second season of Ramy, a show about a Muslim-American man living in New Jersey. While the first season tried to showcase the complexities of an Egyptian-American immigrant family, the second season went full raging leftist, calling the U.S. army “the world’s most corrupt army” and the United States a
I don’t know about you, but I’m looking for signs of genuine leadership at the state and local level. Someone who will step up and stare down the criminals eyeball to eyeball, make arrests, clean up the streets, and protect lives and property. America needs leaders. But America is being torn apart. Of course, it
The sheriff of Polk County, Florida, issued a stern warning to anyone who might consider using the George Floyd protests for cover to attack residents on Monday night, telling criminals outright that the citizens of Polk County are well armed and will “be in their homes tonight with their guns loaded.” What are the details?