(2024-08-09). Newly released video shows chaos and confusion after Trump assassination attempt. whyy.org Newly released body camera video reveals the chaotic law enforcement response to the The footage obtained by NPR shows what was seen by the local officer who encountered the gunman moments before the shooter opened fire at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. | The video shows the officer's point of view as he runs toward the building where the gunman had taken position on the roof. A fellow officer hoists him up, and the officer peeks over the roof. | The encounter last…
(2024-08-09). Mainstream Media's Leading Warmonger: NYT Columnist Bret Stephens. counterpunch.org 
(2024-08-09). "Tear Gas Tim" – Tim Walz's executive orders to repress the George Floyd Uprising. indybay.org
(2024-08-09). New York police arrest journalist on "hate crime" charges for filming anti-genocide protest. wsws.org The NYPD has arrested videographer Samuel Seligson on trumped charges of hate crimes for filming the graffitiing of the homes of pro-genocide members of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Museum.
(2024-08-09). Journalist Faces Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Filming Gaza Protest Action. truthout.org Press freedom groups are raising alarm after New York police arrested and charged videographer Samuel Seligson for allegedly filming pro-Palestinian activists hurling red paint at the homes of top officials of the Brooklyn Museum, part of a campaign by activists demanding the institution divest from Israel. Seligson faces eight counts of criminal mischief with a hate crime enhancement… |
(2024-08-09). Hadera police chief, under investigation for assault, also suspected of obstructing probe. haaretz.com Justice Ministry investigators say Chief Superintendent Amit Pollak, who was questioned this week for violent arrest of elderly protesters outside Netanyahu's home in April, also lied about a broken cellpone…
(2024-08-09). 'What's Good For The Goose…'. popularresistance.org The head of the government said, 'This is violence, it is not protest'(1) and signaled that he had lost patience with "the far-right thugs" who caused civil unrest around the country. He said they were not peaceful protesters but demonstrating pure violence…and that they would have a standing army of specialist public duty officers…to deal with this where we need them.(2) | Furthermore, the government leader said they would "ramp up criminal justice. There have already been hundreds of arrests, some have appeared in court this morning…I have asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identific…
(2024-08-09). Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest. scheerpost.com 
NYPD in riot gear. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Anthony Quintano on June 7, 2020. | By Brett Wilkins / Climate campaigners expressed incredulous outrage Thursday following the arrest of a 63-year-old
(2024-08-09). Trump and Harris agree on debate showdown in September. geo.tv 
A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. — Reuters
(2024-08-09). NYPD arrests cello-playing grandfather at Citibank climate protest, igniting outrage over targeting of activists. nationofchange.org Rozendaal, a grandfather and long-time member of Extinction Rebellion, was performing Bach's "Suites for Cello" outside Citibank's headquarters in Lower Manhattan as part of a broader "Summer of Heat on Wall Street" campaign.
(2024-08-09). Nigerian security forces attack, arrest journalists covering protests. premiumtimesng.com
Download the version in color. Download the black & white version. The world responds WWP Tribute to Dr. Ismail Haniyeh Protests blast Israel's assassination attacks Iran plans strikes on Israel In D.C. and countrywide: Protests demand Netanyahu's arrest Boston protest: 'Netanyahu is not welcome anywhere!' Editorial Congress welcomes Israeli war . . . | 
Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, MO who is a member of the "Squad" and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women's rights, healthcare, housing—and Palestine, just lost her primary because pro-Israel lobby groups flooded the race with outside funding. Her loss is a tremendous blow to 
Old audio of Trump praising Tim Walz's handling of George Floyd protests undermines GOP attacks claiming Minnesota's governor "let rioters burn Minneapolis."
A 22-year-old activist has been convicted of condoning a crime for chanting the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" at a rally in the German capital Berlin, in a move her defence team slammed as a suppression of free speech. | Ava Moayeri, a German-Iranian national, was arrested just days after Israel's war on Gaza began on 7 October after she was accused of "condoning the assault by Hamas" when she recited the chant on an 11 October protest near the Sonnenallee boulevard in the Neukà∂lln district, which the activist co-organised. | Before the trial started, Moayeri said in a statem…
Police trying to handle the situation in Great Britain. —ReutersStarmer holds emergency meeting with ministers, police chiefs."Our first duty is to ensure our communities are safe," he says. UK prime minister says more than 400 people had been arrested.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is facing criticism for using an ad featuring an altered picture of US Representative Cori Bush of Missouri which some have described as racist. | The picture in question that was sent out to constituents shows Bush, a Black woman, with a jaw and forehead that are clearly elongated from the original, prompting questions over the motivations behind the move. | Bush's campaign has responded to the controversy, saying in a public statement, "it is shameful that in 2024 our communities are still being targeted with such blatant racism from political campaigns, l…
People protesting outside Abdullah Quilliam mosque in Liverpool. — ReutersMore violence feared after misinformation on killings.Extra police, intelligence and prosecutors deployed.17-year-old boy charged with murder of three girls.