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No more ex-soldiers will be taken to court over 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings, Northern Ireland prosecutors announce PPS announced last year that a veteran, known as Soldier F, was to face charges Families of victims requested review into the decision but decision was upheld Thirteen civilians were killed and 15 were wounded on Bloody Sunday … Read more
Michelle Obama says she is ‘just devastated’ by the Kenosha shootings – of Jacob Blake and of protesters by teenage gunman – as she urges people to ‘keep using your bullhorns and ballots’ to bring about change Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was ‘exhausted and frustrated’ by the racial tensions in America She … Read more
New York City has had more shootings this year than in the whole of 2019, after another violent Saturday night tipped the scales, and seven shootings followed in the early hours of Sunday. There were a further 10 victims reported on Sunday — including two people hit during a party in East New York. The news capped … Read more
New York City has had more shootings this year than in the whole of 2019, after another violent Saturday night tipped the scales. A 24-year-old man walked bleeding into Lincoln Hospital in The Bronx on Saturday night, making the number of shootings this year rise to 777. Last year there were 776 recorded shootings, according … Read more
The rate of deadly shootings by police officers is 70 per cent lower when the chief of police in the area is black and not white, according to a shocking study. The study – which has not yet been published – analyzed data from 60 cities between 2015 and the first half of 2020. It also … Read more
Another two shootings have been reported inside Seattle’s ‘cop free’ autonomous zone, just a day after a 19-year-old man was killed and another was critically injured inside the protest area before angry crowds blocked police from getting in to help them. One person was taken to the hospital with injuries after the shooting on Sunday night … Read more
Canada police arrest suspected gunman ‘disguised as a cop’ after overnight manhunt following shootings with several victims Gabriel Wortman, 51, was arrested by police in Nova Scotia, Canada on Sunday Police said he is suspected of shootings in Portapique that resulted in several victims They have not said whether the victims are injured or dead Wortman … Read more