The former mayor of a Welsh town has claimed he was hacked after a shocking post comparing black protesters to monkeys appeared on his Facebook page. Councillor Peter Kraus claimed he only found out about the contentious post when he was contacted by the Pembroke Dock Town Council clerk on Monday, amid outrage and accusations of racism. … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan predicts facemasks will become the ‘new normal’ for a YEAR as he makes them compulsory on the capital’s transport network Protective face coverings are compulsory on all public transport from Monday Free masks were handed out in their thousands on buses and trains in England 3,000 more police took to the … Read more
The Mayor of Liverpool has slapped down calls to change the street name Penny Lane after allegations resurfaced that it is linked to an 18th Century slave ship owner. Joe Anderson said there is no evidence to support the claim that the south Liverpool road – made famous by The Beatles’ song of the same name … Read more
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been booed out of a Black Lives Matter demonstration after refusing to defund the city’s police department – as Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for it to be disbanded. Frey on Saturday proved to be at odds with activists fighting police brutality just two days after he sobbed uncontrollably at the … Read more
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has said the 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by two cops on Thursday was an ‘agitator’ who tried to work up the crowd and had been asked to leave the area ‘numerous’ times. Brown addressed the incident in a press conference on Friday after 57 officers on the … Read more
Jaime King was spotted for the first time on Friday since being arrested for protesting outside LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home in Hancock Park on June 2. The 41-year-old actress kept her blonde hair concealed beneath a bright red beanie as she enjoyed a gloomy afternoon walk around her neighborhood. King had originally informed the … Read more
Dozens of protesters were arrested across New York City on Thursday night after thousands remained on the streets and continued marching past the 8pm curfew for a fourth night in a row. NYPD officers were out in full force following a day of George Floyd demonstrations that continued well into the night in Manhattan, Brooklyn … Read more
Liverpool’s deputy mayor has ‘voluntarily and temporarily’ stepped down from her role after she appeared to break lockdown rules hosting a garden party for her 50th birthday. More than 12 guests were filmed in Cllr Lynnie Hinnigan’s back garden earlier this month when stricter lockdown rules still applied. But Cllr Hinnigan, who has quit pending … Read more
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city’s 3rd Police Precinct was ordered to be evacuated late Thursday to avoid ‘hand-to-hand combat’ with rioters who later stormed the building and set it on fire. In an interview with WCCO Friday, Frey claimed that he and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo also believed that vacating the building would ‘deescalate … Read more
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Friday admitted an ‘abject failure’ by law enforcement in trying to control crowds of rioters who took over Minneapolis on Thursday night, torching buildings and overrunning a police station, as a city-wide curfew was declared between the hours of 8pm and 6am. Protesters have been running rampant in Minneapolis now … Read more