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Seven injured in stabbing at Dutch asylum-seekers centre

A suspect has been arrested after seven people were injured in a stabbing incident at an asylum-seekers centre in the Netherlands.

USA

Black teenage girl shot dead by US police on day of Chauvin verdict

Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two people with a knife on Tuesday.

Albania

Five people injured in knife attack at a mosque in Tirana

Police have not disclosed any motive for the attack and are investigating.

USA

US protests over police shootings continue in Minneapolis and Chicago

Protesters gathered in the US following the release of recent police body camera footage showing two fatal police shootings of people of colour.

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USA

Video shows US teen, 13, wasn't holding gun when shot dead by police

Police in Chicago said Adam Toledo was holding a handgun when an officer shot him in the chest.

France

French MPs pass controversial law that restricts images of police

The bill will make it an offence to maliciously share images of French police online, where the officer can be identified.

USA

Defense expert says Floyd died from heart trouble, not restraint

Dr. David Fowler, a former Maryland chief medical examiner who is now with a consulting firm, also testified that he would classify the manner of death "undetermined."

USA

Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist

The charge against Kim Potter, a white former Brooklyn Center police Officer, was filed three days after Wright was killed during a traffic stop.

USA

Cop and police chief resign over Black motorist' death in Minneapolis

The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center.

USA

More clashes in Minnesota after police shoot, kill Black man

Hundreds of protesters faced off against police on Monday in the Minneapolis suburb where an officer fatally shot Daunte Wright.

USA

Protesters confront police near Minneapolis after black man shot

Protesters gathered outside a police station after the family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man said he was shot by police and later died.

United Kingdom

Police in London disperse churchgoers

Worshippers at a Good Friday service in London were told by police to leave or face fines over breach of Covid-19 regulations

United Kingdom

Policeman found guilty of belonging to neo-Nazi group National Action

The ideology of National Action was described in court as based on “Aryan purity” and a particular hatred of non-white groups, particularly Jews.

USA

Derek Chauvin: George Floyd murder trial hears from witnesses

George Floyd's death in May 2020 sparked protest across the US and a global reckoning on race.

United Kingdom

UK: 18 arrested in Manchester protest against policing bill

"Kill the Bill" protests denounce a contentious law currently making its way through Parliament which would grant law enforcement greater power to police or prevent protests.

United Kingdom

UK officers arrest 10 people at protest against new policing bill

The protest in Bristol was against a contentious bill currently making its way through parliament which would grant law enforcement greater power to police or prevent protests.

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Officers are back directing traffic at Rome piazza

The traffic cops, an institution in Rome that have been around for decades, have been unable to work on the pedestal for the last year while the entire square was being repaved.

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Police on the hunt for violators of anti-covid measures in Venezuela

Police on the hunt for violators of anti-covid measures in Venezuela

Climate

What could an anti-protest bill mean for climate activism?

The bill would mean police taking a more proactive approach to dealing with “highly disruptive” protests in the UK.

United Kingdom

Sarah Everard vigils held in UK intensify scrutiny into crime bill

The government has come under fire with its proposed crime bill which detractors say does little to tackle violence against women and girls as the country reels from the murder of Sarah Everard.