Tag: police

What Happened to Holly Bartlett? | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, Ireland, Canada, and Australia because of territorial licensing. Police quickly ruled Holly’s death accidental. Now almost a decade later, investigators return to her story, reviewing old evidence and uncovering new. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


Chinese Police Reportedly Lock Down Tourists in Airport With Machine Guns Amid Snap Shut in Yunnan Province

Footage of Chinese police holding machine guns at the airport of Xishuangbanna (Banna) prefecture to stop tourists from boarding their planes has gone viral in China and overseas. Tourists were trapped in the airport after the local authorities of Banna suddenly locked down the city of Jinghong on Oct. 4. They chanted “We want to…


Iranian Police Deploy at Universities as Unrest Over Mahsa Amini’s Death Churns On

DUBAI—Iranian security forces deployed at universities in several cities on Wednesday, witnesses said, stepping up efforts to quell more than two weeks of protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police. The nationwide unrest sparked by her death has spiralled into the biggest challenge to Iran’s clerical leaders…


Violent Crime Is Now a National Epidemic—Who Should We Blame?

Commentary Tens of millions of Americans are pessimistic about the state of the country. Not just Republicans, but Democrats, too. Besides the worrying state of the economy, many U.S. citizens are understandably concerned by the rise in violent crime, a coast-to-coast phenomenon that appears to be worsening. A Gallup report, published earlier this year, outlined the many…


Man Who Stabbed UK Social Worker Kept Children Indoors for a Year Because of COVID-19 Fears

LONDON—A father who claimed he was trying to protect his family when he stabbed a social worker who was conducting welfare checks at his home, has admitted to a jury he had kept his three children indoors for “over a year” because of his fears of COVID-19. Sulai Man, 34, denies attempting to murder Themba Nkomo,…


Iran’s Khamenei Backs Police Over Mahsa Amini Protests, May Signal Tougher Crackdown

DUBAI—Iran’s supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, comments that could herald a harsher crackdown to quell unrest more than two weeks since she died. In his first remarks addressing the 22-year-old’s death after her arrest by morality police over…


Major Police Operation in Newport Beach Leads to Arrest of Carjacking Suspect: IN PHOTOS

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—A man was arrested on the evening of Oct. 4 after barricading himself in a home in the aftermath of two carjacking incidents. Police said the first carjacking happened shortly after 4 p.m. at the upscale outdoor mall Fashion Island. The suspect later “ditched” the car and grabbed another vehicle, leading police in…


MPs Call for Tight Federal Restriction on Use of Facial Recognition Technology

A House of Commons committee is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by federal police and Canadian businesses unless there is court authorization or input from the privacy watchdog. In a report tabled today, the committee on access to information, privacy and ethics also urges the government to develop a…


UK Police Force Apologises for Warning Public Not to Misgender Convicted Paedophile

An English police force has apologised for telling people not to make “hateful comments” about a transgender sex offender’s gender identity after the home secretary told them to “focus on catching criminals not policing pronouns.” On Tuesday, Sussex Police posted on Twitter a news piece with the headline “Woman convicted of historic offences against children in…


Man Shot, Officer Injured in Chicago Police Facility Incident

CHICAGO—A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police facility Monday while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise and grabbed at least two guns before he was shot and wounded by police, the chief said. Police Superintendent David Brown said the suspect was taken to the hospital with injuries…