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A Navy veteran has been sentenced to four additional years in prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced. Virginia resident Hatchet Speed was sentenced on May 8 in the District of Columbia by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee. The 42-year-old was convicted on misdemeanor charges for obstruction of […]

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QUITO—Thirteen prisoners were killed at a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo on Monday, Ecuador’s prison agency said, the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country. The government of President Guillermo Lasso attributes prison violence to fights between gangs over control of territory and drug trafficking routes. Last year, 316 […]

We revisit the ideologies behind the 2020 riots. Will the summer of violence return in the near future? I discuss this with Dr. Douglas Groothuis at the Western Conservative Summit. China’s COVID-19 theatrics continue, as Shanghai’s so-called reopening met with roadblocks and even more problems. Seniors are barred from restrooms, and people can’t leave their […]

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday quashed attempts by the city’s government to prosecute people for rioting or “illegal assembly” even without being present at the scene. A ruling lawyer described it as a landmark decision. The five-judge panel in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, headed by Chief Justice Andrew Cheung, unanimously rejected […]

As a group of about 100 anarchists raged through a Portland neighborhood on Oct. 12, police reportedly remained in their vehicles. Some say their inaction is a direct result of confusion over an Oregon police-reform law passed last summer, which restricts how they can respond to such crowds. In less than two hours, the group […]

Members of Congress who have been pressing federal law enforcement officials unsuccessfully for months about the conditions and treatment of hundreds of Jan. 6 Capitol riot detainees will take their case to the doors of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday. They also want to know why federal law enforcement authorities were warned weeks […]

QUITO, Ecuador—Rival gangs of inmates fought in two prisons in Ecuador, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 80, authorities said Thursday. Violence broke out on Wednesday in the main prison in the city of Guayaquil as well as the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador, according to prison authorities. Nine police officers and 70 […]

Five people were arrested overnight in Portland, Oregon after a riot broke out on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

Over half of the people charged by federal prosecutors for allegedly committing crimes during rioting in Portland in 2020 have seen their charges dropped.

Is France facing a surge of violent acts? Many in France are asking—following the recent deaths of 2 police officers, and big-city riots increasing in frequency and severity.

Criticism pours in over controversial remarks made by Congresswoman Maxine Waters at the Minnesota protests over the weekend. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he will take action against Waters for inciting violence. And he’s not the only one.

Demonstrations took place in a slew of major U.S. cities on Friday night, with some devolving into riots, in the wake of several deadly police shootings. In Brooklyn Center, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot on April 11 after resisting arrest, a peaceful march swelled in size after returning to the police headquarters, and […]

Twenty officers were injured in a Bristol riot. Police say the protest was hijacked. Some Tory Members of Parliament are urging the government not to extend emergency lockdown laws. The UK set a new daily vaccine record over the weekend.

A U.S. Capitol riot suspect was arrested by the FBI at John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday after being deported from Kenya, the BBC reported. Issac Sturgeon, 32, of Montana has been charged with seven counts including obstruction of justice, engaging in physical violence, and assaulting police officers, KTVQ reported. Sturgeon had been staying in […]

Jury selection is starting Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd

Two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees were actually placed the night before, federal officials said Friday