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A violent anti-government protest in Hong Kong in 2020 turned deadly, leaving a police officer with long-term injuries. During the protest, 300 mostly black-clad demonstrators gathered in Causeway Bay, with some setting up roadblocks and chanting political slogans. Wong Kwan-wa, a 26-year-old former civil engineer, pleaded guilty to rioting and
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The Nigeria Police Force has clarified a statement by its spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, regarding a viral video showing two civilians attempting to disarm a uniformed policeman in Lagos State. Adejobi condemned the video, stating that assaulting a police officer in uniform is tantamount to disrespecting the Nigeria Police Force
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Two men, Shawn Patrick Humphrey and Adam Drew Humphrey, have been sentenced to prison for their roles in an August 2020 incident in Saline County that left a Salina police officer injured. The incident occurred during an attempted traffic stop near Salina, where one police officer was shot and injured,
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A 42-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly causing intentional head injuries to himself during his arrest and subsequent hospital stay. Gerald Hotchkiss was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault by prisoner, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct, after he intentionally banged his head against a rock, slammed it into a
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Violent clashes broke out on Tuesday between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and police in Kolkata and Howrah during an agitation against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP workers were armed with bombs and guns, while the BJP leadership denied the allegations. The
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The Nigeria Police Force has taken a firm stance against misconduct by dismissing one of its officers, Opeyemi Kadiri, for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault. On August 3, Kadiri, a corporal attached to the Dolphin Divisional Headquarters in Lagos, was captured on a viral video searching a
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Jack Bennett, an 18-year-old man allegedly assaulted by two off-duty Merseyside Police officers in 2020, has taken the stand to recount the traumatic events. According to Bennett's testimony, the incident occurred in a Liverpool bar on July 28, 2020, when a group of off-duty police officers, including PCs
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A violent confrontation between two families on Saturday evening at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, resulted in a series of arrests and charges. Kenneth D. Tabor, a 32-year-old man from Chicago, faces a range of charges, including aggravated battery to a peace officer, battery, and resisting a peace
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In a dramatic turn of events, a senior police officer allegedly assaulted and threatened a human rights activist and a relative of a child who had been defiled at Baringo County Referral Hospital in Kabarnet. The case involved a Form Three girl who was allegedly defiled by a herder, and
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A 48-year-old former elementary school teacher, Michael Thomas Pruden, has been arrested and charged with assaulting men with pepper spray in Meridian Hill Park in Washington D.C. between 2018 and 2021. Pruden, who taught in the Prince George's County Public Schools system since 2014, allegedly impersonated a
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A man who works at a Nairobi bar returned a missing magazine with 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition, which had been reported lost after a bar fight over an unpaid bill. The magazine was found by the employee, Emmanuel Oyuka, in the compound of the bar and was immediately turned
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Nicholas Daniels, a Jacksonville, Florida, man, has been awarded $100,000 in a malicious prosecution lawsuit against Columbia police officers. The verdict, reached on June 9 in Boone County Circuit Court, found officer Clint Sinclair responsible for Daniels' malicious prosecution claim related to his arrest in 2013. Sinclair must
