Myanmar coup: Plumes of smoke rise over Yangon as security forces fire on unarmed protesters

Plumes of smoke rose over Myanmar’s largest city today as security forces fired on unarmed protesters to bring the death toll to more than 200. Terrified residents have fled the industrial neighbourhood in Yangon that has been turned into a battle zone, with burning barricades billowing in the streets and bullets whizzing over them. Hardline … Read more

Bodycam footage shows Ohio cop shooting dead unarmed black man holding cellphone in friend’s garage

Body camera footage released Wednesday shows Andre Hill, a 47-year-old black man, emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer. About six seconds pass between the time Hill is visible in the video and when the officer fires his … Read more

Hysterical Cardi B screams at cops to release her ‘unarmed’ husband Offset

Cardi B had to be physically restrained on Saturday as she pleaded with police in Beverly Hills to release her rapper husband Offset, who had been detained on suspicion of waving a gun at Trump supporters. ‘That’s my husband! Why are you pointing a gun at him?’ she yelled, as she was held back by … Read more

White police officer shoots unarmed black father in the back seven times in front of his children

An unarmed black man was yesterday shot in the back seven times by a white police officer in front of his children after Wisconsin police were called to a domestic dispute. Rioting and protests erupted in the wake of the shooting as the County of Kenosha declared a state of emergency, and a curfew has … Read more