British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a “standing army” of specialist police will be set up to deal with rioting and the justice system will be ramped up to deal with hundreds of arrests after violent disorder rocked cities across the nation over the past week.
A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer's hand during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison.
He was arrested on Dec. 1, 2021 in Reno.
Police have declared a riot in Portland amid ongoing protests over racial injustice.
Authorities in Portland, Oregon, again declared a riot Sunday night after protesters marched to union building, blocked the road and set dumpster fires.
Images of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler getting tear-gassed alongside protesters made him an overnight standard-bearer for the movement against President Donald Trump’s use of federal agents to quell violence in U.S. cities.
The Justice Department inspector general says it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who responded to unrest in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.
Police in riot gear have cleared a month-long encampment of protesters and homeless people from a park near New York’s City Hall.
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