A high school football player in Texas was escorted from the game by police on Thursday. (Ben Hasty/Reading Eagle via Getty Images, file) A high-stakes Texas high school football game turned ugly on Thursday when a defensive lineman attacked an official after being ejected from the game. Edinburg High School took on PSJA High School with a berth in the state playoffs on the line. The Monitor’s Andrew McCulloch was on the scene to cover the game and documented the attack. During the first… Source link
Read More »Police arrest more than 700 gang members
More than 700 gang members from cross-border crime organisations have been slammed with criminal charges. El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have brought criminal charges against more than 700 members of criminal organisations, primarily the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs, in a US-assisted effort, the US Department of Justice said on Friday. “The US Department of Justice and our law enforcement partners in Central America are committed to continued collaboration in locating and arresting gang… Source link
Read More »Britain plans to create watchdog to police Big Tech companies including Google, Facebook
Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. LONDON — Britain plans to create a new watchdog to police Big Tech companies including Google and Facebook to counter their market dominance and prevent them from exploiting consumers and small businesses. The U.K. government said Friday that it’s setting up a “Digital Markets Unit” next year to enforce a new code of conduct governing the behavior of tech giants that dominate the online advertising… Source link
Read More »LSU receiver Koy Moore's attorney after police incident: 'Nothing is off the table' – Yahoo Sports
Alabama wide receiver Traeshon Holden was with LSU receiver Koy Moore when they were stopped and allegedly harassed by police in Baton Rouge on Saturday night, Moore’s attorney told Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger on Thursday. Moore, in a social media post on Monday, detailed the horrifying incident in which he said several officers harassed, violated and searched him last weekend. Moore and Holden were reportedly stopped by police inside a parking garage while they were investigating… Source link
Read More »Eve Black arrested by Victoria Police in dramatic fashion
Eve Black, the woman who last week filmed herself passing through a Melbourne checkpoint without answering police questions, has been detained in a dramatic arrest. The 28-year-old was intercepted at 1.55pm on Wednesday on Princes Street in Carlton, an inner-northern suburb, and once again refused to comply with requests for information from police. Officers wanted to discuss her evasion of police at their checkpoint in Bunyip, a small town 81km southeast of the city, which was highly… Source link
Read More »‘Wall of Moms’ stand between Portland protesters amid clashes with police
Dozens of women wearing yellow linked arms to form a protective “wall of moms” around Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday as the protesters clashed with federal law enforcement. Video from the scene showed crowds chanting “Feds stay clear, moms are here!” and “Feds go home!” before protesters toppled a fence erected around the federal courthouse. Federal agents fired back with what appeared to be tear gas and flash bangs, the video showed. Hundreds of people had… Source link
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