#police-response

#police-response

Police showed up, like eight cop cars, and then they all came out with guns pointed at me talking about getting on the ground,

Gardai deployed near the Citywest facility on Thursday in anticipation of another possible standoff with mobs that on Tuesday and Wednesday night threw fireworks and missiles and set a police vehicle on fire. In a statement the police force, An Garda Siochana, urged people to stay away from violent protest: This is not fun and games and entertainment for social media, it said.

Uniformed gardaí were sporadically pelted with fireworks and other objects as they formed a line to block the entrance to the facility, before public order gardaí moved in front of their line with riot shields to block objects being thrown. A large crowd has gathered at the entrance to the complex for a second night after scenes of violence on Tuesday. Bricks, fireworks and other missiles were launched at gardaí last night, seven people have been arrested in connection with the public disorder

The New York City Police Department wrote on X: "We had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests." The Austin Police Department wrote on X: "The rally remained peaceful, with no arrests reported. We're grateful to our community and event organizers for coming together to make sure voices were heard safely and respectfully."

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man who police say crashed into the steps of Los Angeles City Hall in downtown Friday afternoon was taken into custody after a lengthy barricade situation. The driver was placed in handcuffs without incident around 5:50 p.m. when he stepped out of a sedan and walked down Spring Street toward officers with his hands up.

A vehicle crashed onto the steps of Los Angeles City Hall around 4:08 p.m. on Friday, prompting road closures in the area, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police officers are trying to make contact with the driver, who has not come out of the car in the hour since the crash, according to a department spokesperson.

Three more speed cameras have been damaged in Toronto, city officials say marking the 20th time the devices were tampered with in just a week. The City of Toronto said in an email to CBC News on Friday that three cameras were vandalized early Sunday morning. The cameras were located in the areas of Castlefield Avenue and Avenue Road, Avenue Road and Oaklands Avenue, and at Mount Pleasant Road and South Drive.

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Richard Quinones was walking his dogs one morning this summer when he spotted a woman in a ditch. She lay on dirt near some trolley tracks in Lemon Grove, her legs partially submerged in muddy water, Quinones, 69, said in a recent interview. He called a non-emergency line. A sheriff's SUV arrived a little later. But the vehicle then backed up and drove off without anyone stepping outside.

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Protesters gathered on September 9 in the Georgian capital a day after supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decision to halt European Union membership talks. Georgian Dream supporters pelted the demonstrators with bottles and rocks on September 8 in front of the campaign headquarters of Mayor Kakha Kaladze, who is running for reelection in local elections on October 4.

Four people were killed in a shooting incident in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel's ambulance service said, while the police said the perpetrators had been killed. It was not immediately clear who carried out the shooting or what was the motive. Israeli police described the shooters as "terrorists" without saying how many had been involved in the incident. The ambulance service said earlier that 15 people were wounded and at least five were in serious condition with gunshot wounds.

The violence we encountered during the operation was co-ordinated and carried out by a group of people, many wearing masks to conceal their identity, intent on creating as much disorder as possible. Many of those individuals have now been arrested and we have begun securing charges. The contrast between this demonstration and the other protests we policed yesterday, including the Palestine Coalition march attended by around 20,000 people, was stark.

The Santa Clara Police Department received a 911 call reporting a "disturbance between two roommates" out of four people living at the 1800 block of Eisenhower Drive just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Santa Clara Police Chief Cory Morgan said in a press conference Friday. On the way to the address, officers were told that the situation had become a stabbing. Officer Robert Allsup arrived and identified himself, then kicked down the door after hearing "a loud commotion inside," according to Morgan.

After 10 months of dissent, protests show no signs of dying down as fury at alleged government corruption grows. Serbia's police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at antigovernment protesters in the city of Novi Sad who are demanding snap elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic's 12-year government. Thousands gathered on Friday at the city's state university campus for yet another demonstration after 10 months of persistent dissent prompted by the fatal collapse of the Novi Sad train station roof last November,

Bronx detectives are questioning a person of interest following a shooting rampage inside an apartment building on Wednesday morning that left one man dead and two others seriously wounded. A massive police presence converged in the area of 1412 College Ave. in Claremont after the shooting happened just before 8:35 a.m. on Aug. 27. Throughout the morning, two police helicopters swirled above numerous police officers and detectives who sealed off the area of East 170th Street and College Avenue while investigating the shooting.

On July 31, a frantic 911 call brought Sixth Precinct Police Officers Kyle Radecki and Jared Gresh to a home where a newborn had just been delivered and was not breathing.

Officers joined the London Ambulance Service and the London Air Ambulance service at the junction of Denmark Hill and Camberwell New Road where four people were found with injuries.

At 10:49 p.m., Lt. Manilla Padilla instructed revelers in the Mission District to disperse, saying, "You have four minutes to leave the area to disperse." The police presence included dozens of officers and sheriff's deputies, equipped and prepared to enforce the dispersal.