Police have a man in custody after he allegedly fired shots into the air at the West Indian Day Parade before fleeing the scene in a cab. Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn not far from where Mayor Michael Bloomberg was marching as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days. By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the... 

In response to a recent wave of lemonade stand shut downs and harassment of children over such petty regulations as are used to shut them down, several activist gathered at the west lawn of the capitol in Washington, DC to sell lemonade and were arrested. While the officers were technically on solid “legal” ground in shutting down the stand, they behaved inappropriately by any standard... 

Witnesses tell Newsradio 620 WTMJ and TODAY’S TMJ4 of a mob of young people attacking innocent fair-goers at the end of the opening night of State Fair, with some callers claiming a racially-charged scene. Milwaukee Police confirmed there were assaults outside the fair. Witnesses’ accounts claim everything from dozens to hundreds of young black people beating white people as they left... 

The London Metropolitan Police is encouraging businesses and the general public to immediately report anyone who holds anti-government political beliefs to the authorities as terrorists, calling on people to become volunteer informants as the state prepares for widespread social unrest. “This was the surprising injunction from the Metropolitan Police issued to businesses and members of the public... 

Belarusian policemen in plainclothes detain a man in Minsk. Police in Belarus on Wednesday beat up and arrested dozens of anti-government protesters during a banned rally in the capital of the authoritarian former Soviet nation calling for the ouster of President Alexander Lukashenko. Dozens of plainclothes police reportedly rounded up the protesters during the rally, kicking and punching them before... 

Nigerian police have raided a hospital in the south-eastern city of Aba, rescuing 32 pregnant girls allegedly held by a human-trafficking ring. Aged between 15 and 17 years, the girls were locked up and used to produce babies, said Abia state’s police chief. These were then allegedly sold for ritual witchcraft purposes or adoption. But the hospital’s owner denied running a “baby... 

Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer’s entry. “We... 

Police apparently used stun grenades and batons to disperse protesters. Police in Saudi Arabia have opened fire to disperse protesters in the eastern city of Qatif, a day before planned countrywide anti-government protests. Witnesses said police also beat demonstrators with batons injuring at least three people. The protesters, from the Shia minority, were demanding the release of prisoners they say... 

In one of the deadliest three days that officials can remember, more than 50 people were killed in Juárez. Among the 53 victims between Thursday and Saturday were a Juárez police officer, a municipal patrolman and a state investigator. According to Chihuahua state officials it was the most violent three-day period seen this year. State police reported that on average eight people are killed in Juárez... 

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. Police would don riot gear and “absolutely” use force on protesters in Wisconsin, according to a state law enforcement representative, further stoking fears that the ongoing union demonstrations against a plan by Governor Scott Walker to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees could end in violence. Despite the fact that the Wisconsin Law... 

Houston activist Quanell X shows a videotape of an alleged 2010 beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect by Houston police on Thursday. A surveillance video shot almost a year ago apparently shows Houston police officers relentlessly beating, kicking and stomping on a teen burglary suspect was just released to the public. The footage was released by Quanell X, a Houston activist, on Wednesday. It... 

With protests erupting across the region, one of the first protests in Iraq, in the impoverished southern city of Diwaniyah, ended in violence when Iraqi police opened fire on the crowd, wounded at least three. Roughly 1,000 people were said to have gathered in the provincial capital, demanding increases to their food rations and improvements in the state’s crumbling power and water infrastructure. Lack... 

Fury: Furious Egyptians clash with riot police in protests which rocked the capital city of Cairo. Appointment of new prime minister in Lebanon sparks riots. Thousands of anti-government protesters inspired by the Tunisian revolution clashed with riot police in the centre of Cairo today demanding the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak. Police responded with water cannon and attacked crowds with batons... 

Sketch of Kensington Strangler suspect in Philadelphia. Man known as “Kensington Strangler” killed four women and raped three others but he doesn’t get any media attention. Philadelphia police say they found a woman’s body in the same area terrorized by the so-called “Kensington Strangler”, who is linked to the murders of at least three other women, Fox News confirms. The... 

The operation was described as large-scale, pre-planned and intelligence-led Twelve men have been arrested during a major anti-terrorist operation, West Midlands Police said. The men – five from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London – were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism in the UK. The suspects, aged between 17...