3 d. ago ‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war

Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his peopleWearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be heard saying via a TV mic, referring to a first-person shooter military video game. “So cool, huh?”This was the scene on the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday after armed agents, wearing masks and tactical vests, wrestled 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground and shot him dead. The killing took place just over a mile from where Renee Good was fatally shot on 7 January, a scene that itself was less than a mile from where police murdered George Floyd in May 2020. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man taken to hospital after roof cut from car following crash into wall

Police, firefighters and paramedics descended on the scene of the crash last night

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves set to cut VAT on public electric car charging to offset fears EV demand will plummet when pay

The Government is could make EV charging on the public network cheaper by clashing VAT by 15%. The aim is to stop EV demand being killed from pay-per-mile tax in 2028.

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2 w. ago Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis | Austin Sarat

Barely a mile from Floyd’s murder, an officer killed Renee Nicole Good. We must peacefully say no to this violenceOn 25 May 2020, America witnessed a stunning act of police brutality when a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, murdered George Floyd. The killer, Derek Chauvin, apparently confident that he would be immune to accountability, did his deed in the open, with other officers standing by and in front of a crowd of onlookers.The video of Floyd’s murder shocked the nation.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Motorists 'ditch' ice scrapers for gadget that removes snow in seconds 'without scratching paintwork'

‘Great for clearing snow off the car roof and bonnet'

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3 w. ago Albanian pair 'removed and dumped number plates' of car involved in a crash which left a man dead, court hears

Thomas Wallace was struck by a grey Mercedes estate car in Gillingham, Kent, just after 12pm on Monday and was then carried on the roof of the car for more than a mile.

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3 w. ago Two Albanians are charged with killing pedestrian in his 80s in Kent 'hit and run'

Two Albanian men have been charged after a pedestrian in his 80s died when he was hit by a car and carried on top of it for as much as a mile.

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3 w. ago Two Albanian men charged after pedestrian in his 80s killed when he was hit by a car and carried on it for a mile

Two Albanian men have been charged after a pedestrian in his 80s died when he was hit by a car and carried on top of it for as much as a mile.

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3 w. ago Two Albanian men charged after pensioner ‘hit & killed by car which carried him 1.5 miles from where he was struck’

TWO men have been charged after a pedestrian in his 80s died when he was hit by a car and carried on top of it. The pensioner was struck by a grey Mercedes estate on the A289 Gads Hill in Gillingham, Kent, just after 12pm on Monday. Albert Matraxhiu, 28, of Orange Hill Road, Edgware,...

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4 w. ago Pensioner 'carried on roof of car for up to a mile' and killed in crash

Three men have been arrested in connection with the crash

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last month Anthony Joshua 'is stable' after car crash that killed two of his closest friends: Boxer remains in hospital in Nigeria after being pulled from wreckage

Five people were involved in the collision, with photos revealing how the vehicle was completely destroyed, with the car's doors ripped out and the roof smashed out of place.

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last month Anthony Joshua 'is stable', officials confirm after he was pulled from crumpled wreckage of car crash in Nigeria that killed two 'foreign nationals' in the same vehicle as him

Five people were involved in the collision, with photos revealing how the vehicle was completely destroyed, with the car's doors ripped out and the roof smashed out of place.

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last month BREAKING Bradford 'high speed crash' sees one car flipped on its roof leaving trail of debris

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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last month Bradford 'high speed crash' sees one car flipped on its roof after police pursuit

A street in Bradford has turned to chaos this morning after a suspected high speed crash has left a trail of destruction, including one vehicle left flipped on its roof

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last month Bradford crash UPDATES: Car 'on roof after high speed smash' as police race to scene

Emergency services rushed to Swain House Road in Bradford which has been closed following a multi-vehicle crash this morning where a car has overturned and is lying on its roof

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