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Iraqi Migrant Arrested After Brutal Beating of Police Officer in 'War Zone' Riot

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 Chris Tomlinson 1 Viewsanti-police, anti-police violence, Athens, Community Cohesion, Europe Migrant Crisis, Greece, Immigration, Iraqi migrants, law and order, London / Europe, Mass Migration, Migrant Crisis, migrants, Police Brutality, Riots, Social Cohesion 1 min read

A 30-year-old Iraqi migrant has been arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a Greek police officer earlier this week during riots. The Iraqi, who is said to have ripped the officer from his motorcycle, was arrested on Thursday afternoon at his home and has been charged with attempted murder. The man is also said to have a criminal past with prior charges for drugs and domestic violence. According to a report from the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, the arrest came after the detention of a 22-year-old sport’s club hooligan who was identified after he dropped his wallet containing his identification at the scene riot. The riots took place in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni on Tuesday night and saw hooded rioters attack police, leading to 10 injuries, with three police remaining hospitalised. Nea Smyrni’s mayor Stavros Tzoulakis had described the scenes that night as being like a “war zone”. Athens Suburb Turned into ‘War Zone’ as Rioters Clash with Police https://t.co/csVTSvhHUN — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 13, 2021 Another attack on police officers was reported in the western city of Patras when a group of five youths threw Molotov cocktails at police from inside a school

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CPAC Myth Buster: 0.0004 Percent Chance of Being Shot by Police

February 27, 2021February 28, 2021 Wendell Husebo 2 ViewsBLM, crime, Defund the Police, Matt Boyle, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Rob O'Donnell, social justice 1 min read

Former New York Police Department (NYPD) Detective Rob O’Donnell was interviewed on a panel moderated by Matt Boyle, Washington Political Editor for Breitbart News Network, about police data and anti-police rhetoric. Boyle asked O’Donnell if he could debunk the “defund the police narrative.” O’Donnell provided the following myth-busting data points in response to the habitual framing of police brutality: Police use deadly force under 1,000 times out of 30 million violent felony criminal contacts per year. That’s a 0.0004 percent chance of being shot by the police. In America, “you are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be shot by police.” The NYPD in 2019, with 35,000 officers only fired their weapons in the line of duty 34 times. The Chicago Police Department, with 13,000 officers, only fired their weapons in the line of duty 34 times, and the Baltimore Police Department only fired their weapons in the line of duty four times. O’Donnell accused politicians of playing a “shell game” by distracting the voters’ attention to false policing narratives while failing voters in “education, infrastructure, and transportation.” O’Donnell noted that by defunding the police, “politicians will not decrease your taxes” but relocate the money to different areas. And when crime goes