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A Philadelphia cop is under fire after he allegedly deleted footage from a cell phone showing him arresting a man... View Article
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
ARMED soldiers and police officers on Thursday night assisted the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T in taking over the party headquarters, the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, also known as Harvest House, as the battle for the control of the opposition party rages.
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora confirmed the takeover in a memo, adding that all party business will from now be run from the party headquarters.
“The party wishes to advise that following the communication sent by the acting president Dr T Khupe to Advocate Nelson Chamisa, the latter has today through party officials allowed for a peaceful takeover of control of the Morgan Tsvangirai house,” the memo read in part.
“At approximately 10pm on June 4, 2020, a truckload of armed soldiers and police officers assisted 20 youths to forcibly gain entry into the MDC Alliance Headquarters, Harvest House,” Mahere said.
The youths locked themselves in the building refusing to leave,” she said adding the party secretary general Chalton Hwende had attended the scene but his attempt to make a police report over the takeover was thwarted and he was advised to talk to the army.
Initially, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio empathized with and defended the police.
“The folks who were converging on that police car did the wrong thing to begin with and they created an untenable situation.
I wish the officers would have found a different approach, but let’s begin at the beginning, the protesters in that video did the wrong thing to surround that police car.
“There is no situation where a police vehicle should drive into a crowd of New Yorkers.
We’ve had Molotov cocktails thrown at police cars while the police officers are in it.”
A Black Air Force veteran from Arizona filmed the racist tirade a repairman unleashed on him earlier this month following a dispute about insurance coverage […]
Twenty-five-year-old deliveryman Shawneil Whims, otherwise called ‘Shawn’, and 21-year-old Kashief Bennett, otherwise called ‘Jervis’, both of Ambrook Lane, Half Way Tree, St Andrew have been charged with illegal possession...
The number of fraudulent unemployment claims is staggering across Illinois. Scammers did not take a break during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scammers preyed on Illinois residents by stealing personal data and submitting false unemployment claims. This deplorable crime comes at a time when many are most vulnerable. Fraudulent unemployment claims now swamp the Illinois Department of … Continued
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An apparent hit-and-run killed a pedestrian at about 10 p.m. Friday on Brookman Road, St. Thomas, according to the V.I. Police Department. The victim was identified by next of kin as 37-year-old Royson JnoBaptiste.
Cops assigned to the Westmoreland Police Division have arrested and charged a man with two counts of wounding with intent and illegal possession of firearm.\tCharged is 33-year-old Mushane Wedderburn, otherwise called 'Quenger', of Lime Tree...
