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Riot police fired multiple volleys of tear gas Sunday to disperse pro-democracy protesters close to Beijing's office in Hong Kong, plunging the financial hub deeper into crisis. The clashes are the second consecutive day of violence in a city reeling from…
Police and protesters had been engaged in a tense standoff for hours after tens of thousands of demonstrators held a series of unsanctioned marches through the city. A group of some 200 protesters had made their way towards the Liaison Office where they met a phalanx of riot police. A second, larger crowd massed in the popular shopping district of Causeway Bay, where they built barricades and took over a main thoroughfare. 😱 #retract
A recently-promoted NYPD officer has taken his own life, marking the seventh police suicide in New York City this year. The man, whose name has not yet been made public, was found dead inside his Staten Island home on Saturday afternoon. The former transit cop, who had just been promoted to sergeant, reportedly killed himself with a shotgun. He was off-duty at the time. The NYPD is grappling with a spike in the suicide rate of its officers - with five cops having taken their own lives since the beginning of June. In a statement shared late Saturday, Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said: 'The tragic news today that another member of the NYPD has been lost to suicide breaks our hearts, and is a deep sorrow felt by all of New York City.' 😱👮🏻♂️ #NYC #NYPD
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The terrifying moment a driver rams a man into a pole after 'road rage' argument that began with woman banging his windshield with her shoe. The video is thought to have been filmed in Saturday night at around 9pm in the Biggs Market area, in Newcastle City Centre, UK. 😱 #WTF?
The Russian Navy showed off its ships and sailors near St Petersburg as the country marked Navy Day. Above: President Vladimir Putin was also flanked by Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu (dressed in green, left). Today's parade, the biggest in years, included 43 ships and submarines and 4,000 troops.🥳
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A 26-year-old man was captured on surveillance footage wielding a knife as he walked into the 75th New York Police Department precinct in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn and begged for officers to shoot him on Sunday. The man who is said to have bipolar disorder allegedly told police: 'The government is f**king me. I want you to shoot me.' Officers shocked him with a Taser instead, after which he asked: 'Why didn't you shoot me? I'm too chicken to kill myself.' The man was arrested and taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The man will not be charged with a crime. 🔫👮🏻♂️#taser #NYPD