NYC: A tractor-trailer carrying hundreds of propane tanks overturned on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday morning — shutting down the road and sending flames roaring into the sky, sources said. The driver of the vehicle managed to escape without injury from the fiery wreck on the eastbound service road of the highway near Junction Boulevard in Queens, FDNY sources said. Footage captured by a witness and posted to social media shows the trailer completely engulfed in flames. The driver was hauling 294 propane tanks, sources said. Several explosions can also be heard in the clip. The crash shut down the LIE west of Woodhaven Boulevard, according to Notify NYC.

Oregon State Police: On December 21, 2020 around 8:30 A.M. during the third special session protesters where able to gain access to the Oregon State Capitol. The Oregon State Capitol is closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Oregon State Police and Salem Police were able to get everyone out of the building. Two individuals refused to leave the building and where taken into custody. The Oregon State Police encourage people to exercise their first amendment rights, but it must be lawfully. Please, discontinue the acts of vandalism or destruction of property. If you commit a crime you will be subject to arrest.
UPD: Oregon State Police responds to activities at the Oregon State Capitol, Marion County. Four people arrested and OSP is attempting to locate a fifth, Jeremy Roberts.

Unfortunately, social media attention is a big motivating factor for those who engage in this illegal activity. After a video gets posted online of a vehicle doing burnouts, the taskforce is able to quickly locate it, cite the driver and impound the car. As we head back to the station to end the night, we have an opportunity to hear from Sergeant Garcia, supervisor of the LAPD's Street Racing Taskforce. He provides us with great information, and has important messages for those involved in these illegal and dangerous activities.

Police officer shot in Rochester, NY. Officer is conscious and talking. Heavy police presence around Hague Street in Rochester. Upwards of 100 officers and deputies surrounding a perimeter, a helicopter is circling overhead.

Meanwhile, in Armenia. Yerevan protest participants block government buildings, clash with police. Hundreds of protesters have blocked the buildings of the government and the Prosecutor General’s Office in Yerevan. The rally organized by seventeen opposition parties in Armenia involves thousands of people who demand resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The protesters chant, ‘Armenia without Nikol!’ and ‘Nikol must leave!’ According to reports in local media, the situation on Republic Square is tense. Police work in an enhanced mode, but the protesters managed to block the building which houses the country’s ministry of foreign affairs and other governmental structures. Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan is criticized for the failure in the war in Karabakh. On November 10, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered agreement to stop the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenians view this document as their surrender and defeat.