Talk about a slap in the face of America by the guy who might be the most anti-police mayor in U.S. history.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/mayor-de-blasio-orders-times-square-closed-for-new-years-eve-dances-with-his-wife-there-in-public/

Salem PD: Mahonia Hall protestors have left. OR State Police remains as a presence. Small group from Bush Park headed twd Mahonia + a group from Mahonia headed twd Bush Park. Officers, however, intervened and confrontation deterred. Plz cont to avoid the areas. Protestors in the downtown area: This has been declared an unlawful assembly pursuant to ORS and municipal code. You are commanded to disperse immediately. If you do not do so, you are subject to arrest.

NY. Two dead in New Year’s Day crash in Queens, first car accident death of 2021.
A 60-yo and 57-yo were in their Nissan were pinned in their car after Dodge Ram collided into them around 5 a.m., truck driver fled on foot.

LAPD HQ: We have just learned that LAFD Captain George Roque passed away earlier today from complications of COVID-19.

He was a husband and father of four, who served Angelenos for 22 years.

Tonight, we mourn this tragic loss as a city family.

Rest In Peace Captain Roque. #RIP

Ireland -- A group of African Immigrants turned BLM activists swarm a store owned by native Irish citizens and begin verbally assaulting the owners with phrases such as "No justice, no peace" and "I hope you die slowly, white bastards".

Canada. Quebec Police Barge In On Family Gathering Of 6 Over The Holidays, Arrest Son, Fine Family 1500 Dollars.

YONKERS, N.Y. — A fire early Friday morning left one person dead and three others hurt at an apartment building in Yonkers. As a result, several families are starting the New Year without a home. Officials said dozens of people managed to escape as flames engulfed the building on Bruce Avenue. But one man lost his life in the blaze. Manuel Vega was visiting family nearby when he noticed the flames shooting out of the building. He, his wife and nephew rushed to help. “I had to look again, like something out of a movie,” he told CBS2’s Kiran Dhillon. “Banging on every door, every door from the first floor all the way to the fourth… People didn’t believe us, because I don’t look like a fireman. I was like, ‘fire, fuego!'”

France -- Charred vehicles set on fire as part of the New Year’s Eve festivities are piled up in the French city of Strasbourg. Traditionally in France, hundreds of cars and motorcycles are set ablaze to usher in the New Year.

Accident in Russia.

Berlin 👻

San Bernardino PD: At the end of a pursuit last night, officers got the car, suspect, and this. Suspect was a convicted felon and gang member.

Czech Republic -- Arrests were made at a New Year's Eve protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Prague, Thursday.

France -- Police shut down a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance of a curfew and coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings.

UK -- Police and anti-lockdown protesters clash in Hyde Park, London, while the United Kingdom reports nearly 58,000 new COVID19 cases and 445 new deaths.

The United States Geological Survey released a video of lava flowing inside of the Halemaumau Crater of the Kilauea Volcano one week after it erupted on Hawaii's Big Island.