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No place for violence in B.C. politics, says Eby following bomb threat
Politics tamfitronics British ColumbiaViolence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat Leader David Eby as police investigated a bomb threat at a party campaign office on Vancouver Island.RCMP confirmed it responded to a bomb threat in Campbell River on Saturday, later deemed non-credibleThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 13, 2024 12:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 13B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks during a campaign stop where he announced plans for a new school in Campbell River. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)Violence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat Leader David Eby as police investigated a bomb threat at a party campaign office on Vancouver Island.Eby, who was campaigning Friday in Campbell River, said an NDP campaign office in the city was temporarily evacuated after the threat was made — although he was not present when it happened.He...
Violence & Instability Now a Feature, Not Bug, of U.S. Politics
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Govt Sponsored Violence That Trailed #EndSARS Protest – Falana
Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics Human rights lawyer, Femi Falanahas accused the Federal Government of instigating the violence that trailed the 2020 #EndSARS protest across the country.Naija News reports that the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Tuesday.Falana alleged that the Nigerian government sent troops to kill the youths in Lagos, Oyo, and Benin, among other states.According to him, about 99 Nigerian youths were killed in Lagos, with several others in other states of the federation.He said, “The violence that characterised the end of the #EndSARS protest was instigated, fuelled and sponsored by the government.“The government decided to unleash hoodlums and thugs on the young people. When that did not work, the government sent troops and soldiers to engage in the killing of young people.“In one...
Violence plagued all levels of American politics long before the attempt on Trump’s life
Politics tamfitronics The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Long before a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trumpthe fuse of political violence had been burning across America.Members of Congress have been shot. One lawmaker's staffers in Virginia were attacked with a baseball bat. In Louisville, a bullet grazed the mayor’s sweater after someone stormed into his campaign office. Someone put a tracking device on the Reno mayor's car. Officials in South Carolina received death threats over a solar panel plant. And outside Buffalo, a man threw a dummy pipe bomb through the window of a county clerk candidate's home — with a message reading: “If you don’t drop out of this race, the next pipe...
