US President Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that Antifa will be labelled a terrorist organisation, following their involvement in the nationwide riots and vandalism seen in America. One Social Democrats TD responded in an interesting way. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
The brother of George Floyd, whose horrific death in police custody has sparked global protests, has called on rioters and looters to stop the violence saying their actions would not bring his brother back. Speaking publicly for the first time, Terrence Floyd knelt and cried and prayed at the intersection in Minneapolis where his brother […]
Following the news that thousands of people in Dublin had gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died last week in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes, the appeared to support the protesters when he sent a tweet late last night saying that “racism […]
Anger and frustration have been widely expressed on social media at the decision of thousands of people to ignore social distancing restrictions and march through Dublin city centre yesterday. Many commentators were also critical of news outlets who covered the protest without any critical observations of the breach of the lockdown which has seen people being unable to attend funerals […]
Over the last week there have been multiple instances of police officers being shot at, and at least one officer has been killed, in connection with the protests and riots currently taking place in America. The protests started after the release of a video showing the death of a man, George Floyd, 46, as a […]