Category: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

With just two months until the U_S_ election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.”By ZEN SOO AP Technology WriterSeptember 3, 2020, 6:01 PM• 5 min readBracing for a contentious election with no immediate results and possible “civil unrest,” Facebook is enacting…

Violence at work Alleged Boogaloo members face terrorism charges in Minnesota

Sep 7, 2020

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Two men who prosecutors say are anti-government extremists who toted guns on the streets of Minneapolis during the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd have been charged with federal terrorism countsBy AMY FORLITI Associated PressSeptember 4, 2020, 11:18 PM• 4 min readMINNEAPOLIS — Two men who prosecutors say are members of an anti-government…

Violence at work In Breonna Taylor’s hometown, 90-day protest becomes family

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Amber Brown had climbed into a city bus before dawn, had driven her eight-hour shift, and she was tired. But she knew she couldn’t go home.Instead she headed down to “Injustice Square” — a single city block that was until a few months ago an unremarkable Louisville park. Now it is the…

Violence at work Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — After Wisconsin protests over Jacob Blake’s shooting by police turned deadly last week, a member of an anti-government extremist group started posting updates from the scene for comrades in an encrypted chat room.The group member named “Jake” said “two of my guys” rushed in to help after a gunman later identified…

Violence at work Sheriff: Deputy fired after footage shows excessive force

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Authorities say a deputy in South Carolina has been fired and charged with assault after body camera footage showed he yanked a woman to the ground by her hairSeptember 2, 2020, 9:32 PM• 2 min readCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A deputy in South Carolina has been fired and charged with assault after body camera footage showed…

Violence at work For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast

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BEIRUT — A month after Beirut’s devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling — he can look up through the dangling plaster, wires and metal struts and the broken brick roof and see a bit of sky.The 74-year-old survived the Aug. 4 blast with bruises, but his fall from…

Violence at work Belarus’ opposition challenger urges UN action amid protests

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KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of students, information technology workers and others rallied again in Belarus’ capital Friday to protest the disputed reelection of the nation’s authoritarian president, while the main opposition challenger in the vote urged the United Nations to help end the crackdown on protests.Information technology workers and other protesters formed “chains of solidarity”…

Violence at work Efforts ramping up to get intra-Afghan peace talks started

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Officials on both sides of Afghanistan’s protracted conflict say efforts are ramping up for the start of negotiations between Afghan representatives and the Taliban while a top U.N. envoy expressed hope Thursday that a formal launch will take place in “the coming days, not the coming weeks.”The so-called intra-Afghan talks are a…

Violence at work Pandemic slows 2nd year of bank shooting survivor’s crusade

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