After a spree of violence over the holiday weekend, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he would hold an emergency meeting with the city’s police commanders this afternoon to decide whether police should act differently to avoid more violence. Four were killed and nine wounded yesterday throughout five different neighborhoods in just five hours. “It’s so [...]
Violent weekend in Providence
Oct. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
Providence police are investigating the aftermath of a violent weekend in Rhode Island’s capital that left three people shot and one stabbed. On one was killed, but it represents a spike in violence in a city that has seen a decline in violent crime in recent years. Police responded to shootings on DeSoto Street, Wadsworth [...]
Iran protest turns deadly, Iranian student offers his opinion
June 20, 2009 3 Comments

Some sources say a bomb went off outside a mosque and killed three or four people. Other say people were being shot dead in the streets. Some claim military tanks were deployed. Reports of helicopters landing at universities are coming through via Iranian twitter accounts. More twitter accounts claim Basiji may be entering homes and attacking civilians.

