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A man wearing a face covering accidentally set himself on fire while burning three Tesla charging stations in an act of protest, South Carolina police said. Before igniting the flames March 7, the man used red spray paint to write a profane message against President Donald Trump and “long live Ukraine” on the ground next to the charging stations outside of a Mellow Mushroom, according to a North Charleston Police Department report shared with McClatchy News. Then, he used homemade Molotov cocktails to start the fire, police said. Witnesses told officers the man ran away after accidentally catching his back...

<p>Two family members of one of America’s top conservative voices were swatted last night.</p><p>This morning, on “X,” Nick Sorter, who has over 900K followers on X, shared a chilling explanation of how his sister and his father could have both been killed last night during fake police reports that led to both of their homes being “swatted” by the police. “Swatting” happens when someone reports a made-up crime at a specific address. The police respond to the caller’s false crime with SWAT teams or Special Weapons and Tactics, placing the individuals inside the home in grave danger.</p>

Portland police detained a crowd of over 100 protesters during a Friday night demonstration, stemming a march only minutes after it began.The mass detainment was an apparent use of kettling, a police tactic of surrounding a crowd and containing people within a perimeter. Police told the crowd they were detaining everyone within the boundary for the “investigation of a crime” but did not specify the nature of the alleged crime.Demonstrators initially gathered in the Pearl District about 8:30 p.m. and started marching roughly a half-hour later. Police threatened to arrest protesters minutes after the march started, saying those walking in...