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At least three school pupils have been injured in a knife attack in Sweden after two rival gangs fought at a sports event, according to local media reports. The students were rushed to hospital following the stabbing at a sports facility in the town of Eskilstuna, reports TV4. The TV station had initially reported that the attack took place at a school but the headmaster later said the pupils had been at a different location at the time of the incident. .....

Colonel Jeff Cooper, the founder of Gunsite and author of To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth, borrowed from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings to depict soldiers of dictatorships as orcs, communist-occupied East Germany as Mordor, and violent criminals as goblins. "When three goblins broke into his house with knives, he produced his regimental sabre and gave battle." See also: "It seems that the concealed carry policy now in effect in 30 states is unfair to goblins. They cannot tell who is armed and who is not, and when their intended victim shoots back it hurts their feelings...

Footage Friday showed the tense moments a group of pro-LGBT activists confronted parents protesting LGBT indoctrination at a school in Los Angeles, Calif.The clash unfolded outside the Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood as parents displeased with the school’s Pride Month event, organized under the banner “Leave our kids alone,” converged with pro-LGBT activists.Local media reports the anti-groomer protests were loosely organized by parents via Instagram, and called on protesters to be respectful and peaceful.The parents against the sexual grooming of children carried signs reading, “There is no pride in indoctrination,” “Stop sexualizing our kids!” and “Leave our kids alone.”...

At least one person has reportedly been injured after violence broke out between parents protesting outside an elementary school in Los Angeles. Protestors were seen clashing outside Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood about an ongoing debate regarding a planned Pride event. Parents were protesting the scheduled Pride assembly at the school on Friday, which they deemed 'inappropriate.' Counter-protesters showed up to support the Pride event. The scene became frantic as parents on both sides of the issue, as well as other protesters and counter-protesters, faced off while police looked on. Aerial footage showed multiple punches been thrown during the...

One of the most common strategies used by the political left to attack 2nd Amendment supporters is to ramp up the anti-gun hype every time a crime involving a gun is committed. They don’t care much about the tragedy itself, they only care about how they can use it for political gain. However, it’s very important to understand that this is not only about removing gun rights for leftists – It’s also about creating a false association in the public consciousness that guns = crime. That is to say, they want to condition people to believe that once guns are...

James Crown, one of the wealthiest men in Chicago, is aiming to use his national clout in business to try to fight crime in the city. The ambitious goal? To reduce the number of killings in Chicago to fewer than 400 a year within five years. On Thursday, Crown — whose family was ranked 34th-richest in America by Forbes in 2020, worth an estimated $10.2 billion — is announcing a crime-reduction strategy focused on getting jobs for thousands of people in the most dangerous parts of Chicago, providing millions of dollars for civilian violence-intervention programs, strengthening law enforcement agencies and...

Editor’s note: In light of current events, Infowars is republishing an article from July 2019 that’s more relevant today than ever before. NEW FACEBOOK POLICY ALLOWS VIOLENCE AGAINST CONSERVATIVESFacebook has issued a new policy update saying it’s acceptable to post death threats and incite violence against “Dangerous Individuals,” an Orwellian term referring to conservatives. A Community Standards update published by Facebook states:“Do not post: Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; orCalls for high-severity violence (unless the...

Alternate headline: Pottery Barn rules apply to walkouts. In an 8-1 decision in which only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson fully dissented, the Supreme Court ruled today that unions have to reimburse employers for damages caused by striking workers. The National Labor Relations Act does not confer immunity to unions or workers — the latest ruling from a court that has stiffened the boundaries for labor activities in the last few years:The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that federal labor law did not protect a union from potential liability for damage that arose during a strike, and that a state court...

BALTIMORE – Some parents fear sending their children to school as Charm City faces a surge in youth homicides and shootings. "The school-to-prison pipeline — or really the school-to-grave pipeline — is really real in Baltimore City," Jovani Patterson, who has two young children, told Fox News. Baltimore City Public Schools held a ceremony last week remembering the 19 students shot and killed within the past year. The youngest victim was 8 years old. The previous year, gunfire claimed the lives of 12 students.

Many Chicago Ridge residents say "Ridgefest" is like their vacation right here at home. Ridgefest has been around for over 30 years, but in the last couple of days, the village board decided to cancel the event, citing safety concerns. Chicago Ridge Mayor Charles Tokar said the board voted unanimously to cancel the fest, which would've included live music, carnival rides and nearly 20 vendors. The move comes a few weeks after hundreds of teens were seen fighting at a carnival in Tinley Park. The Chicago Ridge village board – and residents – felt local police may not be prepared...

The prosecution of Kevin Mackie is the latest in a string of cases where people in blue areas face charges for defending themselves from violent leftists.By now, most Americans have heard of Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran being charged by Manhattan’s Democrat district attorney for defending his fellow citizens from an erratic Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. There’s also a good chance they’ve heard of Daniel Perry, the Army sergeant recently convicted in Austin, Texas, for protecting himself from an armed Black Lives Matter demonstrator.On their own merits, both cases represent a seemingly growing trend of...

Shocking video has captured a mob of up to 40 teens viciously beating a trio of off-duty Marines who say they’d merely asked them to stop lighting fireworks on a California beach. The now-viral footage shows the Marines — enjoying time off for Memorial Day weekend — being followed by the baying mob while walking toward San Clemente Pier Bowl late Friday. “We told them we were Marines so they would leave — but they didn’t. They just kept going at it,” one of the attacked servicemen, Hunter Antonino, told KCAL News. As they start walking up some steps, some...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a warning of “a heightened threat environment,” including possible attacks against such institutions as churches and the police, as the 2024 election draws closer. Just The News reports that the Memorial Day bulletin issued by the DHS also warned of political violence that could be sparked by “legislative or judicial decisions pertaining to sociopolitical issues.” “The United States remains in a heightened threat environment,” the bulletin declares. “Lone offenders and small groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and personal grievances continue to pose a persistent and lethal threat to the...

Ethan Schmidt, a right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ activist who once threatened to "hunt" down gay people and was once filmed destroying a Pride collection at a Target store, has gone viral after screenshots of Schmidt's alleged activity on a gay dating app surfaced on social media. Twitter users shared what appeared to be sexually-explicit conversations the Arizona-based extremist had with a man on Grindr. … Previously, Schmidt threatened to "hunt" LGBTQ rights supporters in a video posted to Twitter and, in a different video, harassed Target employees about the company's pride-themed campaign for Pride Month.

Mayhem erupted at a south Minneapolis high school Thursday evening during a planned Somali cultural event and performance that resulted in fights, a stabbing, and shots fired. According to dispatch audio at the time, one person was reportedly stabbed around 7:45 p.m. during a fight involving about 50 people at Washburn High School located at 201 West 49th Street. As police arrived to respond to the fight, an officer called out over the air that shots had been fired, and a city-wide officer help call was toned by the dispatcher. Several squads responded from across the city as well as...

"We will continue to bomb your Targets until you stop cowering and bring back your LBGT merchandise. We will not be erased, we won’t go quietly," email warns.A Utah Target was evacuated on Friday after multiple store locations received bomb threats from LGBTQ advocates, according to reports. A bomb squad and K9 unit were called to a Target in Layton, Utah after two local news stations received threatening emails targeting stores across the state for removing the company’s “Pride” collection. Layton Police Sgt. John Ottesen said employees and customers were evacuated as a precautionary measure but no credible threats were...

A Chicago beach was closed just hours after it opened for Memorial Day Weekend after shots were fired during a large brawl. The shooting comes after officials announced they are deploying 'peacekeepers' across the city in a bid to prevent holiday chaos after nine people were killed and 52 others were shot last year. Crowds of people at North Avenue Beach scrambled for cover on Friday when gun fire went off following a fight which broke out between a group of 80 to 100 teenagers.

In a May 11, 2023 article, we explored the axiom that all cultures are created equal -- or, in Pope Francis’s words, “Never again can the Christian community allow itself to be infected by the idea that one culture is superior to others.” Two days later, that claim was put to test right here in the USA, when all bedlam broke lose in Minneapolis. On May 13, 2023: A riot erupted in Minnesota during Democrat nominations for Minneapolis City Council on Saturday, which led to no candidate being chosen in Ward 10 after officials were forced to shut down the...

The heartbroken fiancée of a father who was murdered while protecting his 14-year-old son outside his home has recalled horrific details leading to his death. Tracy Karopchinsky, 44, described how Christopher Wright, 43, was killed on his doorstep by five bullies after being dragged into a fight that started at Brooklyn Park Middle School and moved to his house in Anne Arundel County. The attackers - comprising of three teenagers and two adults - continued to punch Wright, who was already unconscious and bleeding out, before they fled the scene. They told his 12-year-old son: 'I'm sorry, call 911.' Remnants...

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Wednesday that France faces an "uncivilising process", a government source said, following the violent deaths of a nurse and three policemen and repeated attacks on elected officials. "We must be uncompromising on the fundamentals. There is no legitimate violence, whether verbal or against people," Macron told ministers at a cabinet meeting. "We have to work from top to bottom to counteract this uncivilising process," he added, in comments first reported by daily Le Parisien and confirmed to AFP by a person present in the meeting room. Macron was "calling society to order," a person close...