i were punched, pushed, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants, and even blinded with eye damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us law enforcement officers dedicated to, ironically, protecting them as u.s. citizens, as an impediment in their attempted insurrection. i vividly heard officers screaming in agony and pain just an arm s length from me. i too was crushed by the rioters. i could feel myself losing oxygen, and recall thinking to myself this is how i m going to die. trampled defending this entrance, end quote. because of the injuries he sustained on january 6th, the star sergeant had to retire from the force. but in some ways, he s still reliving that day. just yesterday, the former sergeant had to testify during a sentencing hearing for one of the capitol rioters who brutally attacked him on january the 6th. michael mackerel pleaded guilty last year to a felony for assaulting police officers. according to court documents, he tackled multiple pol
Serbia will seek an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the escalation of tensions with its former province of Kosovo after its government decided to ban the use of the Serbian dinar and introduce the euro in areas where minority Serbs live, Serbia's president said Friday. Kosovo’s government has banned banks and other financial institutions in the Serb-populated areas from using the dinar in local transactions. Kosovo’s Central Bank issued the new rules last summer.
The European Union on Thursday called on Kosovo to postpone an effort to force ethnic Serbian-dominated areas to adopt the same currency as the rest of the country, as rules that would block use of the Serbian dinar went into effect. Most of Kosovo uses the Euro, even though the country is not part of the EU, but parts of its north populated mostly by ethnic Serbs continue to use the dinar. Many rely on the government of Serbia for financial support, often delivered in dinars in cash.
Hundreds of Kosovars gathered in a southern village Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a mass killing of 45 ethnic Albanians by Serb forces, an event that helped spark international intervention to end a 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca joined citizens at a cemetery in Recak, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital, Pristina, for the commemoration ceremony.