Three Scots Arrested After Challenging Police Who Entered Home Over Suspected Lockdown Breach
Some of the incident was caught on video, which quickly spread on social media.
Scotland is currently under lockdown measures, with people not permitted to leave home except for certain “essential” reasons and are not allowed to enter each other’s homes.
Police Scotland said in a statement to The Epoch Times, “We received a report of an ongoing party in breach of coronavirus regulations at a property on Fonthill Road, Aberdeen, around 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, 6 January, 2021.”
“Officers attended and two women (aged 18 and 48) and a 43-year-old man were charged in connection with assaulting police officers and threatening and abusive behaviour and will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.”
Rep. Mary Miller on Capitol Breach: ‘We Were Sitting Ducks’
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) on Thursday recalled the moment the U.S. Capitol building was breached during a Jan. 6 joint session to count and certify Electoral College votes for the 2020 presidential election, saying she was left shaken by the incident and that lawmakers were at one point “sitting ducks.”
Proceedings in the chambers to debate whether to reject votes for Arizona were interrupted in the afternoon when a group of protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol at around 2:15 p.m. Officials declared around 6 p.m. the Capitol building had been secured. Congress, in the early hours of Thursday, certified the Electoral College vote for former Vice President Joe Biden.
Victorians with Medical Issues To Get Priority as Thousands Wait to Cross NSW Border
As thousands of Victorians scramble for exemptions to return home from New South Wales, the state’s COVID-19 Response Commander Jeroen Weimar has said people with “genuine hardship reasons” will be given priority.
“People who have urgent medical reasons, urgent medical appointments will get an exemption absolutely, and that’s done very very quickly,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday.
There are up to 2,800 people awaiting approval to cross the NSW hard border with the Victorian government holding firm to strict measures as three more locally acquired CCP virus cases were reported. This brings the number of virus cases from the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock outbreak to 27.
Photos: Protesters Storm US Capitol Building During Joint Session Protesters enter the Senate Chamber in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A protester wearing a ‘Keep America Great’ hat sits at a desk after invading the Capitol building in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
There were reports of shots fired in the Capitol building. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he heard the shots, according to Fox News, and called on President Trump to issue a statement.
Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner ‘Perished’ at Scene, DNA Found at Explosion Site: Officials
Anthony Quinn Warner, the person of interest in the Nashville Christmas Day bombing, died at the scene, and his DNA was found at the site of the explosion, according to a U.S. attorney and an FBI official.
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Don Cochran said on Sunday in a press conference that Warner, 63, parked a vehicle on a street in downtown Nashville on Dec. 25, then allegedly broadcast a warning before the explosion.
Cochran stated that Warner “is the bomber,” and “he was present when the bomb went off,” adding that he “perished in the bombing.”