On Saturday night, police arrested several activists and journalists at protests across the country over the highly publicized fatal police shootings of two black men this week. On Monday, a police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he was being held down by two other officers, and on Wednesday a cop mortally shot Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota as Castile was reaching for his driver’s license during a routine traffic stop. Both murders were documented in videos that went viral.

Don Lemon, who could always fall back on teaching yoga if that whole news thing doesn’t work out, because his ability to put his whole foot in his mouth is incredible, pulled another sick eka pada sirsasana Tuesday while covering a school cop’s forceful arrest of a black student in South Carolina.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is still a wanted man in Sweden. The Swedish Supreme Court has denied Assange’s appeal to lift a 2010 arrest warrant in connection to the sexual assault charges against him.

The graffiti artist COST—whose illegal black-and-white posters are inescapable in New York—was arrested Sunday in the Meatpacking District.

Christmas Eve is a time to be spent in the company of your loving family — unless like me, for instance, you're a Jew who lives halfway across the country and instead went to see "Lincoln" alone (wow, was that movie long!). Or if, say, you spent Christmas Eve in prison like all of these people.

I'm no law enforcement expert, but the vast variety of sources where I get my news routinely suggests that an essential part of a police officer's job is to arrest people who haven't committed any crime whatsoever. So why did police reject Orlando Robinson II's request to be arrested for doing nothing wrong?

Looks like the ongoing #OccupyWallSt protest against corporations got a bit tense on its eighth day, with lots of cops present for today's march to Union Square and the official protest home page reporting at least 80 arrests.

How can you stay mad at Antoine Dodson? He's like the rape-whistle-blowing bastard love child of Chris Rock and Miss J. Alexander, beamed down from Planet YouTubia for our personal amusement. Here he is at a court appearance to answer to charges of marijuana possession. In his BEENNZ. The guy can only communicate in viral video-ese! He's a viral video savante. Little Man 'Toine. God bless him. [YouTube]

Who says cops are unhelpful? When one 21-year-old Pennsylvanian purchased some "nasty" pot, he called his local police department. They came by, and very helpfully tested the "leafy green substance," only to discover it was not, in fact, marijuana.

Red alert! Starlet under fire! Noting that "actions speak louder than words," L.A. Judge Marshal Revel has issued a bench warrant for Lindsay Lohan, who skipped hearing about violating the terms of her DUI probation, because she's in Cannes.

Former Melrose Place and T.J. Hooker babe Heather Locklear's troubles continue. Two months after completing a four week stint in an Arizona treatment center for "anxiety and depression," Locklear was arrested and held in police custody last night in Santa Barbara on suspicion of driving while impaired. Police sources say that alcohol wasn't involved but that tests are being conducted to determine if the actress was on drugs. She was released on her own recognizance. [TMZ] Update: Mugshot goodness after the jump.