Right-wing British politician Nigel Farage is hit in the face with a milkshake during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images June 6, 2024 All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics Nusrat S. Chowdhury, Amherst College From ancient Rome to modern times, pelting has been a performance of crowd defiance in all its joyous, furious and lawbreaking glory.
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman routinely tops 100 mph with his fastball. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Sport via Getty Images March 26, 2021 How humans became the best throwers on the planet Michael P. Lombardo, Grand Valley State University and Robert Deaner, Grand Valley State University We’re the only species that can throw at speeds that kill.
Reuters/Mussa Qawasma September 21, 2015 Violent clashes in Jerusalem fed by extreme Israeli counter-measures Yoav Galai, University of St Andrews Israel’s extreme response to Palestinian protests is simply prolonging the cycle of violence.