Category: Police
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe
‘A Disgusting Display’: Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Stun Grenades, and Tear Gas at Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd “Firing them is a good start, but we want to see justice for our family. We want to see them charged. We want to have them arrested,” said Tera Brown, Floyd’s cousin. “What they did was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus “The government is removing very young children to no one,” Cubas said. “But our courts are in a state of emergency. Our media is COVID-19 all the time. We don’t even have congressional hearings right now in full force. There is less scrutiny.” #Trump #Deportations #Mexico #LatinAmerica…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Armen Henderson
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the internal medicine physician, assistant professor of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Dismissed U.S. carrier captain gets hero’s ovation from crew He called for “decisive action”: removing more than 4,000 sailors from the ship and isolating them, and wrote that unless the Navy acted immediately it would be failing to properly safeguard “our most trusted asset – our sailors.” #GoNavy #COVID19 #Sailors #TrumpsAmerica “Shoot them dead”: Philippine President…
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There’s no going back
“Those mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There’s no going back. You’ve changed things…forever.” – The Joker, The Dark Knight Normalcy I’ve always felt this scene from the Dark Knight was one of those by god; he has a profound point…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Coronavirus Called America’s Bluff The United States also had an early warning of the new virus—but it, too, suppressed that information. In late January, just as instances of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, began to appear in the United States, an infectious-disease specialist in Seattle, Helen Y. Chu, realized that she had…
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I Have a ‘Black’ Friend
If You Got some White Friends… White folks, it is not the responsibility of your black friend, colleague, or romantic partner to educate you about racism. There are libraries and history books for that! White folks, just because you read a book by Cornel West that one time doesn’t make you an expert on…
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In Remembrance
Black History Month 2020, would have marked Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday. He was born on February 5th, 1995. Tragically, his life was cut short at the tender age of seventeen. When a bigoted neighborhood watch patrolman named George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon for just existing. Trayvon lost his life eight years ago. This happened…
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#NotMeUs: On Why I’m Voting for Sanders
Feel the Bern The most progressive candidate in the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. His platforms are laid out brilliantly on his election campaign website. One of his premiere campaign proposals is to expand Medicare for all Americans, policies that, if enacted, would change the lives of countless people…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Killing Iran’s Qassem Soleimani changes the game in the Middle East The Soleimani killing and the targeting of pro-Iranian figures in Iraq is likely to be a pivotal moment for the United States in the region. How bloody the aftermath will be, and whether the United States can emerge stronger, will depend on whether…
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