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[Link] Florida GOP Wants to Ban Making White People Feel ‘Discomfort’ About Racism
Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com
A new bill pushed by Florida Gov.
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[Link] New Twitter CEO's Tenure Begins With People Dragging Old Tweet In Bad Faith
Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down on Monday, and announced that CTO Parag Agrawal will be taking over. Agwaral's tenure at Twitter then immediately started in the most painfully Twitter way: a pile-on based on a tweet he made a decade ago.
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[Link] The Brutal Racism of the Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
Whether the defense likes it or not, the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan is all about race.
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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Were Justified Because Break-Ins ‘Scared’ Them, Defense Says
Read: 22/11/2021 www.vice.com
Travis McMichael had every reason to fear a 25-year-old Black man running through his neighborhood and was justified in attempting to make a “citizen’s arrest” that led to the deadly shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an attorney for the defense said in one final appeal to jurors.
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[Link] ‘He Had My Gun’: Ahmaud Arbery's Killer Claims It Was Self-Defense
Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com
Travis McMichael, one of three men who chased Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in a truck with a confederate flag vanity plate, testified Wednesday that he shot Arbery during the confrontation because he believed Arbery was trying to take his gun.
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[Link] Father of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killer: ‘I Would Have Shot Him Myself’
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Had Travis McMichael not shot Ahmaud Arbery in the chest twice with his shotgun and killed the 25-year-old Black man, Travis’ dad Gregory McMichael said he would have done it instead.
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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Dad Walked Out When Jury Was Shown Images of His Dead Son
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
The first time photos of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal injuries were shown during the trial of the three white men accused of killing him, his father Marcus Arbery Sr. stood up and left the courtroom. “If you seen your kid get blown apart with a 12-gauge shotgun, what would you do?” Arbery Sr.
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[Link] Gene common in south Asian people doubles risk of Covid death, study finds
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risks of respiratory failure and death from Covid and could explain why people of south Asian heritage are more vulnerable to the disease.
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[Link] Lawyers for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Really Want to Stay Away From Race
Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com
During opening statements in the murder trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, defense attorneys avoided mentioning race almost entirely.
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[Link] New Zealand gang leaders unite to urge community to get Covid shots
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Seven New Zealand gang leaders, representing four of the countries most well-known street gangs, have joined forces in a video urging their communities to get vaccinated, in a concept that was conjured up by a government minister.
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[Link] The Growing Crusade Against Sex, Muslim Culture, and Lesbians in India’s Ads
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
India’s leading fashion designer was forced to withdraw advertisements for his latest line of wedding jewellery after he was threatened with legal action by a politician from the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[Link] Alabama Judge Loses Job After Saying George Floyd ‘Got What He Deserved’
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Randy Jinks, the Talladega County Probate Judge, was removed from his position Friday.
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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.
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