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[Link] Arizona students seek Kyle Rittenhouse removal from online nursing classes

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A small but vocal alliance of left-leaning students at Arizona State University (ASU) is demanding Kyle Rittenhouse be removed from online classes, despite the teen’s acquittal this month on charges of murdering two men and injuring another during protests for racial justice in Wisconsin last year

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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] 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] 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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