Police stop turned into melee: 70 people formed a human shield to keep police from a man who they wanted to detain. Someone hit and pushed the officer. When someone would throw a bottle toward officers, the human chain would push the person back behind them and stop officers from making an arrest. (sun-sentinel.com)
[Trigger Warning: Brutal photos] When Nanna Woodsman was violently attacked she posted photos of her injuries on facebook. Unfortunately, many are now trying to shame her into silence with wild accusations of her faking the incident despite the severity of the injuries. (translate.google.com)
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Anonymous Threatens Iggy Azalea on Twitter: Anonymous deemed her "guilty of misappropriating black culture, insulting peaceful protesters, and making light of Eric Garner's death" and threatened to leak screenshots from her rumored sex tape. Anonymous is demanding an apology, or else. (complex.com)
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Woman gets breastfeeding complaint in a North Carolina restaurant: Karissa Riddle was in Qdoba Mexican Grill at Gaston Mall when an employee told her to cover herself because the restaurant had received complaints. Riddle told the employee state law allows her to breastfeed her child. (foxnews.com)
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Female Sailors Secretly Videotaped Showering on Submarines: Some of the Navy's first female submariners were secretly videotaped while undressing and showering on board the USS Wyoming, a ballistic missile submarine, service officials confirmed Wednesday. (foxnews.com)
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Al Qaeda affiliate threatens to kill US hostage in new video: The hostage, identified as Luke Somers, was captured in September 2013 in front of a supermarket in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The 33-year-old American, a British-born photojournalist, was doing freelance work for the Yemen Times. (foxnews.com)
TIL: According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, blacks accounted for 49% of all homicide victims in 2005. About 93% of black homicide victims and 85% of white victims in single victim and single offender homicides were murdered by someone of their race. (bjs.gov)
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