Images of a pregnant woman being restrained by a New York Police Department officer on Saturday have emerged, fueling the flames surrounding the departments illegal and controversial chokehold practice. Now police are investigating whether the cop who put the 7-month-pregnant woman in the apparent chokehold acted accordingly, even though photos, released by the East New […]
District of Columbia police say they have arrested an Uber driver for sexually assaulting a passenger in the early morning hours of July 20. Reshad Ahmad Chakari, 32, was charged with second degree sexual abuse on Friday for touching the passenger while she slept in the vehicle. According to an affidavit in support of an arrest […]
Another day. Another example of victim shaming. That happened today during a heated conversation about Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his girlfriend unconscious on ESPN’s First Take. Host Stephen A. Smith decided to give his own preventative measures for avoiding domestic violence, and it didn’t have anything to do with teaching men not to hit women. […]
The University of Texas football program is in hot water this week after two players were arrested and charged Thursday with a felony sexual assault. Texas wide receivers Kendall Sanders, 20, and Montrel Meander, 19, were taken into custody at the university police station after they received a call from the victim saying she had […]
Twitter campaigns created to fight the mockery of a Houston teen’s rape are picking up steam and bringing awareness to the rampant rape culture in society. Hashtags like #StandWithJada and #IAmJada are pushing the original pictures of Jada, a teen whose rape went viral, on the sidelines — Jada, whose last name has not been released, […]
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas ended on Tuesday as Israeli airstrikes came down on Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces said 47 rockets were fired into Israel during the cease-fire period. The end of the cease-fire agreement means there is little hope of seeing an end to the constant exchange of fire that has killed more […]
In a horrifying turn of events, a photograph of a Texas teenager passed out after being drugged and sexually assaulted has become a meme called the #jadapose. Jada, who withheld her last name, told KHOU that she was drugged with a spiked drink while hanging out at a friend of a friend’s house on June […]
Two University of Miami linebackers were arrested Tuesday and dismissed from the football team after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a dorm room on July 5. Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue have been charged with sexual battery on a physically helpless victim. Figueroa was also charged with possessing a stolen or forged driver’s license. […]
Hobby Lobby, the family-owned chain of arts and craft stores founded on Biblical principles, may have gained some ground in the religious freedom fight yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled corporations can refuse to provide health insurance coverage for birth control. But the newest enemy in the fight to limit women’s reproductive rights also exhibited some hypocrisy too […]
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that closely held, for-profit companies can claim a religious exemption to the Obamacare requirement that they provide health insurance coverage for birth control. The court’s limited ruling, written by Justice Samuel Alito, was 5-4 and does not appear to open the door to other types of religious-exemption claims by […]
On Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts, saying it violates the First Amendment. Massachusetts had argued that the buffer zone, which anti-abortion protesters said violated their speech rights, keeps patients and clinic staff safer. But the court ruled unanimously that Massachusetts went too far when it created 35-foot buffer zones around […]
In a nationwide crackdown on child sex-trafficking last week, the FBI rescued nearly 170 victims, many of whom were never reported missing. The crackdown also led to the arrest of 281 pimps on state and federal charges. “These are not faraway kids in faraway lands,” FBI Director James Comey said in announcing the annual enforcement push known as Operation […]
