sexual assault
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Detroit Lions DeAndre Levy Raises Money to Test Rape Kits
Detroit Lions lineback DeAndre Levy has put his money where his heart is. The outspoken advocate against domestic violence and rape is partnering with the Detroit Hustles Harder clothing line to sell “Our Issue” T-shirts. All proceeds from the shirts will go to the Enough SAID program in Detroit. Enough SAID is a collaboration between multiple…
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President Obama Signs 1st Rape Survivor’s Bill of Rights Into Law
President Barack Obama signed the Survivors Bill of Rights Act into law Friday, after it was passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The Senate passed the bill in May. The law was drafted in support of sexual assault survivors and provides specific rights to those who are survivors of rape in terms of law enforcement,…
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Support Birth Of A Nation Or Not, But Just Know That Nate Parker Is Probably Peak Fuckboy
I have never seen anything like what’s happening with Nate Parker right now. Of course, I’ve seen prominent public figures suspected and/or accused of wrongdoing do the apology tour thing. And I’ve also seen many of these types of figures eschew the tour thing, either because they were advised to by their lawyers/publicists/management — who figured,…
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Investigation Finds White Football Players at Idaho High School Raped Black Disabled Teammate With Hanger
White Dietrich High School football players in Idaho “more likely than not” viciously raped a black, mentally disabled teammate with a plastic coat hanger in a locker room last year, according to newly released findings from a school district investigation. KTVB reports that “Superintendent Benjamin Hardcastle and Principal Stephanie Shaw conducted 30 interviews with students,…
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Uber Driver Charged With Attempting to Take Minor to Apartment for Sex
A Minnesota Uber driver is facing charges of false imprisonment after allegedly trying to take a minor back to his apartment against her will, KMSP reports. On Aug. 4, authorities say Dahir Aden picked up the female victim in north Minneapolis, then drove to pick up her friend, whom he dropped off at his job…
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Student Killed Herself After University Failed to Fully Investigate Rape Claims: Lawsuit
A mother has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s William Paterson University in which she blames the school for her daughter’s suicide, alleging that the school failed to fully investigate her claims of rape, NJ.com reports. Cherelle Jovanna Locklear, 21, was found dead by her roommates inside a dorm bathroom on Nov. 22, 2015, about…
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Stanford Rapist Brock Turner to Be Released From Jail This Friday
Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who received a slap on the wrist after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, is scheduled to be released from jail Friday, after serving only half of his meager six-month sentence, Business Insider reports. As the report notes, Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in…
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Los Angeles Massage Therapist Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault
A California massage therapist is facing charges that he sexually assaulted one of his clients, the Los Angeles Times reports. Daniel Holbert, 48, was arrested earlier this week without incident at G Train Fitness Gym in North Hollywood and charged with one felony count of sexual penetration by false representation. According to the report, Holbert…
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How Twitter Made Me A Better Man
I first logged on to Twitter in 2009. I was (and still am) a Black man, the first in his family to attend and graduate college. By proxy, my pursuit of post-bachelor education was also a family milestone. This is more or less an elongated way to say whatever privilege people think Black men have,…