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YouTube Shuts Down Gun Manufacturer’s Channel

Kevin Seraaj - March 22, 2018

APOPKA, Fla. – On Tuesday, YouTube shut down the channel belonging to Spike’s Tactical, a well-known gun and AR-15 manufacturer, for what it called "repeated or...

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Louisiana Has One of the Highest Rates of Child Gun Deaths

Orlando Advocate - July 26, 2017

Della Hasselle, Louisiana Weekly In March, 10-year-old Justin Simms and 6-year-old Jumyrin Smith were discovered dead alongside their mother Monique Smith in New Orleans after...

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Austin TX shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 hospitalized

Lee Dixon - July 31, 2016

AUSTIN, Texas — A shooting in a crowded entertainment district in downtown Austin early Sunday left one woman dead and three others wounded. According to reports,...

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Deadly Force, in Black & White

propublica.org - July 14, 2016

Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts – 21...

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Rakeem Hill Surrenders to Police

Frank Butler - July 14, 2016

Rakeem Hill, son of Commissioner Regina Hill, turned himself in to police yesterday after learning for the first time, according to his attorney, that police had...

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3 men shot while streaming on Facebook Live

Advocate Staff - July 13, 2016

NORFOLK, Va. — Three people were injured in a shooting captured on Facebook Live Tuesday evening. TJ Williams and two other men were sitting in...

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Arrests Made in Alleged Plot to Harm Police

Frank Butler - July 13, 2016

Baton Rouge police responded to a weekend burglary at a pawn shop and arrested Antonio Thomas, 17, at the scene. Thomas apparently told police...

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President Obama on the Fatal Shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

Kevin Seraaj - July 7, 2016

Today, President Obama posted the following message on Facebook: "All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge,...

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The Orlando Pulse shootings: an unspeakable tragedy with unacknowledged roots

Advocate Staff - June 21, 2016

The massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando has produced a national wave of anguish and righteous anger, especially among LGBTQ and Latina/o communities, at...

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