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Abused By My Girlfriend
Abused By My Girlfriend tells the remarkable story of Alex Skeel, a 23-year-old man from Bedford who survived an abusive relationship with his girlfriend Jordan Worth.
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“If there is a God, then anything is permitted”: On Dostoevsky, freedom, and religious violence
Most people today are spontaneously moral, and the idea of torturing or killing another human being is repulsive to them — in order to make them do it, some “sacred” Cause is needed which makes their concerns about violence seem trivial.
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The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by | Kate Ferguson
Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act
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Racism and xenophobia partially explain Trump supporters' heightened acceptance of political violence, study finds
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are more likely to endorse political violence and have positive assessments of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, according to new findings published in American Politics Research. The study provides evidence that these individuals are also motivated by racial animus and anti-foreigner attitudes, which partially explain their heightened acceptance of political violence.
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Republican Party lost core supporters after the attack on Capitol
Five people were killed and many more serious injured when Trump supporters attacked the congressional building on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. In the immediate aftermath, the Republican Party lost core supporters in great numbers. This is documented by three researchers from the Department of Political Science in a new study.
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eBay Bans Jeffrey Dahmer Costumes After Listings Surge Due to Netflix‘s ’Monster’: You Can‘t Sell Items That ’Promote or Glorify Violence’
Listings for Jeffrey Dahmer costumes on eBay.com are being pulled this Halloween season. The popular e-commerce website has put a ban on Dahmer costumes because they violate its policy on violent and violent criminals, Buzzfeed News confirms. A surge of listings for Dahmer-related costumes hit the website in the aftermath of Ryan Murphy’s blockbuster Netflix series, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters as the serial killer.
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10 Killed, 15 Wounded in Canada Stabbing Rampage
A series of stabbings at an Indigenous community and at another town nearby in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched for two suspects. The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said. Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random, the AP reports.
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A man started a fire to lure the neighbors out. Then he shot them — killing 3 people
A man evicted from a Houston apartment building shot five other tenants — killing three of them — Sunday morning after setting fire to the house to lure them out, police said. Officers fatally shot the gunman.
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The Argument That Video Games Spur Mass Shootings Is Losing Steam
On the painful occasion of a mass shooting in the US, it has become customary for some politician or pundit to point an accusatory finger at video games. In late May, after two such attacks — in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, it was Texas Senator Ted Cruz. These tragedies, he said in a speech at a National Rifle Association convention, were a mirror of our culture, and specifically, where our culture is failing.
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Improving Gun Policy Science
The Gun Policy in America project consistently found inadequate evidence for the likely effects of different gun policies on a wide range of outcomes. This does not mean that the policies have no effects, but instead reflects the relatively minimal investment that has been made to better understand these effects. We recommend ways to improve this body of research.
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Why Was Depp-Heard Trial Televised? Critics Call It ‘Single Worst Decision’ for Sexual Violence Victims
Millions of people have watched Penney Azcarate, the chief judge of the Fairfax County (Va.) Circuit Court, as she has presided over the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for the…
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‘No way to prevent this’: why the Onion’s gun violence headline is so devastating
After the latest mass shooting in Texas, the site, known for satire, opted for a layout that was ‘not a belly-laugh type joke’
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1 killed, 4 ‘critically wounded’ in Orange County church shooting, sheriff says
One person died and four others were hospitalized with critical injuries following a shooting at a Laguna Woods church Sunday afternoon. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Geneva P…
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Why is everyone talking about Squid Game?
Squid Game has the entire world talking. The series based in South Korea is the most watched show on Netflix of all time; 110 million Netflix viewers have streamed the show. Considering the series was only released on 17 September, this ascent is monumental. The question is: Why?
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How Facebook neglected the rest of the world, fueling hate speech and violence in India
A trove of internal documents show Facebook didn’t invest in key safety protocols in the company’s largest market.
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More than half of US police killings are mislabelled or not reported, study finds
Review of 40 years of data shows many fatal police encounters are misclassified, most often when the victim is Black or Hispanic
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How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns
The way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.
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Some QAnon believers are being driven to violence. Experts say mental health problems could be a factor.
A QAnon believer from California admitted killing his children with a spearfishing gun this week because he believed they would "grow into monsters." Anthony Beckett apologized to his pregnant girlfriend as he tried to force her head underwater. "I need to do this, I need to do this," the soon-to-be father of three from Middlesbrough, England, told his stunned partner who was taking a bath, according to court documents seen by Insider.
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Death Sentence vs Life In Prison - How Do They Actually Compare?
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Lithuanian MOD conceals crimes in the army
Weapons, drugs, drunkenness, violence, thefts in the Lithuanian Armed Forces are the results of the work of the Minister National Defence of Lithuania.
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