When Shooter Is White Male, Note Critics, ‘Terrorist’ Label Put On Hold

Sunday night’s shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival left at least 59 people dead, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
A photo of the alleged shooter, Stephen Paddock, via Twitter.

As law enforcement officials release more information about Stephen Paddock, the suspect in the Las Vegas shooting that killed nearly 60 people and injured more than 500 Sunday night, much of the reporting on his identity has focused on the fact that he is a "local individual" and a "lone wolf"—terminology that critics say has been used to signify

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Philly Cop Suspended After Shooting Unarmed Black Man In The Back

A Philly cop has finally been suspended following the release of a video showing him shoot and kill an unarmed man in the back as he ran away.

Jack Burns
By Jack Burns
Protesters march and demonstrate to decry recent shootings of black men by police and urge reforms in front of City Hall in Philadelphia, July 11, 2016. (AP/Matt Rourke)

One man is dead following an officer-involved shooting which took place on June 8th in Philadelphia. Now the officer who killed 30-year-old David Jones as he ran away has been suspended and potentially fired following the release of a very disturbing video and a three-month long investigation. But that disciplinary action does not go far enough for

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Pundits Seize On Tragic Shooting To Demonize Left-Wing Social Movements

Angry protest, absent incitements to violence, is not a precursor to political assassinations. Voting third party or refusing to support the two-party system is not a precursor to violence.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
An SUV, with a bullet hole in the windshield and a flat tire, sits in the parking lot at the scene of a multiple shooting in Alexandria, Va.,, June 14, 2017, during a congressional baseball practice. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A vibrant movement for economic and social justice in the United States exists among people, who largely supported Senator Bernie Sanders for president in the 2016 election. It is making gains electorally and socially, as more and more politicians become open to the idea of enacting a living wage and

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Anaheim Protests Erupt Following Video Of Off-Duty Cop Harassing Teen

A Los Angeles policeman is under investigation after a video appears to show him firing a single round during an off-duty tussle with a 13-year-old boy

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Protesters hold signs in front of an LAPD officer's home in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP)

(REPORT) --- Hundreds protested in the streets of Anaheim Wednesday night as video surfaced of a white off-duty officer physically harassing a Chicano teenager, firing a gun in the direction of his friends – a group of brown and Black youth. 13-year old Christian Dorscht was walking home from school Tuesday with friends when he decided to

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When Should Police Release Video Of Shootings?

In several high-profile cases, citizen video has served to refute police accounts that a suspect had refused commands or done something to warrant deadly force.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Police in Fresno, California, have released bodycam footage which shows the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Dylan Noble at a gas station last month

ATLANTA  — Two police shootings, both recorded by police. In one city, the police recordings were released almost immediately and protests remained calm. In the other, the chief has so far refused to provide the videos to the public and violent protests have wrought destruction in the heart of the city. Two different outcomes that raise some key

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2 Muslims Killed In New York In Suspected Hate Crime

Although police have yet to yet to establish a motive, residents demanded authorities treat the brazen daylight shooting as a hate crime.

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By teleSUR
New York police department crime scene investigators photograph evidence Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in the Queens borough of New York, after the leader of a New York City mosque and an associate were fatally shot as they left afternoon prayers. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Tharam Uddin, were shot as they left the Al-Furqan mosque.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim advocacy organization in the United States, announced on Sunday it is offering a US$10,000 reward for information about the man behind the shootings on Saturday of a New York imam and his associate amid, a development that comes amid outcry from the city's Muslim community over the

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