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The Richmond High CA Gang Rape Case: She’s a Puta Now

• October 27, 2009 • 11 Comments

Posted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Beatings, Blame, Brutality, Cell Phone Pictures, Cell Phone Videos, Chicanas, Constables on Patrol, Degradation, Drunkenness, False Imprisonment, Gang Rape, Girlfriends, Girls, Graduate, Grandmothers, Homecoming Dance, KTVU-2, Latinas, Latinos, Life-Altering, Lt. Mark Gagan, Lured, Manuel Ortega, Mothers, Ordeal, Picnic Table, Rape, Rapists, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, Robbery, Scapegoat, Self-Hating, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sisters, Train, Trauma, Women

No Bond for Cracker Barrel Restaurant Attacker

• October 27, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Tasha Hill/Tashawnea Hill, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Aggravated Assault, Army Reservist, Battery, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Disorderly Conduct, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Domestic Violence, False Imprisonment, First Degree Cruelty to Children, Flight Risk, K-Mart, Sharon West, Spitting, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Terroristic Threats, Tony Axum, Tracy Lawson, Troy Dale West, Violence

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Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests June 23, 2022
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Boris Johnson and Prince Charles to hold Rwanda talks June 22, 2022
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