Marlene Pinnock, the 51-year-old woman punched repeatedly by California Highway Patrol officer Daniel Andrew on the side of a freeway in an incident caught on video, will receive $1.5 million under…
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Women
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
RCMP report on Aboriginal women puts numbers to our national shame: Tim Harper
We are quick to work to protect women’s rights abroad, but when it comes to murdered Aboriginals at home, we are quick to look the other way.
Tim Harper – TheStar.com – May 18
Last week, while Aboriginal demonstrators were marching outside the Centre Block, New Democratic MP Niki Ashton rose in the Commons and asked the government — again — to convene a national inquiry to provide answers and justice for the families of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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I Deserve Justice: Native Women From Alaska – 5 Part Series
Background:
In 1978, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Oliphant v. Suquamish Indan Tribe, declaring that American Indian Nations could no longer exercise jurisdiction over non-native offenders who commit crimes on tribal lands. Although the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) in March 2013 restores a portion of the jurisdiction that Oliphant stripped away to American Indian Nations, VAWAspecifically excludes 228 federally recognized tribes in Alaska. Consequently, as a result of Section 910 of VAWA 2013, Alaska Native women remain the only group of Native women whose tribal governments cannot protect them. To learn more, read: www.sliverofafullmoon.org
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How Police Caught The Cop Who Allegedly Sexually Abused 8 Black Women
“Prosecutors say Officer Daniel Holtzclaw made a mistake after a series of sexual assaults on black women in Oklahoma City — he profiled the wrong woman. His family says he’s a victim of “solicited testimony” from women who have “personal motives” to lie. BuzzFeed News reports from the Oklahoma County courtroom where, Wednesday, prosecutors described a pattern of sexual harassment and assault.”
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Virginia Cop Sentenced To A Mere 3 Years For Killing Unarmed Woman
She has a name; Patricia Cook. She was killed in Culpeper, Virginia on February 9, 2012.
Patricia was 54 years old. No one knows why she was in the parking lot of Epiphany Catholic School, but while there, she was approached by Culpeper Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright. Officer Harmon-Wright said he received a call of a suspicious vehicle.
Wright fired two shots into Patricia’s vehicle. The first two rounds, fired at point-blank range, tore into Cook’s face and arm. Patricia managed to drive away, but Harmon-Wright did not stop shooting. He shot Patricia 5 times; a round entered her brain, and the another round severed her spine and veered into her heart.
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India acid attack survivors pose for ‘ground breaking’ photo shoot
It was a photo shoot that caught India’s attention — five courageous survivors of acid attacks posed for portraits.
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Woman Brutally Beaten by CHP Officer Speaks Out
In July, 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock was walking on the side of a California highway when aCalifornia Highway Patrol officer threw her to the ground and began brutally beating her in the face. That officer, Daniel Andrew, has not been subject to any disciplinary action but he has been placed on “non road patrol duty”, and CHP says its investigation is ongoing.
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New statistics: Pregnancy discrimination claims hit low-wage workers hardest
New data from the EEOC show that pregnancy discrimination hits virtually every industry and every geographic area of the country.
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NYPD Drag Naked Woman From Apartment, Leave Her Passed Out On The Floor
Denise Stewart, 48, who suffers with severe asthma, screamed “I can’t breathe” as she struggled to get away from police officers who held her against a wall after pulling her from her apartment on July 13.
The incident is all captured on video.
According to the Daily News, officers said they were called to the building to respond to a possible domestic violence dispute. Stewart’s lawyer claims the 911 call came from an apartment on another floor
Kevin Sweat pleads guilty to killing 2 girls and fiance
The man accused of killing two Weleetka girls and his fiance pleaded guilty on Thursday. Kevin Sweat entered three guilty pleas for the deaths of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker, 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and his fiance Ashley Taylor.
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