dailydot:

Movement builds to #FreeBresha as teen endures jail for killing abusive father

Bresha Meadows, 15, is being held in juvenile detention for fatally shooting her father while he slept. But her family claims Meadows acted to protect them from decades of abuse.

Meadows’s mother called her daughter a “hero” for defending the family, and her aunt also came to her defense, telling the Washington Free Beacon, “They’ve all been through it, and nobody in that county would help that we called, would do anything. She told on him, and nobody would do anything. She did what [she was] supposed to do, and nobody helped her.”

On Friday, an online campaign saw hundreds of tweets and posts with the #FreeBresha hashtag, as supporters shared petitions demanding that Meadows be released from a juvenile detention center in Ohio.

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trekkingwilbury:

redditfront:

Some examples of why the Oxford comma is generally a good idea

Please don’t let the Oxford comma die. If you were apathetic about it before, I think this will help you understand why it is necessary.

On the other hand, these sentences are pure gold.

micdotcom:

Trans rights activist Hande Kader was raped and burned to death in Turkey

In Turkey, the LGBTQ community is mourning the loss of transgender rights activist and sex worker Hande Kader. Kader’s body was found raped and brutally burned on Aug. 12 in Istanbul and now activists across the world are demanding justice for her death and the greater violence inflicted upon the the LGBTQ community. While homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community is staggering. 

dailydot:

The national anthem and white privilege at the Olympics

When Gymnast Gabby Douglas accepted an Olympic gold medal for the overall team competition, she proudly stood next to her teammates as the national anthem played. She did not, however, put her hand over her heart. People were outraged, accusing Douglas disrespecting the country and her team, and she was made to apologize for the incident on Twitter.

According to U.S. Flag Code, anyone addressing the American flag should put their hand over their heart, but it’s also a pretty unenforceable rule, and plenty of people don’t. For instance, Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, who respectively won gold and silver for shot put last night.

The discrepancy between the treatment of Gabby Douglas and Ryan Crouser is just the latest example of white privilege playing out in the Olympic games. With Douglas, the furious reactions came immediately, and were often paired with comments about how she looked. 

Meanwhile, male athletes are rarely criticized for their looks, and the only people speaking about Crouser’s and Kovacs’s national anthem stance are people pointing out the lack of outrage. It’s hard, then, to ignore the only other obvious differences between these three Olympic gold medalists—race and gender.

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theconcealedweapon:

Most of the assholes who scream “Blue Lives Matter” have never heard of any of these heroes. They’re too busy defending murderers like Darren Wilson, Daniel Pantaleo, and Timothy Loehmann.

“Not all cops are bad.” No shit. The cops shown in the photo are good cops, and there are many more like them. So why are you only defending the bad cops?

Didn’t include one of the most egregious cases of all, the time the NYPD had a cop involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. He was released after a week when the doctors determined he was fine and not ill in any way. He had reported fellow cops for brutality.

The officer’s name is Adrian Schoolcraft and the hospital still billed the family.

gastros-cooking:

Slow Cooker Japanese Pork and Ramen Soup