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  • TWENTY people including a number of children are shot and one person is killed at Arkansas car show raising money for non-profit youth organization: Cops say person of interest is in custody but there may have been multiple shooters

    03/19/2022 11:58:21 PM PDT · by blueplum · 166 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 19 Mar 2022 | y STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
    The incident took place at about 7:25 p.m. at the Delta N.E.Y.O. Hood-nic Foundation car show The shooting happened in the town of Dumas, about 85 miles southeast from the state capital of Little Rock Arkansas State Troopers were sent to Dumas following an initial report of a shooting outside a local business where the show took place Authorities said that 'as many as 10' people were wounded Investigators have since confirmed that at least one person has been killed in the shooting, according to KARK
  • Durbin, Duckworth, Kelly Introduce Resolution Establishing "National Gun Violence Awareness Month"

    05/27/2018 2:36:38 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 44 replies
    Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) ^ | 5/24/2018 | Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
    To bring attention to the issue of gun violence, Americans are encouraged to wear orange the weekend of June 1st - 3rd – June 2nd would’ve been Hadiya Pendleton’s 21st birthday U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) led 14 other Senators and 25 other Representatives to introduce a resolution in the House and Senate establishing the weekend of June 1-3, 2018 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend” and designating June as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.”  Every day in America, an average of around 300 men, women, and children are shot,...
  • Anti-Violence Activists Charged in Vicious Attack ( Pittsburgh )

    10/31/2014 9:34:40 AM PDT · by george76 · 24 replies
    KDKA ^ | Oct 30, 2014
    Two “Stop the Violence” organizers allegedly beat one of their colleagues so severely that he vomited blood and was left unconscious in critical condition. Nikole Ardeno and Emanuel Velez, both 30, accused their former roommate of stealing their property, and allegedly punched and kicked him in the street until he had seizures. Arrested moments later, Ardeno was still wearing the same “Stop the Violence” T-shirt she had on the night before when she coordinated a march protesting two recent shootings, Washington Police Chief Chris Luppino said. The victim, Joshua Magraff, also is a community organizer with the anti-violence group, and...
  • Men in heels march to help stop violence (high-heeled sling-back open-toe pumps)

    05/26/2009 3:56:09 AM PDT · by Born Conservative · 27 replies · 1,534+ views
    PennLive.com ^ | 5/26/2009 | Mary Klaus
    Bret DeLone winced, wobbled and occasionally whined on Monday as he gamely walked nearly a mile in a pair of high-heeled shoes as a protest of rape, sexual assault and violence. "I've got a blister on each foot," the Camp Hill resident said, happily slipping out of black high-heeled sling-back open-toe pumps and donning his sneakers. "These shoes didn't fit very well. But I received more than a few compliments on my legs, so I can't complain. It was all for a good cause." DeLone and about 40 other men wearing women's shoes strolled down Market Street in Camp Hill...