U.N. Elects Iran And China To Women’s Rights Commission

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On Tuesday, the United Nations voted to elect China and Iran to the Commission on the Status of Women, which is “exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.” Iran is one of the most oppressive countries to women on Earth. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, Iran ranks 140 out of 144 countries in terms of gender parity. The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Index ranked Iran 116 out of 153 countries because of their legal discrimination against women. The Index explains, “legal discrimination is a significant

LeBron James Posts Picture Of Cop Who Protected Girl From Stabbing: ‘YOU’RE NEXT’

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On Wednesday, NBA player LeBron James posted a photo of the Columbus police officer who saved the life of an unarmed girl by shooting her attacker, a black teenage girl armed with a knife, with the caption, “YOU’RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.” [adsanity_group num_ads=”1″ align=”aligncenter” num_columns=”1″ group_ids=”2381″/] The National Fraternal Order of Police responded to his tweet, writing, “@KingJames, with his vast resources & influence, should educate himself and, frankly, has a responsibility to do so, on the facts before weighing in. This is disgraceful & extremely reckless. The officer saved a young girl’s life. No amount of gaslighting will change that

Columbus Police Release Bodycam Video Of Makiyah Bryant Shooting

The Columbus Police Department has released an officer’s bodycam video of Tuesday’s shooting of Makiyah Bryant, an armed teenage black girl, by a police officer. The video appears to show Makiyah Bryant trying to stab another girl when the officer opened fire, presumably saving the life of the unarmed girl. [adsanity_group num_ads=”1″ align=”aligncenter” num_columns=”1″ group_ids=”2381″/] “We know based on this footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community,” Columbus Mayor Andrew explained as the police department released the bodycam video. “We think it’s critically important to share as much information as possible. We’ll continue to

Did Maxine Waters Just Free Derek Chauvin?

As noted here, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) has stepped in it – possibly big time. Depositing herself in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the site of the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Waters made a point of saying this about the case of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, on trial and awaiting a jury verdict in the death of George Floyd. Said Waters in her customarily inflammatory style: “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational.” [adsanity_group num_ads=”1″ align=”aligncenter” num_columns=”1″ group_ids=”2381″/] The Chauvin jury is, of course, sequestered. But one

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