Instagram Blocks Sandra Bland Hashtag

Instagram Restricts Use Of The Sandra Bland Hashtag To Prevent Hate Speech

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Instagram users were frustrated to find that posts tagged #SandraBland weren’t appearing in the haghtag’s gallery page, a hashtag that has garnered over 246,000 entries. Users criticized the social media company, concerned that their entries were being censored. Instagram, however, has been explaining that people started using the hashtag to promote racist, violent and threatening content and needed to sort through posts that violated its community guidelines. The hashtag was restored following a 24-hour block yesterday at approximately 10 am PCT. Read more at the Huffington Post.

Up Next: NYC Principal Jumps In Front Of A Subway Train After Found Skewing Students’ Test Scores

Tragic: Harlem School Principal Commits Suicide Once Incriminated In Test-Score Scandal

NY school principal commits suicide by jumping in front of subway train, after cheating on… http://t.co/fRuAfIC867

— I love @AugustAlsina (@_roseizzy) July 27, 2015

It’s a grim day at Teachers College Community School in West Harlem today. It’s been disclosed to the parents that the school’s principal, Jeanene Worrell-Breeden, jumped to her death on subway tracks after someone disclosed to the NYC Department of Education that she had been changing Common Core test scores of her students. Worrell-Breeden commit suicide back in April, only 24 hours after the tip was made. She was transported to a local hospital after making the jump and succumbed eight days later to her injuries. Read more at The Root.

Up Next: Haitians Are Being Smuggled Into The US To Escape Local Poverty

Haitians Are Paying Drug Dealers To Get Them Into The US

In a desperate attempt to escape the poverty, limited education and violence in Haiti, thousands of locals are paying drug dealers to get them onto US soil. Check out a preview to Fusion’s feature on the issue above.

Up Next: New York Magazine Hacked After Publishing Cover Story Featuring Bill Cosby’s Rape Accusers

Revenge? New York Magazine’s Website Gets Shut Down After Feature Story On Bill Cosby Rape Scandal 

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New York Magazine’s website is finally back up after it was hacked immediately following its infamous cover showing 35 of the women who have been accusing Comedian Bill Cosby of rape. According to Fishbowl, a twitter user named @Vikingdom2016 is claiming responsibility for the attack. He says that he issued a Denial of Service against the magazine because he claims an African American tried to prank him with a fake gun within his first hours of visiting New York two months ago. He decided NY Mag was an easy target. Read more of the nonsense at Fishbowl.

Up Next: NFL Hires Its First Female Coach

Jen Welter Just Got Promoted As The First Woman To Become A Coach For The NFL

Arizona Cardinals hire Jen Welter, believed to be first female coach in the NFL http://t.co/IPeVxn3Xrm pic.twitter.com/yEaV884dt9

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 28, 2015

The Arizona Cardinals recently declared that they have brought on Jen Welter as a coaching intern during training camp and preaseason. Welter is supposed to be the first woman to hold such a role in the National Football League, a renowned male sporting institution. Welter has a background in helping linebackers and working on special teams as an assistant coach for the Indoor Football League’s Texas Revolution. Read more at The Arizona Republic.

Up Next: Chicago Cops Tow A Car From A Crime Scene With Two Bodies Still In The Back Seat

Locals Deride Chicago Cops For Impounding A Car With Two Corpses Inside

To residents’ horror, Chicago police removed a car from a crime scene containing the corpses of two shooting victims. In the video above, locals are yelling at the officers for behaviors that they thought were disrespectful to the dead. Officials from the police department have come out defending themselves by saying that “unique circumstances” force police to tow vehicles with bodies still inside and that they had to maintain the “integrity” of the scene. Read more at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Up Next: Muammar Gaddafi’s Son Sentenced To Death In Tripoli

Saif al-Islam, Son Of Former Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, Given Death Sentence

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Saif al-Islam is one of the eight former Libyan authorities who is being put to death for committing human rights violations during the 2011 Arab Spring revolution that wiped his now-deceased father, Muammar Gaddafi, from his role as prime minister. al-Islam is being incriminated by the International Criminal Court for similar charges. However, it is questioned whether al-Islam will actually be executed, as the militia that is holding him does not recognize the current regime in Tripoli and refuses to hand him over. Read more at Quartz.

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