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  • Charlottesville removes Lewis and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea along with Confederate statues

    05/05/2025 10:06:55 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 57 replies
    cnn ^ | July 13, 2021 | Amir Vera, Artemis Moshtaghian and Elizabeth Joseph
    A Lewis and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea (also spelled Sacajawea), a famous Native American woman, was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, making it the third statue to be taken down in the city. The statue is of two White men – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark – and Sacagawea, who was depicted tracking, according to historians. Those against the statue have said Sacagawea appears to be cowering, according to The Daily Progress newspaper. “It was a very offensive statue, and not only did it delineate me as a Native American, it delineated our women and their role in society,” said...
  • Victim fought gunman in Oregon grocery store shooting that left 2 dead, police say

    08/29/2022 10:39:53 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 34 replies
    cnn ^ | Updated 10:28 PM ET, Mon August 29, 2022 | Amir Vera, Tina Burnside, Caroll Alvarado and Hannah Sarisohn,
    The gunman -- identified by police as Ethan Blair Miller, 20 -- A search warrant was served on the gunman's vehicle and home, Miller said. Investigators found three Molotov cocktails in his car along with a sawed-off shotgun. Police are working with the ATF to learn if the firearms were legal. In his apartment, authorities found additional ammunition and digital devices that are currently being reviewed. CNN has identified several blog entries appearing to belong to Ethan Miller which were published on the blogging site "Wattpad" detailing a plan and reasons for the shooting. June 29 and signed with the...
  • Military draft: Selective Service System website crashes after death of Qasem Soleimani

    01/03/2020 8:39:05 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 82 replies
    CNN ^ | Jan. 3, 2020 | By Amir Vera
    (CNN) — The Selective Service website crashed Friday because of "the spread of misinformation," the agency tweeted. The website's crash came hours after the announcement that the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump. The hashtag #WorldWarIII was one of the top trends on Twitter Friday.