By Courtney Anderson
They take our lives every day.
Shoot us in the back.
In front of family,
friends,
and strangers.
They leave us in the streets.
And Cuff our dead bodies.
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They lie about us.
Drag our names,
stories,
and lives
through the mud.
We deserve our deaths, they say.
We killed ourselves.
We always kill ourselves, they say.
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Our lives are played on social media.
And so are our deaths.
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And our killers go free.
Every.
Single.
Time.
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And then
They ask for our
Peace.
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Peace! Peace! Be Peaceful! Have Peace!
Be peaceful as we slaughter you!
Stand still as we shoot.
Paint our streets with your Blood.
And above all, have Peace!
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There is no peace.
There is no peace.
There is no peace.
There will be no peace.
As long as they live,
and we die,
There will be No Peace.
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96 Year Old WWII Veteran Still Works At His North Miami Beach Barbershop
Baron Capizzi is nearly 96, but he still works at his barbershop in North Miami Beach.
A World War II vet who has a wound on his right hand from a Japanese bayonet, Baron doesn’t brag about his time in the service. “We had a job to do and we did it,” Baron said after our reporter peppered him with questions about his time in the Pacific Theater.
He said that he learned to never worry in life and his daughter confirmed that she’s never seen him stressed or too busy to talk to someone.
He’s been a barber for 60 years and still cuts the hair of Kenny DeFillipo, a man in his 70s who got his first hair cut from Baron at age 10.
His life is testament to how much history really is in our community.
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Is Bumble Really More Empowering For Women Than Tinder?
Finding true love just got easier due to the latest trend of dating apps available on smart phones.
Users are literally finger tips away from connecting with the right person, but who will make the first move?
There is a broad range of dating app, such as OK Cupid and Tinder, but the app that caught my attention was Bumble, often referred to by many as the “feminist app.”
It works just like any other dating app, where users set up a profile of themselves and swipe right if they have an interest in someone.
But here’s the catch, women make the first move.
Men and women both make their own connections, but once a connection is made, women only have a span of 24 hours to initiate a conversation before the connection disappears.
Then men only have 24 hours to respond to that first move by the woman.
But is the ability to make the first move more empowering for women?
For many yes, women have the control in this scenario, making men wait by the phone for the first response.
It is a total inversion of the typical dating app experience in that way.
Women at a Bumble event in Melbourne, Australia. Photo Credit: Bumble/ Facebook
Women have men wrapped around their fingers waiting for that first text message.
Dating is not easy and having the courage to be the first one to reach out to a possible connection can boost the confidence of many women.
Bumble changes the stereotypical role of waiting three days for the guy to call, pushing for women to take action within a 24 hour time frame.
For others, being the first to say “Hello” is easier said than done.
For those too shy to make the first move then have a limited time frame before the connection is lost.
There is pressure to initiate the conversation, which for many can feel more disappointing than empowering.
Some simply have no idea what to say, which happens sometimes, and that should be okay.
Everyone has different experiences with dating apps, both good and bad, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Many women have reported good feedback from using Bumble and have had good conversations with their connections from going on dates to just establishing friendships.
That is the beauty of dating apps you have control to choose the person you want to have a connection with, and Bumble offers a different perspective on who makes the first move.
There is no instruction manual or rule book to follow when it comes to finding love, and everyone is entitled to go about that journey the way they choose.
So is Bumble more empowering for women than Tinder?
It certainly has the potential to be.
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This Woman’s Suicide Nearly 15 Years After Her Husband Was Falsely Accused Of Kidnapping Elizabeth Smart Proves How Devastating Botched Justice Can Be
The widow of Richard Ricci, one of the original suspects in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case, was found dead at her residence on Dec. 18, according to Deseret News. It was later determined to be an intentional prescription drug overdose.
Following her death, Angela Morse Ricci’s son Trevor Morse created a GoFundMe page for the funeral expenses.
“The official cause of death was suicide, but I believe she died from a broken heart,” On it Trevor Morse wrote on the GoFundMe page.
Back in 2002, Salt Lake City authorities pinpointed their main person of interest in the Elizabeth Smart case as Richard Ricci, the Smart family’s handyman.
Nine days after Smart was abducted from her home, Ricci was arrested for violation of parole in the 1983 attempted murder of a police officer. He was charged with burglaries near the Smart house that were similar to the break-in that led to Smart’s disappearance.
A month after his arrest, Ricci suffered from a brain aneurysm and died three days later on Aug. 30, 2002.Until Smart was eventually found and Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee were arrested in March 2003, Ricci remained a prime suspect after his death.
Morse described his step-father being falsely accused further on the GoFundMe page:
“He was convicted by the police and the public, and was intensely interrogated, all the while trying to tell anyone who would listen that he was innocent.”
“Since the day Richard Ricci died, my mother’s broken heart never healed,” Morse wrote on GoFundMe.
He explained the toll it took on both of them, but highlighted his mother’s unrelenting love throughout, stating that she stood by her husband and continued to make time for loved ones.
“Her house was open to anyone who needed a place to stay,” Morse wrote on the social media fundraising website.
Claiming her husband’s rights were violated, Ricci sued for wrongful death. The suits were later dismissed.
In 2004 she received a settlement of $150,000 from the Utah Department of Corrections.
Utah did not recognize any wrongdoing on its part however, the Deseret News also reported.
“Since the day Richard Ricci died, my mother’s broken heart never healed,” Morse wrote on GoFundMe.
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