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In the news: Ten headlines you need to know this week

By Mitchell Kendra for The Yellow Jacket 8 min read

1. Report on CIA’s tactics released

Earlier this week, a 500 page review of the tactics that the CIA has used since Sept. 11, 2011 was released. According to Time, the report was completed with 6.2 million CIA files and “presents evidence that the agency’s interrogation methods were poorly managed, brutal and possibly illegal and misrepresented to the White House, the Justice Department, Congress and the American people.” President Barack Obama stated that the report displayed a ‘troubling’ program, as he believed that “‘some of the actions that were taken were contrary to our values.”

Time,

Dec. 9

2. Ray Rice wins NFL appeal

The ongoing news surrounding the Ray and Janay Rice elevator incident took an unexpected turn when Rice won his appeal on Friday, Nov. 28 that lifts the strains on his second suspension that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gave him, reported ESPN.

After hearing about the incident, Goodell suspended Ray Rice for two games, but upon the release of the video of Rice dragging his unconscious then fiancé out of the elevator, Goodell and the NFL indefinitely suspended Ray Rice for the entirety of the season for “violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy in an incident of domestic violence,” according to ESPN. Ray Rice has now been reinstated to the NFL and is now allowed to sign with any team that is interested in him, according to ESPN.

ESPN,

Nov. 29

3. Ferguson verdict creates chaos

Last week when the grand jury did not indict Officer Darren Wilson, there was a major uproar in Ferguson. There were publicly broadcasted riots that broke out, people were breaking into stores, looting, and burning cars. The riots have gotten so intense that “over the Thanksgiving weekend, Ferguson-area organizers called for a Black Friday shopping boycott, forcing the St. Louis Galleria Mall to shut down temporarily on the busiest shopping day of the year,” according to CNN. Upon hearing the verdict, Wilson resigned. CNN reported Wilson had been hiding for most of the three and a half months since the shooting, and has even received death threats. Wilson stated in his resignation letter: “I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow,” reported CNN.

CNN,

Dec. 1

4. Sunday marked Pearl Harbor Anniversary

Sunday marked the 73rd anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Local McDonald resident Clarence Brockman was working at a gas station at the time the attack happened, the Observer-Reporter reported that “In the immediate aftermath of the attack, when America was eager to strike back and men were flooding recruitment offices, Brockman joined them.

“What are we going to do? Brockman said, ‘We’re going to join the Army.” Fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, Brockman has had something with him ever since he fought that day: a small piece of shrapnel that was lodged into his skin during the war, reported the Observer-Reporter. Brockman is one of the many survivors from World War II who were honored across the US as they remembered those who gave their lives for our freedom.

The Observer-Reporter,

Dec. 7

5. Cal U football under investigation

Following the events that led to the assault on Lewis Campbell at the end of October, the California University Football team is now under review. The university hired a Kansas firm to “review the school’s troubled football program,” stated the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. According to the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette the review is planned to be completed by June.

The article stated that “the group is tasked with providing an outside examination of the culture of a program that has faced off-field problems, including the arrests of at least 19 current and former players since 2012 on charges ranging from marijuana possession to aggravated assault.” According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the contract that the firm signed with the university includes six specific areas that are going to be under investigation.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Dec. 3

6. Bill Cosby alleged assault victim speaks out

Kristina Ruehli is one of the women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault. The Daily Beast reported why Ruehli is now speaking up about the incident: “Ruehli wants two things: to prevent other women from being sexually assaulted and to see Cosby be brought to justice in some form.” Ruehli is placed chronologically as the first woman that Crosby assaulted, and the Daily Beast reported that the situation occurred in 1965. Upon seeing Andrea Constand’s civil lawsuit in 2005, Ruehli saw that the allegations of the 13 women in the lawsuit were similar to her experience, reported the Daily Beast. Due to the allegation, not only have Cosby had a lot of his shows that are cancelled, but his reputation has been destroyed, just as it should be after committing such a wrongdoing.

The Daily Beast,

Dec. 9

7. Groups want action taken on gun violence

Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America have released a report that states: “In the two years since a gunman killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., there have been at least 95 school shootings in the USA, including 23 in which at least one person was killed,” according to USA Today. This is a statistic that the two groups, who work together, have released in Washington, D.C.

Upon releasing their reports, the groups hope that the government will take political action on the gun violence that has erupted since the Sandy Hook shooting. Connecticut’s senator, Democrat Richard Blumenthal, who is a representative of the groups, said that “gun violence in the USA has claimed more than 30,000 lives since the Sandy Hook massacre,” which is an interesting statistic, reported the USA Today. With the reports coming from the groups, their work has shown that maybe the government should take action with the extreme numbers that have happened in only two years since the Sandy Hook shooting. The Sandy Hook incident took place on Dec. 13, 2012, and is “the nation’s deadliest mass shooting at a high school or grade school,” reported USA Today.

USA Today,

Dec. 8

8. Protests continue, block highway

According to USA Today, Monday night more than 1,000 people protested in New York. The protestors are rioting over the police killings that have happened across the US, according to USA Today. The shooting of Michael Brown has sparked different riots upon the communities hearing the verdicts, but now the people are reportedly rioting over the Eric Garner incident that happened before the Mike Brown shooting. Garner was confronted by police officers for untaxed cigarettes when one of the police officers put him in a chokehold. Garner, a large man, repeated “I can’t breathe” but eventually the police officer continued until Garner passed out, USA Today reported. The third night of the riots, though causing a major highway to shut down both directions and a train to stop, were peaceful protests, unlike Sunday night were USA Today reported that some of the protestors set garbage cans on fire.

USA Today,

Dec. 9

9. OSU Football player found dead

Ohio State student-athlete Kosta Karageorge was found dead in a dumpster on Sunday afternoon when a woman and her son found his body, reported the Columbus Dispatch. After sending his mother a text message and then going for a walk Wednesday afternoon, it was noticed that Karageorge had missed practice. Although he told his roommates he was going for the walk, the Columbus Dispatch stated: “His family reported him missing and, throughout the holiday weekend, searchers combed Columbus looking for him.” While there was a handgun found in the dumpster near Karageorge’s body, the police have not confirmed that the handgun was his, according to the Columbus Dispatch. OSU head football coach Urban Meyer stated that the loss of Karageorge was an ‘incredible tragedy’ during a press conference held on Monday.

NBC News and the Columbus Dispatch,

Dec. 1

10. Local Walmart incident occurs

During Black Friday shopping in Washington, Pa, a man was stopped by police officers after store security suspected he had items that were unpaid for in his shopping cart. Opposing Views reported that Michael Manfredi of the South Strabane Police Department was the officer who dealt with the situation. The man had a friend record the dispute between the man and Manfredi. The suspected man accused Manfredi of “harassing” him during the altercation, while the African American man then continued to say that Manfredi tried to “Mike Brown” him referring to the Ferguson incident that occurred in August. But the video, which has been uploaded onto the internet and has made national news, displays that Manfredi remained calm during the altercation and was only doing his job. With all of the commotion that occurs with Black Friday Shopping, the Walmart checks the receipt of everyone who leaves the store.

But after the man refused to show his receipt to Manfredi, he continued to have an episode, taking the argument to the parking lot where the video shows him suddenly holding up his arms and yelling “My hands are up everybody! Missouri, he’s trying to Mike Brown me! Michael Manfredi is trying to Mike Brown me!” after Manfredi simply asked to see the receipt. After the recording friend showed the officers the receipt the man and his friend were able to leave.

Opposing Views,

Nov. 30

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