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Samira Sadeque


Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration, sexual violence, and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards. Follow: @Samideque

(L) The original video of the two women dancing and using the N-word; (R) Abi Akharoh commenting on the video

TikTok allegedly refused to remove video of white girls saying the N-word—but it removed Black woman’s video calling them out (updated)

She reported the video for hate speech, and TikTok allegedly told her to 'block the account' if she's offended.

On Dec 8, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star allegedly paid hush money to man who accused him of sexual assault

The accuser later reportedly retracted his allegations.

On Dec 8, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Serena K. Fleites

$45,000 crowdfunded for Pornhub child trafficking victim whose tragic story went viral (updated)

At only 14, Serena Fleites' life changed. Now, readers are doing something about it.

On Dec 8, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Two cops seen in a heated conversation, with one of them pointing a gun at the other

Video shows officer pulling gun at his partner after coming back late from lunch

The other officer said he would report him for being late.

On Dec 7, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Adan Llanos

11-year-old fatally shoots himself during Zoom class

Adan Llanos' family says his death was an accident.

On Dec 4, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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youtuber kills pregnant girlfriend Valentina Grigoryeva

YouTuber allegedly kills pregnant girlfriend during live stream—and viewers reportedly urged him to do it

One viewer paid him $1,000 so that they could watch Reeflay torture her.

On Dec 3, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Officers seen harassing Terry Rucker before snatching his phone away

Video shows police tackling Black man filming with cellphone, accusing him of assault

The man was filming the officers on the street.

On Dec 3, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Bodycam footage shows the K9 pulling at Washington's leg

Video shows cops shooting naked man while K-9 is attacking him

The officer who shot the man has been fired, and the incident is under investigation.

On Dec 2, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Officer Meyer pressing down Crawford and tasing him

Cop shocks Black man with stun gun for having ‘dirty license plate’

The police officer has resigned.

On Dec 1, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Mike Tolvanen and Rebecca Whyte laughing at their anti-Black 'joke'

White couple’s TikTok comedy page goes viral for racist joke about Black people—so does their Yelp

'If your [sic] easily offended you will be blocked.'

On Nov 27, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Honestie Hodges

Honestie Hodges, who was handcuffed at gunpoint as a child, dies of coronavirus

She was 11 when a viral video showed police targeting her.

On Nov 26, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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shop enby wild flower trademark

Sex toy company threatens to sue Black, trans-owned company over its name

Who owns 'enby'?

On Nov 26, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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London police huddled over a Black woman screaming 'I can't breathe'

Video shows police beating Black woman who says ‘I can’t breathe’

The woman said a male officer 'buried' his knee into her neck.

On Nov 25, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Hasan Minhaj

Resurfaced tweets allege toxic work culture at Hasan Minhaj’s ‘Patriot Act’

Sangeetha Thanapal is asking why the allegations were largely ignored.

On Nov 24, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Amani Al-Khatahtbeh blogged about the incident on her TikTok

Video: American Airlines asks Muslim woman to exit flight because a passenger is ‘uncomfortable’

The airline called police, who arrested the woman for trespassing.

On Nov 23, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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