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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

tiktok grooming

TikTok users accused of child grooming reportedly only face weeklong bans (updated)

They get to keep their same accounts.

On Jul 20, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Screengrabs show Jenna Phillips acting as a puppy in numerous videos on her TikTok

TikTok star says she earns 6 figures acting like a puppy on OnlyFans

She says she's found a huge market.

On Jul 17, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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screenshots show a NYPD officer kicking the homeless man's belongings and a cop pushing him against the wall

Video shows officer punching homeless man in face

Now, the man is facing felony charges.

On Jul 16, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Homepage article image

Video shows officer slamming woman into car during minor traffic stop

One of the officers can be heard calling the woman 'super looney tunes' at one point in the video.

On Jul 15, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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screenshots show Point Pleasant Beach Police restraining and huddling around Black man

Video shows multiple officers tackling Black man, allegedly over open beer can

Bystanders object to the officers' actions and question why it takes so many of them to detain one man.

On Jul 14, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp at the premiere of Black Mass, 2015 Toronto Film Festival

Johnny Depp’s former assistant called Amber Heard ‘sociopathic show pony’ in texts

Stephen Deuters also alleged that Heard abused Depp.

On Jul 14, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Nicole Thea was eight months pregnant at the time of her death

Nicole Thea, popular YouTuber who was 8 months pregnant, dead at 24

Thea's unborn son also died.

On Jul 13, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Wayfair cabinets

No, Wayfair is not selling children in these exorbitantly priced storage boxes

Conspiracy theorists claimed furniture company Wayfair sold missing girls in their cabinets.

On Jul 10, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Martin Di Caro

High-profile DC journalist accused of harassing multiple people in the industry (updated)

Bloomberg Radio, where Martin Di Caro works as a contractor, has suspended the host following the allegations.

On Jul 9, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Chester County Department of Emergency Services

Video shows officers mocking man on verge of suicide

'He’ll just kill himself and get it over with.'

On Jul 8, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Denver woman seen following a Black man

Woman has internal freakout after noticing she’s being recorded harassing a Black man

She was following him and telling him to ‘get out of here’ in a park.

On Jul 7, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Amy Cooper seen calling the cops

Amy Cooper faces charges for falsely reporting a Black man to police

She called the police on Christian Cooper for asking her to put a leash on her dog.

On Jul 6, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Screenshots show employees playing with a noose made of dough

Video shows Jimmy John’s workers making noose out of bread dough

The employees were fired.

On Jul 6, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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A woman screamed at and smacked a Black teenager out for a jog

Video shows white woman smacking a Black teen

She was cited for misdemeanor child abuse.

On Jul 3, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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Left: Karen; Right: White Supremacist

Activists say ‘Karen’ nickname trivializes racists, call for the use of ‘white supremacist’ instead

'Karen was never supposed to be anything more than white women demanding a manager.'

On Jul 2, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

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