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

Tweets by Samira Sadeque

Man arrested for threatening to ‘ambush’ cops on Facebook Live

He had ties to anti-law enforcement 'boogaloo' Facebook pages.

On Apr 24, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Screengrabs show officer politely asking the family to leave; and a mini procession that followed Sara Brady after she was arrested

Mom arrested for refusing to leave park sparks conversation on white privilege

'Officer, you don’t want to do that.'

On Apr 23, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Screenshots show Rep. Jim Jordan coughing numerous times without a mask

Jim Jordan, no stranger to coverups, doesn’t wear mask on House floor

Other congresspeople have been following the reccomendations.

On Apr 23, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

Tech

Rank Badge with Leopard, Wave and Sun Motifs

CDC accused of stoking anti-Asian racism with Instagram post

The post has since been removed.

On Apr 22, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

Tech

Photos show posters marked on cars protesting the stimulus package that leave out undocumented, essential workers

Undocumented workers denied stimulus funds are protesting across the nation

The stimulus isn't being equitably distributed.

On Apr 22, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Screenshots show the two students dancing and celebrating a trip to Auschwitz

High school students pretend to skip into Auschwitz in anti-Semitic TikTok video

Their punishment is to write an essay on Hitler.

On Apr 20, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Screenshot shows the NYPD car that was blasting the abusive messages

Video shows officer swearing at pedestrian ‘in distress’ over megaphone

Two NYPD officers are under investigation.

On Apr 17, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Man appears to kill his wife on Facebook live stream

He begged for the video to go viral.

On Apr 15, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

video police detain doctor armen henderson

Video shows police handcuffing Black doctor on the frontlines of coronavirus fight

Dr. Armen Henderson administers coronavirus tests to the homeless and was detained in front of his own home.

On Apr 14, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Screenshots show a NYPD cop forcefully restraining a young boy

Videos show NYPD forcefully restraining a child for allegedly selling candy on the subway

'Oh my god that little boy!'

On Apr 13, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

#LetThemGo: Prison release advocates shift online amid pandemic

'Prisons are just not prepared to address this type of crisis.'

On Apr 10, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Videos show Bronx brawl between officers and civilians

The videos show that an officer punched a woman in the face after another officer was punched in the back of the head.

On Apr 9, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Video shows officer appearing to intentionally cough on Black residents

He is now under investigation.

On Apr 8, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Three screenshots show different women commenting on their preference for Black men

White girls are fetishizing Black men in TikTok videos

'It's weird and uncomfortable to watch.'

On Apr 7, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL

Bus driver dies 2 weeks after posting video about passenger coughing

Jason Djinfiniti Hargrove died on Wednesday.

On Apr 3, 2020 by Samira Sadeque

IRL