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When Mather House resident tutor K. Kyriell Muhammad was a victim of repeated acts of homophobic vandalism earlier this year, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) contacted journalists at The New York Times and The Boston Globe...
...measure, rammed the lover's Jeep into a hydrant. The police came, lawyers were hired, Lou and his wife split--and Lou ended up here in a classroom in Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. Though the others chuckle at the fate of Lou's victim--after all, they wouldn't be here if they didn't want to kick someone's butt--instructor Alan Greenfield presents a good reason to count to 10 next time. "You could have put this guy away," he warns Lou. "You would have been doing a lot of time, regretting...
Americans should think about at what point people have the right to be self-destructive. Alcohol damages the liver and kills many people every year when intoxicated adults get into their automobiles. Will Budweiser be the next victim of the courts? Obesity may represent America's most pressing health issue, but does that mean that fast food restaurants deserve to be the next target for the litigious among...
...think we want to go down this path. Luckily, jury damages like this are always appealed and often drop in monetary value once out of the media limelight and once the victim feels the glow of success. Mere show or a check drawn on the tobacco companies' account, however, this settlement is a worrisome event. It's time to either give the tobacco industry a break or have the FDA regulate it as a drug. Kicking Big Tobacco when it is down is just...
...were convicted of illegally shipping nearly 1,000 pistols to a Muslim group in New York City, but they have never obtained enough evidence to charge him. A year later, Al-Amin was accused of shooting a 23-year-old Atlanta man, but the charges were dropped after the victim claimed police had pressured him into falsely naming Al-Amin as the shooter. Such brushes with the law strike Al-Amin and his supporters as harassment. Says his lawyer, J.L. Chestnut: "He's been fighting the system since he was 16 years old, and now the system is trying...