NHL star gets pepper-sprayed by cops trying to break up a fight - NHL

NHL star Alex Alexeyev gave a toothless mugshot after he was pepper-sprayed by Virginia police who were trying to break up a drunken brawl.

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#Teaching assts #StudentWorkers on #UCLA campus repped by #UAW #union have voted to authorize a strike "in response to UC's unprecedented acts of intimidation and #retaliation directed at our rights as academic employees to free speech, protest, and collective action. Our members have been #beaten, concussed, #PepperSprayed, both by counter-protestors and by #police forces. As a union, it is our responsibility to stand beside them and demand that UC stop committing these gross Unfair Labor Practices," the UAW said. UAW Local 4811 is demanding that UC grant #amnesty to academic #employees, #students, #faculty and staff in disciplinary actions related to campus #Gaza protests.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/16/University-California-strike-Gaza-protests/2441715870438/ #UniversityOfCalifornia #Labor #Education

University of California student workers authorize strikes over Gaza protest response - UPI.com

Thousands of UAW student workers at the University of California voted to authorize a strike that could start Friday.

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Video of police beating trans woman sparks condemnation in Italy

Many claim the assault on a Brazilian transgender woman in Milan is yet another case of discrimination - set against the anti-LGBT+ rhetoric of Meloni's government.

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