The Young Turks June 24, 2015 Hour 2

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. A man that stabbed his former Boy Scout leader to death has had his charges lowered since he admitted to the crime. The killing was based in the leader’s past actions of sexually assaulted and raping the boy since age 8. When he relayed his story in the court, causing the prosecutors to lower the charges, many applauded his actions. A Kansas woman suffering from extreme Crohn’s disease started taking cannabis oil, which turned her life around. When her son debated anti-drug advocates at his school, citing his mother’s success story, the administrators started the process of finding about her use, and took her kids away. She’s facing 30 years for drug possession. Ana is annoyed that the president is too timid to take any action against these useless punishments. Rick Ross has been arrested for aggravated assault and kidnapping after he and his bodyguard took a man into a guest house and beat the hell out of him.

 

Clothing retailer Zara has been identified as a company that systematically takes part in discrimination and racism towards employees and customers of color. The results are particular to the NYC stores. A group of teenagers have developed a condom that detects STIs before having intercourse. A small town in Brazil feverishly celebrates the Confederacy and the Confederate flag. Many modern day citizens are descendants of fleeing Confederates after they lost the Civil War, and after many years of expanding, some residents are Black and mixed but still celebrate the flag. They have no political affiliation to the roots of the flag in America.

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