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ND changes sex assault investigation procedures
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Students who report sexual assaults at the University of Notre Dame are now assigned a trained resource coordinator, don’t have to face their alleged assailant in a hearing room and may appeal any decision reached by a campus...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Sexual Assault, Politics, Minority Groups, U.S. Department of Education
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Most states likely to spurn gay-marriage bandwagon
As hundreds of gay couples became newlyweds in New York over the weekend, their well-wishers included many far-flung gays aware that their own states may never willingly allow same-sex marriage. In all, 30 states have adopted constitutional amendments...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Oregon
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No civil rights charges in Indy teen's beating
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says it won't pursue civil rights charges against white Indianapolis police officers involved in the beating and arrest of a biracial teenager. Brandon Johnson suffered a swollen, bruised face...Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marchers seek to raise abuse awareness
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Protecting the community’s children is everybody’s business. That was one of the messages delivered at the march and prayer vigil Saturday in the same neighborhood where 10-year-old Tramelle Sturgis died Nov. 4. Tramelle, a...Tags: Child Abuse, Civil Rights, Abusive Behavior, Indiana University South Bend
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Vigil brings calls for protection
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Vernado Malone Sr. knew the little boy by name from the barber shop. The last time Malone saw Tramelle Sturgis alive, the 10-year-old boy was standing in the roadway in front of his house on West Washington Street wearing a cardboard sign...Tags: Child Abuse, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Television
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Proposal stirring debate on South Bend council
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- A proposal to change the city's human rights ordinance to protect people from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation is already stirring controversy on the Common Council. Council members assigned the measure to...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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Michigan jail inmate says 'lack of porn violates U.S. Constitution'
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jail inmate says he's being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment because he can't have pornography. In a handwritten lawsuit, 21-year-old Kyle Richards claims his civil rights are being violated at the...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Bank Robbery, Prisons, Detroit, Theft
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Massive manhunt ends in alleged killer's death...Man who was CIA contractor arrested in Colo.
FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California have shot and killed a murder suspect who had been hiding out for a month in the redwood forests of Northern California. Aaron Bassler was suspected in the fatal shootings of a Fort Bragg city...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Minority Groups, Central Intelligence Agency, Human Rights
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Parents: Kids forced to strip in Mexico school
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Human Rights Commission is investigating an elementary school for allegedly forcing sixth-graders to strip down after $13 disappeared. The commission is launching its probe following parents' complaints and a report by...Tags: Elementary Schools, Politics, Civil Rights, Mexico, Schools
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Court orders immediate halt to gay military ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Wednesday the "don't ask, don't...Tags: U.S. Military, Politics, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Elections
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Discrimination ban goes before South Bend Common Council
After South Bend's Common Council has turned it down twice, tonight the city will once again be presented with a human rights ordinance.
It's a proposal to outlaw discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Similar measures were voted...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Minority Groups, Labor Legislation, Civil Rights
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South Bend tries (again) to outlaw gender, sexual orientation discrimination
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA proposal to outlaw discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation is back before the city’s Common Council. Bill 9-12 is scheduled to be introduced for a first reading and assigned to a committee at Monday’s council meeting,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Discrimination, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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