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Atlanta Police in riot gear form a line on Williams Streets as protesters make their way down it in Atlanta, Ga. on Nov. 25, 2014,John Amis鈥擜PBy Justin WorlandNovember 28, 2014 3:29 PM ESTA United Nations panel criticized the United States for police brutality, military interrogations and excessive use of force by law enforcement in a report released Friday.There are numerous areas in which certain things should be changed for the United States to comply fully with the convention, said Alessio Bruni, a member of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, referring to U.N. agreements on torture.The panel released their repo
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By Victor LuckersonUpdated: April 11, 2017 11:00 AM [ET] |
nike dunk Originally published: March 20, 2016 8:00 PM EDT;Ten years ago, a young entrepreneur named Jack Dorsey changed Internet history with five words: just setting up my twttr. It was the first of billions of tweets that have been posted on Twitter ranging from the mundane to the momentous.Dorseyrsquo tweet has racked up an impressive 103,000 retweets since it was posted, but that figure pales in comparison to the most popular posts on the platform. Here we look back at the 10 most retweeted-tweets of all time, according to the retweet-tracking website Favstar. Twitter declined to provide an official list. The list outlines the many ways Twitter is often usedmdash;as a place for political proclamations, celebrity musings and, of course, selfies.10. Andrew MalcolmA lot of tweets that go viral claim that amassing retweets will cause so
jordan me actual good in the real world. So it was with this tweet, which said the dog food company Pedigree would provide a meal to a canine for each retweet.Pedigree did indeed have a tweetforbowls campaign last year, but the company said it reached its goal of donating 210,000 bowls to dogs in need three days before Andrew Malcolmrsquo tweet was actually sent. So itrsquo not clear these RTs actually accomplished anything. Pedigree didnrsquo;t respond to an email seeking clarification, but even today Twitter users regularly use this mess
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