Palestine in Chile: Soccer Shirts As Terrorism

Hyperbolic supporters of Israel charge a Palestinian soccer team in Chile is “fomenting terrorist intent” with their new uniforms, which ingeniously replace the number 1 with the map of Israel, aka Palestine. Chile's Jewish community has demanded the shirts be banned and the team apologize for "using the sport to lie and hate.” But Deportivo Palestino, founded in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants to Chile who now number over 300,000, cites the hypocrisy of such indignation in light of Israel's illegal occupation, and defends the image: "For us, free Palestine will always be the historical Palestine, nothing less." They unveiled the shirts in their first game of the season; they won.

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British Jury Rules Killing of (Unarmed) Mark Ruggan Lawful

In what furious critics and his family blasted as "a perverse judgment," a London jury has ruled the 2011 police shooting of Mark Duggan, a young father who may or may not have had gang connections, was legal - though they also found he was unarmed despite contrary claims by police who continue to cite "armed criminals." A local MP said the killing, which sparked the worst riots in modern English history, shows Britain lacks "the strong (and) independent regulatory body (necessary) for the public to have full confidence in the police." "The jury found that he had no gun in his hand and yet he was gunned down. For us that's an unlawful killing." - Carole Duggan, Mark's aunt.

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