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BLM (Black Lives Matter)"is a decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people"". There was many protests and riots that happened to try to fight for a cause. Some people took advantage of this protest and began looting small and corporate businesses. This broke the sense of community the protesters had tried to show and turned into individualism and everyone grabbing what they could for themselves.

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In this image, people started looting stores during the BLM movement and this man decided to take chips which does not relate to the movement at all. He was not here to fight for the same cause, he was there to get free things for himself which relates to the phrase, "Every man for himself." They all did their own thing in the stores in order to get the most expensive thing for free or the things THEY enjoyed for free. There was no sense of community at all during those times.

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After the 2020 election, many Republicans and Trump supporters were not happy with the outcome. Due to the mail-in voting, many people, including President Donald Trump himself, actively stated that the election was fraudulent and the votes were stolen from him and given to the President elect. As a result, on January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US capitol trying to stop the consummate of votes during the official meeting. This led to the death of 5 people and the injury of multiple others.

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When people began to separate when the mask became a requirement to wear a mask, many people thought wearing masks didn't do a thing, while other people thought you have to wear a mask to keep yourself and other people safe.

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The fight for LGBQ+ was continuous through the years, rioting and fighting for their freedom of love and individual acceptance. It is a situation of people being passionate about their true selves and wanting to express it while other's don't accept the progression and want life to stay the way it was of the "normalized" man and woman love. This demonstrates "every man for himself" because individuals are fighting for their own support and freedom to love who they want to love and have the freedom to express it.

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Rioters from BLM Movement Looting Walmart in Pa

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Rioters from BLM Movement Looting Walmart in Pa

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Protesters in Philadelphia looted stores and clashed with police on Tuesday evening in a second successive night of unrest sparked by the police killing of Walter Wallace, a Black man.

Footage aired by local news channel KYW-TV showed people entering a Foot Locker store and a Walmart in the Port Richmond neighborhood, northeast of the city center, before re-emerging armed with televisions and other goods.

Police said that up to 1,000 people were involved in the looting and issued a warning for others to avoid the area of Castor and Aramingo altogether as a result of the developments.

*Alert* A large crowd of appx 1000 is looting businesses in the area of Castor and Aramingo. Avoid the area
- Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) October 28, 2020

The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management also urged people to steer clear of the vicinity, saying authorities had requested residents in several districts "remain indoors except when necessary."

"The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting that all residents in the 12, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26th Districts remain indoors except when necessary," the agency tweeted. "These areas are experiencing widespread demonstrations that have turned violent with looting."

The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting that all residents in the 12, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26th Districts remain indoors except when necessary. These areas are experiencing widespread demonstrations that have turned violent with looting.
- Philadelphia OEM (@PhilaOEM) October 28, 2020

Elijah Schaffer, a reporter for right-wing media outlet BlazeTV, claimed to have been attacked by those taking part in the looting, alleging he was targeted by "rioters while they were looting more than a dozen stores."

"Though in pain, I didn't stop reporting because Americans need to see what the corporate media refuses to show," he tweeted.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, police and protesters clashed in the western part of Philadelphia, where Wallace was killed on Monday afternoon after allegedly approaching officers while holding a knife.

A protest in the area that had started with a largely peaceful march later turned violent near a police precinct as demonstrators encountered a handful of officers.

Several of the protesters subsequently threw bricks, lightbulbs and rocks at the police, leaving one officer injured, according to CNN crew.

For the most part, Tuesday's clashes appeared to be smaller in scale and intensity than those on Monday, which left 30 officers injured and resulted in more than 90 arrests.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, had mobilized the state's National Guard on Tuesday to assist police in patrolling the demonstrations and maintaining order.

The ongoing upheaval initially erupted hours after a bystander's video footage was posted on social media on Monday showing two police officers opening fire on Wallace after warning him to put down the knife he was holding.

In the video, the officers can be seen backing up before the camera cuts briefly away as gunfire erupts and Wallace collapses.

Police were responding to an emergency call from Wallace's family, who said the 27-year-old was having a mental health episode.

A lawyer for Wallace's family said he had suffered from bipolar disorder and that his condition was relayed by his wife to the officers who encountered him before the shooting.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said footage of the incident presented "difficult questions" about the actions of the officers involved.

"Last night we saw further evidence of the anguish of Black and brown residents of our city who have struggled their entire lives under systemic racism," he told a news briefing.

Kenney also expressed sympathy for police officers injured in the protests and for the business owners whose shops were damaged amid the unrest.

"Vandalism and looting is not an acceptable form of First Amendment expression," he said, citing the constitutional right to free speech.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is currently investigating the shooting of Wallace jointly with the police unit tasked with investigating officer-involved shootings.

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Looting breaks out in Philadelphia as Walmart and other stores ransacked

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Protesters in Philadelphia looted stores and clashed with police on Tuesday evening in a second successive night of unrest sparked by the police killing of Walter Wallace, a Black man. Footage aired by local news channel KYW-TV showed people entering a Foot Locker store and a Walmart in the Port Richmond neighborhood, northeast of the city center, before re-emerging armed with televisions and other goods.

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Legalization Of Same Sex Marriage In All 50 States In 2015

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Legalization Of Same Sex Marriage In All 50 States In 2015

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States cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions, the Supreme Court says in a ruling that for months has been the focus of speculation. The decision was 5-4.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen as a pivotal swing vote in the case, wrote the majority opinion. All four justices who voted against the ruling wrote their own dissenting opinions: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," Kennedy wrote of same-sex couples in the case. "The Constitution grants them that right."

Comparing the ruling to other landmark decisions, NPR's Nina Totenberg says, "This is probably right up there with Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade - if you like it or hate it - and today, Obergefell v. Hodges. This was a historic moment."

The opinion includes more than 100 pages; we've embedded it near the bottom of this post.
Update at 11:30 a.m. ET: 'Our Love Is Equal,' Obergefell Says
Friday's ruling "affirms what millions across this country already know to be true in their hearts: our love is equal," says lead plaintiff Jim Obergefell, who challenged Ohio's ban on same-sex marriage.

Obergefell continued, "the four words etched onto the front of the Supreme Court - 'equal justice under law' - apply to us, too."

He filed suit because he wasn't allowed to put his name on his late husband John Arthur's death certificate after Arthur died from ALS. Holding a photograph of Arthur as he spoke Friday, Obergefell said, "No American should have to suffer that indignity."

Obergefell has been traveling from Cincinnati to Washington every week, to be sure he would be in the court when a decision was announced in his case.
Update at 11:15 a.m. ET: 'Like A Thunderbolt,' Obama Says
Speaking at the White House, President Obama praised the Supreme Court's ruling, saying it arrived "like a thunderbolt" after a series of back-and-forth battles over same-sex marriage.

Obama says the ruling "will strengthen all of our communities" by offering dignity and equal status to all same-sex couples and their families.

The president calls the ruling "a victory for America."
Update at 10:37 a.m. ET: More On The Ruling, And Obama's Reaction
"The ancient origins of marriage confirm its centrality, but it has not stood in isolation from developments in law and society," Kennedy wrote. His opinion sketches a history of how ideas of marriage have evolved along with the changing roles and legal status of women.

Comparing that evolution to society's views of gays and lesbians, Kennedy noted that for years, "a truthful declaration by same-sex couples of what was in their hearts had to remain unspoken."

"The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times," Kennedy wrote after recounting the legal struggles faced by same-sex partners.

The Supreme Court said that the right to marry is fundamental - and Kennedy wrote that under the 14th Amendment's protections, "couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty."

In his dissent, Roberts wrote that the court had taken an "extraordinary step" in deciding not to allow states to decide the issue for themselves, saying that the Constitution does not define marriage.

Calling the ruling "deeply disheartening," Roberts said that those on the winning side of the issue should celebrate a victory - "But do not celebrate the Constitution," he wrote. "It had nothing to do with it."

Justice Scalia said the Supreme Court's "highly unrepresentative panel of nine" had violated "a principle even more fundamental than no taxation without representation."

We've covered those dissents in a separate post.

Welcoming the news on Twitter, President Obama wrote, "Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins."
Our original post continues:
The justices ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges, which is linked to three other same-sex marriage cases that rose up through the court system. Together, they involve a dozen couples who challenged same-sex marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee - the only states with bans on marriage between gay and lesbian couples that had been sustained by a federal appeals court.

Friday's ruling overturned that decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. As the Supreme Court's summary states, "The history of marriage is one of both continuity and change."

The justices had been asked to decide whether the 14th Amendment requires states to a) license same-sex marriages and b) recognize such unions that were made in other states.

The 14th Amendment, we'll remind you, was ratified shortly after the Civil War. It has to do with U.S. citizenship - and with providing equal protection for all citizens.

Before Friday's ruling, gay marriage had already been made legal in 37 states and the District of Columbia - by either legislative or voter action or by federal courts that overturned state' bans.

As NPR's Nina Totenberg reported when the Supreme Court heard the current case back in April, conservative justices had pointed questions for the attorneys:

"Justice Scalia asked whether ministers would be able to refuse to marry two gay men. The answer was that it has to be worked out under state laws. He said, but that could happen - it could happen that a minister would be forced to marry two gay men, in violation of his beliefs.

"Justice Alito asked, well then why not marry four gay men together? Why just two?"

The ruling announced Friday adds new definition to an issue that has remained controversial even as an increasing number of Americans say they support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. A recent Gallup poll found that 60 percent of Americans - an all-time high - support extending the same rights and privileges to same-sex marriages as traditional ones.

That figure included "37 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of independents, and 76 percent of Democrats," as we reported last month. And it included all age groups except for one: those 65 and over.

The court noted the change in thinking, stating:

"Well into the 20th century, many States condemned same-sex intimacy as immoral, and homosexuality was treated as an illness. Later in the century, cultural and political developments allowed same-sex couples to lead more open and public lives. Extensive public and private dialogue followed, along with shifts in public attitudes. Questions about the legal treatment of gays and lesbians soon reached the courts, where they could be discussed in the formal discourse of the law."

For supporters of same-sex marriage, Friday's ruling comes as a long-awaited bookend to the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling that struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and required the U.S. government to provide the same benefits to both gay and heterosexual couples.

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Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal In All 50 States

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States cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions, the Supreme Court says in a ruling that for months has been the focus of speculation. The decision was 5-4. Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen as a pivotal swing vote in the case, wrote the majority opinion.

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Rioters and protesters are seen scaling the wall of the Capitol building to get inside and stop the counting of the votes.

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There were many studies conducted that help support wearing masks

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

² Department of Marketing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

³ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

² Department of Marketing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

³ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.

Abstract

Efficient strategies to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are peremptory to relieve the negatively impacted public health and global economy, with the full scope yet to unfold. In the absence of highly effective drugs, vaccines, and abundant medical resources, many measures are used to manage the infection rate and avoid exhausting limited hospital resources. Wearing masks is among the non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) measures that could be effectively implemented at a minimum cost and without dramatically disrupting social practices. The mask-wearing guidelines vary significantly across countries. Regardless of the debates in the medical community and the global mask production shortage, more countries and regions are moving forward with recommendations or mandates to wear masks in public. Our study combines mathematical modeling and existing scientific evidence to evaluate the potential impact of the utilization of normal medical masks in public to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider three key factors that contribute to the effectiveness of wearing a quality mask in reducing the transmission risk, including the mask aerosol reduction rate, mask population coverage, and mask availability. We first simulate the impact of these three factors on the virus reproduction number and infection attack rate in a general population. Using the intervened viral transmission route by wearing a mask, we further model the impact of mask-wearing on the epidemic curve with increasing mask awareness and availability. Our study indicates that wearing a face mask can be effectively combined with social distancing to flatten the epidemic curve. Wearing a mask presents a rational way to implement as an NPI to combat COVID-19. We recognize our study provides a projection based only on currently available data and estimates potential probabilities. As such, our model warrants further validation studies.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Efficient strategies to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are peremptory to relieve the negatively impacted public health and global economy, with the full scope yet to unfold. In the absence of highly effective drugs, vaccines, and abundant medical resources, many measures ar ...

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This image gives a clear representation of protesters, waving rainbow flags in honor of their sexuality and sign supporting same sex/sexuality love and differences. They did this to gain freedom and in fighting for their own.

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I predict that the next generation will be even more divided than ours. Based off of what is happening and has happened in our generation, I believe that the next generation will go through the "4th Turning" which is Crisis. I believe that there will also be a sense of extreme individualism and the next generation will look back and refer to our generation in order to justify their actions.

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Based on the article (found in the BLM category), I predict that the next generation will become more individualistic and continue to do what they need to do and take advantages of situations in order to benefit from themselves. They now know that they can turn a protest into getting free stuff and they did not get arrested at that moment. It sets an example about how people can choose to react during a riot.

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Based on the article (LGBQ+), I predict that the next generations will be more accepting of the LGBQ+ community and it will become and even more "normalized", accepting factor to life. I feel the next generations will be more individualistic, supporting themselves and taking on matters and movements that will benefit them and freedom as a citizen, fighting for their beliefs and values.

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Based on the article(COVID), I predict that the next generation will accept the fact that masks are helpful due to the all the evidence and studies that support mask. All though covid is affecting the economy in a negative way, I predict the next generation will be able to adapt and better the economy even with covid.