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Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg, now a prominent activist in the #NeverAgain movement, said the media’s biggest mistake while covering the shooting at his school was not giving black survivors a prominent voice. “My school is about 25 percent black, but the way we’re covered doesn’t reflect that.” -David Hogg Axios journalist and developer Alex Duner added on Twitter that Hogg said the lack of black representation was “disgusting.” Hogg also told Axios co-founder Mike Allen that his school felt “like a prison” amid ramped-up security measures. The school announced this week it would require all students to wear clear backpacks…
Tennessee awarded a man $1 million after he spent nearly 32 years in prison for a crime that DNA evidence cleared him of. Lawrence McKinney, 61, was imprisoned in 1978 for rape and burglary before freed in 2009. The Tennessee Board of Claims granted him the compensation on Wednesday.