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Michelle Brandabur is a former intern at the Daily Dot and a student at Boston University. Her work has been featured in the Somerville Journal, Capital Public Radio, and WTBU Radio.

Michelle Brandabur

‘Say his name’: Federal police fatally shoot Winston Smith, a Black man, in Minneapolis

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

Audio of Portland activist’s arrest shows cops allegedly making up charges

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Man targeted by D.C. police for sharing hacked data speaks out

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

TikTok video shows cop grabbing crotch when woman asks for his name (updated)

‘Look like you are going to shoot people. Can you just not?’: Cop’s viral TikTok mocks police reform

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Woman thrown to ground with child at Universal Studios

Universal Studios officers accused of excessive force after viral video shows them pushing woman with young child (updated)

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

Siobhan Ball

The exterior of a museum with water fountain in foreground.

Online activists horrified that professor kept remains of Black children killed in bombing for decades

A group of kids dancing in front of a gas station with a cop car in the background.

Police department invites Black crew to ‘dance off’ after officer hits TikToker with car

Video shows officer allegedly breaking arm of senior citizen with dementia during arrest

Videos show Oakland County Sheriff's Office sitting on 21yo man, handcuffing his 14yo sister

Video: Police allegedly tase, sit on autistic man

TikTok videos show cop defending an alleged stalker, downplaying women’s concerns at the scene

TikToker @lemonbrothers, the tiktoker talking to police officer standing outside his car window, and the tiktoker reaching for his camera

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TikToker films himself telling cop he has dead body in back of the car, sparking conversation on white privilege

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

Video shows cop repeatedly punching man in the face as 3 others pin him down

Samantha Shaps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

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