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Shes blamed. so weve seen places where a woman who is raped, gets killed, stoned by members of her own family, in order to recoup the honor code. the yazidi community has worked very hard to accept the women that are returned back into the fold and not be treated as pariahs, because thats what makes the women unlikely to come forward. theyll be blamed and shamed, they wont believe vergins, so they may not be marriageable. theres a lot of baggage these women are carrying in addition to having bee...

And then about 40 to 50 were found in the mass grave, were still looking at as many as 4,500 yazidi women and girls that are still there. >> you just mentioned 40 to 50 found in a mass grave. i dont know if were speaking of the same mass grave that was found just last week, i think it was. is that the one youre talking about? >> thats exactly what im talking about. so the question is whether these were women who resisted the isis fighters trying to make them sex slaves, or they tried to run away...

The two new york firefighters turned entrepreneurs didnt think they could afford to rebuild their beloved bagel shop given that rockaway residents were hit hard by the storm. our "your business" makeover team wanted to help these two heroes. we partnered with front street to rebuild the business from the ground up. hoping to capitalize on that areas beach season. we are happy to report that surfside bagels has sprung back to life. tim and scott put many recommendations into practice. including a...

Turned unit practi eed entrepre think they could afford to rebuild their store. our your business make over team wanted to help the two heros. we partnered with facilities firm front street to rebuild the business from the ground up. hoping to capitalize on that areas beach season. we are happy to report that surf side bagels has sprung back to life. they put a few of the programs in to practice. including a honor code couffee box. and a tv that shows when a city bus is approaching the store. an...

Conduct and a more engaging manner as the officer said with the community, then the community will start to make changes. at this point its an us against them mentality, and its justified, absolutely justified. >> even on the polices part because they would say why should we go out of our way to make a difficult arrest when we may face charges and nobody will stand up for us including the commissioner and the mayor? >> the police have to be very cognizant the time they are living in and all acro...

Uphold and up lift and if their honor code is not present in your job, then you are going to get backlash and thats one of the things that we are seeing after freddie gray and even at this point? >> here is the thing, gun crime spiked, and homicides are up and if the community doesnt want police in their face shouldnt they get out there and find a way to kind of stop it? shouldnt the protesters be in those communities pushing those intent of committing violence out of the neighborhood? >> absolu...

Sometimes 80 years is not too late to right a wrong. this is how the united states military academy at west point is trying to make something right for one of their cadets who graduated 79 years ago. these are new barracks for west point cadets, and theyre going to be named after this gentleman. his name is benjamin o. davis jr., from washington, d.c. he was the son of a career army officer, and west point was willing to let him in as an african-american cadet in 1932, but they were not willing ...

Sometimes 80 years is not too late to right a wrong. this is how the united states military academy at west point is trying to make something right for one of their cadets who graduated 79 years ago. these are new barracks for west point cadets, and theyre going to be named after this gentleman. his name is benjamin o. davis jr., from washington, d.c. he was the son of a career army officer, and west point was willing to let him in as an african-american cadet in 1932, but they were not willing ...

Few years ago to say it was the dumbest decision and remarks that he ever made in his career. >> another big change is discipline. the honor code used to call for automatic expulsion but now there is discretionary punishment. >> is that a good thing or has it gone too soft? >> when i was a cadet, we didnt have discretion. i obeyed the honor code. as compared to a motivation that i wanted to aspire to the ethic to principles. that got me to the end state of not disobeying the honor code. >> repor...

Jackie " jackie. just because these stories get the most attention, doesnt mean theyre representative or theyre the only voices out there. this weekend a woman wrote in "the new york times" how she was raped at uva. in the past ten years, not one person has been expelled from uva for rape even in instances where that person admitted to wrong doing. 183 have been expelled for honor code violations like cheating on a test. jackies story as report was not true, but the problem of rape on campus is ...