About April Shepherd 4 Articles
April is a young freelance writer and journalist with a passion for true crime and reporting on gender issues. She spends her days eating at all the best Melbourne eateries, going on crazy adventures, keeping up to date with the latest news, posting feminist memes, and investigating all true crime that comes her way. She dreams of having her own magazine and making a real change in the world, and won’t stop until it’s a reality.

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ASSAULTS & BASHINGS

“I’ll knock you out, bro” – police officers threaten Melbourne Muslim man before brawl at McDonald’s drive-through

February 12, 2017 Staff Reporters

A Facebook live stream has captured troubling vision of Victoria Police officers threatening to bash a young Muslim man at a suburban McDonald’s outlet in Melbourne, before swinging a punch at him and then capscisum-spraying his face while a number of officers were already piled on top of him.

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TRUE OPINION: The Sins of the Fathers … And the Cardinal?

December 13, 2017 Gary Johnston

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, generally known as ‘confession’, is a crucial component of faith.

ASSAULTS & BASHINGS

SPAT IN A WOMAN’S FACE AT TRAIN STATION DURING LUNCH! Police hunt for long-haired misogynist in a pink polo shirt

August 16, 2021 Serkan Ozturk

Detectives are on the trail of a misogynist in a pink polo shirt wanted over a shocking spitting attack on a young woman at an inner-city Sydney train station earlier this year.

1 Comment

  1. This is an interesting article. It makes you think about how terrorism is defined and who perpetrates it and who are its victims. Many of the mass shooters in recent times have mentioned their hatred of women. The mass shooting in Canada in 1989 was specifically targeted at women, and misogyny was one of the motivations for the massacre in Norway in 2011 and the list goes on. The anti-feminist and misogynistic element in these attacks rarely seems to be mentioned in the mainstream media.

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