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CLOSE VOICES Corporation seeks to stem 2020's surge in gun violence by mentoring young people. This year saw the record homicide number shattered. Indianapolis StarFRANKLIN — "It's our fault," a Johnson County judge boldly declared during the sentencing hearing for 16-year-old Marcus Salatin, highlighting the community's failure to prevent the act of youth violence that shocked his county.Late last month, the teenager pleaded guilty for his role in the October death of 15-year-old Kashius Davis in the Foxberry Trace subdivision of Greenwood. Salatin was accused of shooting into a vehicle and fatally injuring Davis, who was in the car with two other people.On Friday morning, the judge sentenced Salatin to more than two years in jail. Salatin will get credit for time served.Salatin was handcuffed and shackled, attentive yet resigned as he faced more than a dozen people in the courtroom, including the family of Davis.Remembering Kashius Davis: Family and friends call for justice after accused teen takes plea dealAttorneys from both sides re-hashed the events leading up to the fatal night of Halloween Eve 2020. They presented new evidence, including videos of firearms and violent threats made via Snapchat messages.Family members cried and shook their heads. The judge lamented that the community did not do better to serve the kids: "This is troubling.""My…

One alleged drug dealer peddling potent doses of fentanyl warned a customer by text message not to die and added LOL to his message. Another was a nightclub security manager who prosecutors said provided powdered substances to three patrons who overdosed early one morning at the former bar known as the American Junkie. The details were included in federal court documents released Thursday in cases charging a dozen men in 12 fatal overdoses, including the death of a 15-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors used the cases to draw attention to a spike in fentanyl being found in counterfeit drugs in Southern California and a rise in deaths from the opioid.Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Wilkison said the announcement was a warning to drug dealers they could face severe consequences if a customer dies and warn potential customers of black market drugs manufactured to look like prescription opioids that can be laced with fatal amounts of fentanyl.“Fentanyl is increasingly being seen in what customers think are drugs like cocaine and oxycodone,” Wilkison said. “Most of the victims in these cases had no idea they were taking fentanyl — and it cost them their lives.” The cases, which are unrelated, are the result of…

At least twelve people were accused of selling opioids and narcotics that caused overdoses and the death of buyers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, reported Thursday the Department of Justice (DOJ). The twelve accusations against the suspects are the result of an operation directed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in different cases and each of the defendants faces narcotics distribution charges with a fatal result. On the list of detainees is Edwin lopez, 21, a Riverside resident who was arrested this morning. The young man was charged for an incident that occurred on May 17, 2020, when he allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 20-year-old buyer, who died two days after an overdose. The evidence in the case indicates that López used the social network of Snapchat to negotiate the drug deal and possibly other transactions with the victim, DOJ detailed in a statement. In a different case, but the same operation, the federal authorities accused Marcos Isaac Rodríguez, alias “Kumar”, age 27, on two counts of fentanyl distribution that resulted in death. In December 2019, Rodríguez sold a man of 33 years old counterfeit oxycodone and pills containing fentanyl, which ended up causing his…

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Lawsuit says 16-year-old Carson Bride was a victim of online bullying through two apps Snapchat hosts by: Lindsay Nadrich Posted: May 12, 2021 / 03:02 PM PDT / Updated: May 12, 2021 / 05:21 PM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) —  The mother of an Oregon teenager who took his own life after constant cyberbullying has filed a class action lawsuit against Snapchat. Kristin Bride’s suit claims two apps available through Snapchat–Yolo and LMK– which allow users to send messages anonymously, are inherently dangerous and unsafe and should be held accountable for her son Carson taking his own life in June of last year. According to the suit, the anonymity in the apps allowed users to continuously bully Carson without consequence. Bride said these types of platforms have been known to cause severe and fatal harm to teens and that many others have ended their lives over the same set of circumstances.  “We found out that, in the last days of Carson’s life, he was desperately reaching out to friends to learn who was harassing him and searching for Yolo hacks to find a way to identify his tormentors,” said Kristin and husband Tom in a statement. “He never did, and,…

Your favorite YouTube twins are back, and this time they're giving fans a look at their lives like never you've see before. Even though Niki & Gabi DeMartino have been in the spotlight for over a decade, fans were thrilled when the duo teased a new reality show in late 2020. Now, viewers are finally getting to see what all the hype has been about, and the first look at Niki & Gabi's Twinning Out Snapchat trailer shows the series was definitely worth the wait. Nicola Teresa DeMartino and Gabriella Nelida DeMartino, better known as Niki and Gabi, first gained fame through YouTube for their honest and hilarious videos. They market themselves as being "opposites," and the description on their joint YouTube channel reads: “We're twins, but we're polar opposite in our looks, fashion, and personalities. Even though we're 'twins,' we're our own individuals.”Since the 26-year-old sisters first started creating content, the pair has amassed over 15 million subscribers across their YouTube channels and have since made names for themselves on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as well. Now, Niki and Gabi are giving viewers an intimate, unstaged look at their lives in their new Snap Original show, Twinning Out.According to…

Snapchat has and continues to be one of the world’s most popular social media applications, and for good reason. With most social media networks relying on textual mediums of communication, Snapchat changed the game with its image-based platform. Like every social media app, Snapchat has seen millions of users worldwide, but not all of them report having a good experience on it. While one person might never have faced an issue in the use of the app, others have reported facing harassment, privacy invasions by the people they’ve been connecting with on this platform. There are various ways in which one can spy on people’s Snapchat, and scammers and predators have taken advantage of these for years. As a result, it’s essential that you understand how to keep yourself safe on an app that primarily relies on your images as a medium of communication. This article dives into five keys ways in which you can keep yourself safe on Snapchat. Read on to find out! Always Connect With the Right People People use Snapchat for various reasons. Friends use it to communicate with one another, while couples use it as a medium to be able to see one another even…

As a technology lead for Airbnb , 30-year old Vinay Gaba leads UI Infrastructure and Design Systems on Android for the company in San Francisco. Having worked on Android systems for over a decade now, Vinay has always had a strong preference for this specialisation. He feels that his single-minded focus on building what he is good at even got him through the ups and downs that AirBnB faced during the pandemic year. He believes focussing on what one is good at and doubling down on that makes all the difference. Vinay has always worked for companies whose products he personally uses. “For me, it then becomes personal. It is about making my experience as a user better, and you end up working harder to build a world-class product,” adds Vinay.Vinay Gaba at Airbnb, San FranciscoHe has built systems at Spotify and Snapchat, and has been a speaker and panelist at multiple international conferences like Droidcon Americas 2020, Android Summit 2020, 360 AnDev 2020, Multimedia University of Kenya 2020, Droidcon SF 2019, Droidcon SF 2017, Columbia University 2016, Droidcon Montreal 2015, GDG Ahmedabad 2014. He is also an active contributor to open source, and author of popular open source libraries. An engineer by…

by: Los Angeles Times Posted: May 10, 2021 / 04:21 PM PDT / Updated: May 10, 2021 / 04:21 PM PDT The logo of mobile app “Snapchat” is displayed on a tablet on January 2, 2014 in Paris. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images) One of the last things that Carson Bride did before taking his own life was look to his phone for help. The 16-year-old had been receiving anonymous messages for months, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday in California, through a popular Snapchat app called YOLO. The messages included sexual comments and taunts over specific incidents, like the time he’d fainted in biology class at his Portland, Ore., school. The messages had to be coming from people he knew, but the app’s design made it impossible for him to know who was behind it. If he replied to the taunts, YOLO would automatically make the original message public, revealing his humiliation to the world. His family found him dead on June 23, 2020. The history on his phone showed that he had been searching for “Reveal YOLO Username Online” earlier that morning. Read the full story on LATimes.com.

Maeva Ghennam and Greg had dinner together last night. And the young man gave her some gifts. After disappearing from social networks, Maeva Ghennam explained her express return to France. Meanwhile, Greg was at his worst. He recently confided: “I am going through a period in my life which is very complicated. Love is stronger than all that I’m sure, but I don’t know what to do anymore. When you have a person in your skin, I think I would have this. person all my life, it’s very complicated. I just sleep, I have nightmares, I think about her, I wake up with a start, I’m not well “. But today, Greg feel better… And for good reason, he spent the evening with Maeva Ghennam! They had dinner together – Credit (s): Snapchat maevaa.ghennam, Snapchat greg_yega And as you could see a little earlier in this article, Maeva Ghennam was spoiled by Greg. The latter offered him flowers, as well as a handbag and sandals from a major luxury brand.. Gifts that made the pretty brunette extremely happy. And we imagine that Greg gave him all this for his birthday which takes place on May 14th. In any case, this…