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Despite video evidence showing the unprovoked attack, Oliva was barred from suing his assailants because Section 1983 doesn’t apply to federal officials.

A woman who was stabbed in the neck in an unprovoked attack at a bus stop in Birmingham has died, police have confirmed.

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A woman is in a critical condition after being stabbed in the neck in an "unprovoked attack" in Birmingham city centre.

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Hewas struck by a rubber bullet and hit with tear gas last week in an apparently unprovoked attack by DHS agents.

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In one recent incident filmed by a bystander and widely circulated among Kenyans, police shot a Nairobi street vendor in the head at point-blank range, apparently unprovoked.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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