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michael donald. just go watch the tape of what happened to ahmaud arbery. watchmen who had no authority drive around and corner off this young man and shoot him with a shotgun and his hand and his body. he was an easy target because he was walking by himself. so that s the reason we chose him. i called him over to the car for direction. henry pulled the car and i as asked mike where the black nightclub was and he gave me the direction. i put a gun to his face and said
happened to ahmaud arbery. watch men who are not police officers who have no authority drive around and literally corner off this young man and then shoot him with a shotgun in his hand and his body. well, he was an easy target because he was walking by himself. and so that s the reason we chose him. and i had called him over to the car for directions. i think it was for directions. i don t remember. henry pulled the car right against the curb, and i asked mike where a black nightclub was. and he went to give me directions to it. and i put the gun in his face and told him don t say anything. i pulled the gun and told him to get in the car. he got in the back seat, and i got in the back seat with him.
this student says one of india s most famous teachers of traditional indian music sexually assaulted her. she left her home and family in europe and travel to india several years ago to learn dhrupad, an ancient form of indian classical music. it brought her to the dhrupad sansthan, an internationally recognised music academy, run by three siblings known as the gundecha brothers. now she s one among several women from across the world who allege that one of the three brothers, the late ramakant gundecha, sexually assaulted her. there are also allegations of sexual misconduct against the other two, akhilesh and umakant gundecha, who now run the academy. ramakant died in 2019. and akhilesh and umakant strongly deny all the allegations. the allegations against the gundecha brothers first came to light in a facebook post in september, bringing #metoo right to the heart of north indian classical music. it s since been reported