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10 Mar 2017, 4:27 pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/guatemala-girls-shelter-fire-mass-escape-attempt-troubled-youth/

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A blaze that killed at least 34 girls at a shelter for troubled youths erupted when some of them set fire to mattresses to protest rapes and other mistreatment at the badly overcrowded institution, the parent of one victim said Thursday.


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11 Mar 2017, 5:30 am

A sad thing that is ultimately self defeating, much like what happened after the cops who beat Rodney King were found not guilty, and everybody burned down their own neighborhoods to protest the verdict.


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