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move along, nothing to see here

April 25, 2008 – 10:55 am

NEW YORK (AP) — Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower.
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Bell, a 23-year-old black man, was killed in a hail of gunfire outside a seedy [...]

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the borg do not evolve, they conquer

October 30, 2007 – 1:05 pm

the Gator way:
Andrew Meyer has addressed an apology letter to UF students, UF President Bernie Machen and Student Government for his “failure to act calmly” during a Sept. 17 forum with Sen. John Kerry.
In a letter released to the Alligator on Monday afternoon, Meyer wrote that he “stepped out of line” and felt he [...]

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because policing is just a big game of cowboys and indians:

October 4, 2007 – 4:55 pm

how many students can you taser in a day?
how many wrists can you break in 24 hrs?
how many guns can you plant…?
Participating in sports such as football, weightlifting and boxing has long been part of the culture within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. But deputies have recently been playing some new games — on-duty [...]

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Police Brutality in Tacoma

March 13, 2007 – 6:55 am

Two great pieces of citizen journalism.
The first comes to us by way of Washblog:
STRYKER PROTEST — VIDEO: ‘Give Peace a Chance — Tacoma Police Riot’
Joe La Sac, whose “Film is NOT a Crime” gained him fame this week as a videographer, posted on YouTube on Saturday two minutes of video entitled “Give Peace a Chance [...]

By Rich | Also posted in Peace, War on terror | Comments (1)