St. Paul's Police Protest the Press

Saturday 06 September 2008 Chronicling his life as a journalist in the colonial British Raj, a young Winston Churchill wrote that, "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." Nor, I'd add, is there anything in life quite so discombobulating as to turn a corner and unexpectedly walk into a wall of tear gas. Police in full riot gear arrest protesters, and members of the press, at the GOP     It happened to me on a couple of occasions during the years of anti-Vietnam war protests, when I was a college student and young reporter in Washington, DC. Once I was gassed while filming a counterdemonstration on Honor America Day, a nationally televised celebration hosted by Bob Hope. As God is my witness, the gas hit just as Kate Smith was singing, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.. » read more

ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors

august 27, 2008 DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel. Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.   (Click here to watch video of the arrest.) A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producer's arm behind him to put on handcuffs.   A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order.. » read more

Slavery Haunts America's Plantation Prisons

Thursday 28 August 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 acres of farmland, 59 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, long rows of men, mostly African-American, till the fields under the hot Louisiana sun. The men pick cotton, wheat, soybeans and corn. They work for pennies, literally. Armed guards, mostly white, ride up and down the rows on horseback, keeping watch. At the end of a long workweek, a bad disciplinary report from a guard - whether true or false - could mean a weekend toiling in the fields.. » read more

Non-Criminal Federal Witness: No. 7001, terrorized, tortured and passively sanctioned for assassination by the culpable agents and agencies of the U.S. Government under the Bush-Cheney administration.

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CALIFORNIA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO CONDEMN USE OF TORTURE IN 'WAR ON TERROR'

August 20, 2008   SACRAMENTO, CA (August 14, 2008) – The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at Guantánamo and other U.S. military prisons.                              Senate Joint Resolution 19 instructs the state's licensing boards to inform California doctors, psychologists and other health professionals of their obligations under national and international law relating to torture. The boards will warn the licensees that they may one day be subject to prosecution if they participate in interrogations that do not conform to international standards of treatment of prisoners.. » read more

Some Prisoners Declared Innocent, but Not Free

Friday 15 August 2008   Former Black Panther Albert Woodfox, convicted of murdering a prison guard with two other inmates, has spent the last 35 years in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Last month, Woodfox's conviction was overturned by a federal judge. However, despite being cleared of charges, Woodfox remains incarcerated, as the Louisiana attorney general's office persists in challenging the judge's decision. Due to endless litigation, conflicting legal technicalities, or inadequate transitional facilities, prisoners who are innocent may find themselves behind bars indefinitely. (Photo: Peter MacDiarmid / Getty)     After repeated reexaminations of his case and an intervention by US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, who called Woodfox's continued incarceration a "tragic miscarriage of justice," evidence against Woodfox is practically nonexistent.. » read more

56 Year Old Woman Shot by San Francisco Police At Mental Health Facility

August 15, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - The family of a 56-year-old woman shot by police at an at-home mental health facility after she threatened a social worker and officers with a knife accused San Francisco police of mishandling a delicate situation. The woman, Teresa Sheehan, is in stable condition at San Francisco General Hospital. During the Aug. 7 incident, she was shot in the face, shoulders, chest and groin, family members said. The shooting followed a complaint from a social worker who said Sheehan had threatened to kill him, according to police.. » read more

What kind of sick demented human being would want to have sex with a 10-year-old?

August 14, 2008 Ms. Iraq Comments on the Prostituion of Iraqi Women and Girls Miss Iraq 2008, Myra Adel, noticed one of my articles on the Iraqi sex trade and e-mailed me about what she had seen when she visited Syria, a country where Iraqi refugee women and girls, rendered desperate by the war, are being sold for prostitution. I asked for her permission to use the information, since e-mail correspondence is private; and she urged me to share it with the world, in hopes we will all help. Before I do, though, a little background, from other sources, on what is happening. About 50,000 Iraqi refugee women and girls are being sold for sex.. » read more

Dear World, Please Confront America !

August 1, 2008 Is it possible to fall out of love with your own country? For two years, I, like many Americans, have been focused intently on documenting, exposing, and alerting the nation to the Bush administration’s criminality and its assault on the Constitution and the rule of law — a story often marginalized at home. I was certain that when Americans knew what was being done in their name, they would react with horror and outrage. Three months ago, the Bush administration still clung to its devil’s sound bite, “We don’t torture.” Now, Doctors Without Borders has issued its report documenting American-held detainees’ traumas, and even lie detector tests confirm they have been tortured. The Red Cross report has leaked: torture and war crimes.. » read more

Send Bill O'Reilly Back to School (video)

Posted 8/9/08 It's back-to-school time! Parents are starting to shop for their children's school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course, Bill O'Reilly's book, "The O'Reilly Factor for Kids." Talk about one of these things being NOT like the others! O'Reilly thinks he can teach our children proper behavior, and we can't think of a worse father figure than an angry, hate-filled shock jock notorious for telling guests to "Shut up!" We wondered what would happen if kids read O'Reilly's book and then saw the real O'Reilly for themselves. So we put together a video to illustrate O'Reilly's duplicity. O'Reilly's bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school. Send this video to all the teachers, parents, parents-to-be, and anyone who has contact with kids, and don't forget to Digg it! Tell us what your teachers taught you that O'Reilly should have learned about how to be a responsible grown-up, or what your kids' teachers have taught them.. » read more

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