Friday, December 5, 2014

RSN: United Nations Panel Slams U.S. Record on Police Brutality, Torture, Child Migrants & Guantánamo




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Andy Borowitz | New Proposal Would Provide Grand Juries With Eyes
Demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally on the campus of Saint Louis University on Oct. 13. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "On the heels of an initiative to provide police departments with body cameras, there is growing support for a plan to supply grand-jury members with eyes, advocates for the plan said on Wednesday."
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Amy Davidson | What the Eric Garner Grand Jury Didn't See
Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Davidson writes: "There was nothing mysterious about Garner's death, and nothing just about it, either. Because of a cell-phone video, most of the city knew it, too."
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Charles Pierce | The Eric Garner Case and Police Lawlessness
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Are we still having the national conversation? And what, pray tell, is it about now? Race? Fear? Trigger-happy policin'?"
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"Drop His F***** Ass, Drop His Ass!!" Another Unarmed Black Man Killed by White Police
John Vibes, The Free Thought Project
Vibes reports: "This week, the family of a Virginia man who was killed by police is filing for an appeal in their lawsuit against the city, which was railroaded out of court last year after the incident occurred."
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the death of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. On December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided Fred Hampton's apartment and shot and killed him in his bed."
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Michael Bell | What I Did After Police Killed My Son
Michael Bell, Politico
Bell writes: "It took six years to get our wrongful death lawsuit settled, and my family received $1.75 million. But I wasn't satisfied by a long shot."
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United Nations Panel Slams U.S. Record on Police Brutality, Torture, Child Migrants & Guantánamo
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "As protests continue over the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the United States is facing pressure internationally over its failure to put a halt to police brutality."
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