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  • Taser Nation: A shock to the system
    5 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A shock to the system The increased use of Tasers by police spurs questions weighing a purported safety benefit against alleged overuse, including, against children and the elderly, and debate regarding its role in several deaths
    TOLEDO, Ohio — On Jan. 31, Jeffrey Turner, 41, was spotted loitering on the grounds of the art museum here. When Toledo police approached him, he resisted a search. He was taller than 6 feet and more than 200 pounds, so they subdued him with five 50,000-volt (…)

  • Iraqi police on strike in Tikrit, demanding release of police chief
    3 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    TIKRIT, Iraq, - Iraqi police in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, went on strike Wednesday demanding the release of a police chief captured by the US troops and guarantees from the foreign forces to respect the local police, a police officer said.
    Police stations and streets of Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, were devoid of police who went on strike in a protest against the capture of Brigadier Hatem al-Juboury, chief of the homicide department in Salahudin provincial headquarters, (…)

  • Man Tasered, Arrested for not providing evidence of salad purchase at Chuck E Cheese
    2 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Dad Accused Of Chuck E. Cheese Salad Theft Zapped By Police Aurora Police Say Proper Procedures Followed
    AURORA, Colo. — Aurora police have reviewed a weekend incident in which a man accused of stealing salad from a Chuck E. Cheese salad bar was hit with a stun gun twice by officers and said that proper procedures were followed.
    The incident began at 4:05 p.m. Sunday when officers were called to the restaurant on a report of a larceny in progress.
    Police talked to the Chuck E. Cheese (…)

  • COLOMBIAN ARMY UNIT MURDERS PEACE COMMUNITY LEADER
    28 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    An Update From the Colombia Support Network
    On February 21, 2005 , the 11th Brigade of the Colombian Army, based in the state of Cordoba, massacred 7 people of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado, among those one of its founders, LUIS EDUARDO GUERRA. Luis Eduardo, age 35, was killed with his 11-year old son, DEINER GUERRA ; his companion, BELLANIRA AREIZA- GUZMAN, 17 years old; a leader of the Mulatos settlement and its Peace Community, ALFONSO BOLIVAR TUBERQUIA -GRACIANO, age 30 ; (…)

  • Secrecy, Torture, Propaganda Mark New American Politburo Practices
    14 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Secrecy, Torture, Propaganda Mark New American Politburo Practices Bill Gallagher February 15, 2005 Detroit - Like their Soviet predecessors, the top leaders of the American politburo — Dick Cheney and George W. Bush — never admit their mistakes or acknowledge their authoritarian policies and police-state oppression. The very thought of apologizing for failures and injustice — no matter how disastrous and obvious — is repugnant to such regimes. Comrades Cheney and Bush get away with (…)

  • Taser Used On Woman In S.C. Nursing Home
    30 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

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    Taser Used On Woman In S.C. Nursing Home
    January 29, 2005
    ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A police officer used a stun gun on a 75-year-old woman who became distraught when she could not locate a sick friend at a nursing home, according to an internal report.
    Officer Hattie Jean Macon received a verbal warning and was required to attend a Taser retraining course after the investigation found she acted prematurely when she used the 50,000-volt Taser, (…)

  • Officer Threatens To Arrest Woman For Anti-Bush Sticker
    27 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

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    Officer Threatens To Arrest Woman For Anti-Bush Sticker
    January 25, 2005
    DENVER — Some people are angry when they see Shasta Bates’ derogatory bumper sticker about President George W. Bush — but she didn’t think she’d be threatened with arrest because of it.
    The Denver Police Department is investigating a sergeant who allegedly threatened to arrest the 26-year-old for displaying the bumper sticker.
    Bates said she was told by the sergeant (…)

  • Western Military Train But No Longer Mentor Iraqi Police
    21 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Western Military Train But No Longer Mentor Iraqi Police SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM January 20, 2005 BAGHDAD - Iraqi police no longer work with Western mentors due to fears insurgents have infiltrated the Iraqi security agenices. Officials said Western mentors were withdrawn from police units in late 2004. They said the lack of mentors has hampered the operations of five police academies established by the United States to help create an effective Iraqi security force.
    The Iraqi (…)

  • Brave New Era For Privacy Fight
    14 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Brave New Era For Privacy Fight Kim Zetter January 13, 2005
    As the nation prepares for President Bush’s inauguration next week, privacy activists on both sides of the political spectrum are bracing for a White House push to augment controversial domestic surveillance powers gained under the Patriot Act and other legislation passed since 9/11.
    "The administration has made it clear that they do intend to continue their move to dramatically reduce privacy and constitutional protection for (…)

  • CIA Drug Running Investigative reporter Gary Webb ’Suicide’ Looking more like Murder
    21 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Charlene Fassa
    ’Move-On - Nothing To See Here’
    How convincing is this statement:
    Coroner Robert Lyons said his office had been swamped with calls. "It’s unusual in a suicide case to have two shots," he said, "but it has been done in the past, and it is in fact a distinct possibility."
    This milquetoast declaration sounds like the pathetic utterance of someone who’s trying to cover his career ass, all the while crossing his fingers behind his back. Maybe - just maybe, it’s also (…)