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British Police Officer Suspended For Man Who Died After G-20 Protests (Video)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Video, Police, United Kingdom, Ladanian Tomlinson, Ian Tomlinson, G-20 Protests, England, Police Brutality, g20, G20 Protests, G-20, Bob Quick, Bob Quick Resigns, Bob Quick Documents, Bob Quick and Gordon Brown, London-United Kingdom, World News

A British police officer who came forward as being involved in the case of Ian Tomlinson -- a newspaper salesman who died of a heart attack during the...

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When a Serial Killer Targets Poor Black Women

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Women, Grim Sleeper, Los Angeles, Fbi, Poverty, Police, Cnn, Serial Killings, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The long running Grim Sleeper killing saga underscores the great threat of murder and criminal violence to many black women.

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Show Me the Money

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Law, Attorney, Africa, Police, Money, Humor, Economy, United States, Iraq, Journalism, Home, United Arab Emirates, Resort, Wealth, Bungee Jumping, College, Middle East, Affair, Russia, Banks, Vacation, U.S. Army, Spam, Wtf, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Please write back to fill me in on the scandalous details and to arrange to send all of your money to my bank account here in the United States

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Dispatch from London: Day 1 of the G-20 Summit

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: London, G-20 Summit, The Obamas, Police, Protests, Angela Merkel, Climate Change, Bankers, Nicolas Sarkozy, Financiers, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News
Ann Pettifor

While the protesters are more or less united, G-20 leaders are squabbling like parents fighting over how to constrain their petulant teenagers.

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Oakland Police Massacre Casts Ugly Glare on Ex-Felon Desperation

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Congress, Lovelle Mixon, Barack Obama, Oakland Police Killings, Crime, Police, Second Chance Act, Violence, Ex-Felons, Prisons, California, Oakland, Oakland-California, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Though Lovelle Mixon's killing spree is a horrible aberration, his plight as an unemployed, ex-felon isn't. There are tens of thousands like him on America's streets.

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Police Brutality: Deal With It

Norm Stamper | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice System, Police, Abner Louima, Paul Schene, Deputy Beats Girl, Police Beating, Cop Admits Beating, Deputy Paul Schene, Rodney King, 15 Year Old Girl Beaten, Politics News
Norm Stamper

As a rookie cop, why did I abuse the very people I'd been hired to serve? Law enforcement, for the most part, doesn't pick bad apples. It makes them, and not through academy training.

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Strippers in Cages Get Loose and Terrorize Small Florida Town

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Expensive Lap Dances, Cage Dancers, Skank, Florida, Menace to Society, Gentleman's Club, Excotic Dancers, Police, Planet Hollywood, Inhumane, Fort Lauderdale, Vagina, Tom McCaffrey, Strippers, Revenge of the Nerds, Comedy News
Tom McCaffrey

The strippers first robbed a gas station of all its 1 dollar bills. They then broke into an elderly home and gave everyone half-assed lap dances.

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Obama Addresses Columbus, Ohio Police Recruits Saved By Stimulus (LIVE VIDEO)

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Police Recruits, Police, Columbus Ohio, Ohio, President Obama, Economic Stimulus, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who often says his $787 billion economic stimulus package will save or create millions of jobs, can point t...

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Escaped Zebras Lead German Police On Wild Chase

AP | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Zebra, Police, Germany, Chase, Zoo, Escaped Zebra, World News

BERLIN — These fugitives were wearing stripes even before they were caught. Police in the southern Germany city of Augsburg said they had to cha...

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My View of The Atlantic's "The End of White America?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Race Politics, Youth Vote, Youth, Barack Obama, Police, President Obama, Racism, Rappers, Race, 2008 Election, Hip-Hop, White People, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

Part of what I always suspect comes out of articles like this, is the affirmation from some that a browner America should also mean minorities can finally stop complaining about inequalities.

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MMIX: 2009 is the Year of the Handgun

Justin Callaway | Posted 02.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Fed, 2nd Amendment, Firearm, Shoplifting, Crime, Police, Year of the Handgun, Treasury, Gun Control, Nationa Parks, Depression, Guns, 2009, Recession, Style News
Justin Callaway

I have never wanted a gun before, but I am seriously considering purchasing my first firearm. It's not just Obama-gun-snatching-fears, I also want to lock in my glock while I can still afford to.

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The Media, the Legislature and the Police Are Guilty Too

Bil Browning | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Indianapolis Metropolitan Community Police, Hate Crimes, Indianapolis, Police, Civil Rights, Indiana, Politics News
Bil Browning

Hate crimes don't happen in Indiana -- technically -- because we are one of five states not to have a hate crimes law.

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Russian Police Crack Down On Protesters, Including Me

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

Read More: Other Russia, Opposition, Police, Moscow, Economic Crisis, Russia, Dissenters' March, Financial Crisis, Harrasment, Riot Police, World News
Oleg Kozlovsky

Russia banned opposition marches last week, including one that I planned. We had official approval, but the government didn't give a damn. They've got the police, so why worry about the laws?

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Arpaio the Only One Smiling in Maricopa County

Angela Kelley | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reality TV, Undocumented Immigrants, Police, Crime, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Immigration, Arizona, Civil Rights, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Angela Kelley

"Smile, You're Under Arrest"--that's the name of a new reality TV show starring none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Of...

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Three NYC Police Officers Surrender In Brooklyn Sodomy Case

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 01.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Sodomy, Police Brutality, New York City Subway, Police, Subway, Brooklyn, New York City, Home News

NEW YORK — A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a subway station,...

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Woman in Labor Received Ticket, Forced to "Prove" She's Pregnant

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Traffic, Pregnancy, Rush Hour, Baby, Pregnant, Boston, Police, Woman in Labor Received Ticket, Breakdown Lane, Ticket, Boston Police, Living News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

The couple actually pulled over in the breakdown lane to ask permission to use said lane, which is reserved for emergencies. And he expects her to prove that she's pregnant? How humiliating!

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Clint Eastwood As a Changeling

Brad Balfour | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Oscars Corruption, The Changeling, Acting, Angelina Jolie, Police, Republicans, Lapd, Democrats, Directing, Komodo Dragon, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

"My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere."

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How the Obama Election Transformed Historic Locations

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Racism, 1968, Police, Chicago, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., 2008 Election, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Mayor Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Robert Kennedy, Grant Park, Election Reaction, HuffPost Election Reaction, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Children of color, indeed of all colors, across America woke up on Wednesday morning not just to a new day, but a new world.

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Top Priority: Keep Obama safe

Diane Francis | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Murder Rates, Terrorists, Firefighters, Popemobile, Police, Chicago, Handgun Murders, Washington, Threats, Terrorism, U.S. Violence, Bulletproof Glass, Security Forces, Barack Obama, No-Fly Zone, Personal Safety, Gun Ownership, President-Elect Obama, First Family, Security, Healthcare, Pope, President Obama, Politics News
Diane Francis

The United States cannot afford to take any risks. President Obama, and his family, must live in a bubble all their days in office. Handshaking, baby-kissing and plunging into crowds must be forbidden.

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Ashley Todd, McCain Attack Scammer, Reaches Deal With Police

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ashley Todd, Ashley Todd Hoax, John McCain, Police, Race Baiting, Ashley Todd Mutilation Story, Ashley Todd Police, Ashley Todd Mccain, Politics News

PITTSBURGH — A volunteer for John McCain's presidential campaign agreed Thursday to enter a probation program for first-time offenders for false...

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Easy Access To Assault Weapons? Obama Says 'No,' McCain Says 'Yes'

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Law Enforcement, Police, Assault Weapons, Last Presidential Debate, Third Presidential Debate, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Virginia, National Rifle Association, Pennsylvania, Ak-47, Florida, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Last week, the Brady Center released its report on the impact of military-style semi-automatic assault weapons on American families and law enforcemen...

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Yet Another Reason to Fear a McCain Supreme Court

Nathan Robinson | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Court, Law, Exclusionary Rule, Police, Scalia, Evidence, Politics News
Nathan Robinson

Those who value their civil liberties have much more to fear from a McCain Court than the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as police gain greater and greater incentives to disregard our rights without consequence.

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Palin vs. Biden: For And Against Assault Weapons

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vp Debate, Law Enforcement, Vice Presidential Debate, Police, Assault Weapons, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Guns, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When Charlie Gibson asked Gov. Sarah Palin last month whether she agreed with 70% of the American people who support a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, she replied, "I do not."

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The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Progressive, Minnesota, Zack De La Rocha, The Nightwatchman, Activism, Rage Against the Machine, Grassroots, Protests, Tom Morello, Police, The Nation, The Fabled City, Entertainment News
ZP Heller

The St. Paul police should have known better than to try to stop Tom Morello. The Rage guitarist leads a growing number of musicians who have adopted an explicit antiwar, anti-Bush message.

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TRNN Journalists Charged With Unlawful Assembly

The Real News | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Patriot Act, Arrests, Riots, Minnesota, Police, Amy Goodman, Saint Paul, Media, Republican Convention, John McCain, Rnc, Ania Smolenskaia, The Right to Peaceful Assembly, Lawful Assembly, Bush Administration, Geraldine Cahill, Political Activism, Media News
The Real News

818 people were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota in the days leading up to and during the RNC last week, several dozens were members of the media, covering the various protests.

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