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Barack Obama is the President -- Why are Black People Still So Mad?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1984, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Police, Political Drama, Satire, Violence, Police Brutality, Obama, Black, Justice, San Francisco, African Americans, Civil Rights, Election, Cops, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

A calm day. A sunny, day, for San Francisco - which means really foggy with what will ultimately be an unfulfilled promise of sun later. A nice day, w...

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Republican Convention Arrest Total: Over 800

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY and MARTIGA LOHN | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Convention, Police, Riots, Protest, Protesters, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention...

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St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Police Brutality, Free Press, Republican Convention, Police, RNC 08, Media News
Timothy Karr

St. Paul's Mayor Coleman should take a stand on behalf of a free press, rein in aggressive and violent tactics by law enforcement, stop targeting journalists and immediately drop all charges against them.

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Dissentious Website Owner Shot, Killed In Police Custody In Russia

AP | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Russia, Police, Website Owner, Media News

MOSCOW — The owner of an independent Web site critical of authorities was shot and killed Sunday by police in a volatile province in southern Ru...

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Police Raid Protester Houses In Advance Of Republican Convention

The Uptake | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Police, Rnc, Protest, Minneapolis, Republicannationalconvention, 2008election, Raid, Theuptake, rnc08, Uptake, Offthebus, Raids Hamsher Greenwald, Greenwald Hamsher Rnc Raids, Ramsey Country Sheriffs, Minneapolis Riot Police, Raids Nestor, Raids Minneapolis, Raids Rnc Glen Greenwald, Home News
The Uptake

Authorities acting under untested preventive riot statutes burst into the private residences in full riot gear, handcuffed residents and carted away computers. Bloggers Glen Greenwald and Jane Hamsher visited the homes during the raids.

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Kickin' Up Dust in Denver: DNC Protesters

Hunter Weeks | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Abortion, Dnc, Police, 911, 9-11 Hoax, Protest, Cow, Social Activism, Protesters, Denver, Home News
Hunter Weeks

I am from Denver. You often hear people mention Denver as a cow town....as it once was. We're definitely known for being laid back, so when somethin...

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Reading The Pictures: Denver Not Quite A Riot

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, DNC Protests, Police, Protests, DNC Security, DNC Photos, Security, DNC Media, DNC 08, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Election, Denver, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-08-26-shaw_chin_security.jpgThe most disjointed element of Monday's visual convention coverage involved the media exploiting the security angle.

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Denver - Your Protestors Should Be Greeted With Flowers!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, AT&T, Democratic National Convention, Activism, Police, Lobbyists, Mile High Station, Codepink, Democracy, Patriot, Dnc, Activist, Denver, Peace, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

At the very core of patriotism is the desire to preserve and enhance democracy. For true patriots - those who take their love of nation beyond the c...

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Stark Contrasts In Denver On Eve Of DNC

Judah Freed | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Despair, Police Riot, Anti-War Movement, Hope, Police, Dances of Universal Peace, Police Brutality, Meditate 08, Riot, Peace, Spirituality, Denver, Protesters, Home News
Judah Freed

As we passed the strong police presence around the Denver Convention Center I realized that my quiet home town now looks like the police state scenes in the most terrifying cyberpunk videos. Soon afterward, however, I arrived at the site of Meditate 08 where they spoke about the benefits of letting go of hate and fear within the self as a way of transforming society.

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Held Suspect

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Louisiana, Tasers, Crime, Police, Police Brutality, Racism, Race, Baron Pikes, Jena 6, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Terrance Heath

I don't remember how old I was the first time it happened. I couldn't have been more than ten years old. We were in Philadelphia -- my mother, my youn...

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Newlyweds Tasered At Reception, Spend Wedding Night In Jail

The Durango Herald | Ted Holteen | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Police Brutality, Newlywed, Tasers, Police, Excessive Force, Home News

The Michigan wedding of Durango newlyweds Andy and Ania Somora came to an abrupt end last weekend after the bride and groom were tasered by local poli...

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Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Brian Ragan, Maxine Waters, Kevin Wicks, Jacqueline Seabrooks, Ruben Walton Ortega, Michael Byoune, Attorney General Mukasey, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Baron “Scooter” Pikes, Police Shootings, Police, Police Abuse, Civil Rights, Home News
Paul Peete

America can no longer afford to wait for an Attorney General to be selected by the next president to address the breakdown in control over the nation's police departments' use of force policies.

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Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 08.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Police, Fda, Jalapenos, Profiling, Food, Salmonella, Salsa, Prejudice, Tomatoes, Outbreak, Poisoning, Living News
Suzette Standring

Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

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Resurrecting Literature: Sustenance for the Progressive Soul

Jennifer Nix | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Nationalism, Short Stories, Literature, To Kill a Mockingbird, Police, Chicago, Anarchist, Xenophobia, George W. Bush, George Lakoff, Progressives, Fiction, Pet Goat, Terrorist, Immigration, Democrats, Bestsellers, Politics of Fear, Politics, History, Activism, Racism, Nonfiction, Aleksandar Hemon, Grapes of Wrath, Fox News Channel, The Lazarus Project, Sarajevo, Huffpost Books, Living News
Jennifer Nix

I once again see the potential and power of literature, and hope to tell new and necessary stories. As activists, we must not lose sight of art. Here are some questions I posed to Aleksandar Hemon.

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Police Turn To Foot Patrols As Gas Prices Rise

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Police Foot Patrols, Police Cars, Police, Politics News

People around here are seeing a lot more of Officer Robert Stewart. Following strict new orders, he frequently leaves his squad car, hopping out to v...

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Welcome to my neighborhood: Indianapolis cop gets shot

Bil Browning | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Indianapolis, High Crime Years, Crime, Police, Crime Rate, Crime Reduction, Police Shooting, Cops, Living News
Bil Browning

I've been blogging repeatedly about the overwhelming crime problem plaguing my neighborhood. When our car was stolen or when the windows were smashed...

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Beating the Jaywalking Rap

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jaywalking, Crime, Police, D.C., Washington, Washington Dc Crime, How to Fight Traffic Tickets, Washington DC, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

While gunshots ring out and drug deals are executed just blocks away, DC's police officers spend entire days nabbing pedestrians who cross streets a little too soon or a little too late.

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Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Rudolf Giuliani, Police, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, Justice, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

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Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Police, Rudolf Giuliani, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Justice, Bernard Goetz, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

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Fixing Iraq: Cops for COIN

Adam Elkus | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police, Afghanistan, Iraq, Intelligence, Counterinsurgency, Iraq Police, Iraq Reconstruction, Police Reconstructrion, Peackeeping, Afghan Taliban, Politics News
Adam Elkus

The time has come for the development of standing constabulary forces that can draw talented and intelligent individuals for overseas policing.

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NRA, Guns On Campus: 0-for-15 in 2008

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Shooting, Law Enforcement, National Rifle Association, Police, Guns in School, Lsu, Virginia Tech, Nra, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The gun lobby made "guns-on-campus" bills a big priority across America this year, and what do they have to show for it? A goose egg.

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NYC Recycling Guns Seized After Crimes

New York Times | Al Baker | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Seized Guns, Police, New York City, Green News

In New York City, where taking illegal handguns off the streets is high on the mayor's agenda, thousands of firearms make it into the hands of law enf...

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Attorneys Hold 'Know Your Rights' Training for Democratic Convention

Colorado Confidential | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Crackdown, Press Rights, Police, Colorado Confidential, Bloggers, Democratic National Convention, Press, Weapons, Denver, Home News
Colorado Confidential

In response to news that Denver police have been stocking up on security equipment, local attorneys are training protesters in anticipation of clashes at the Democratic National Convention to be held there in August.

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Watch: 140 Arrested In San Francisco Iraq War Protest

The Uptake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Arrests, Police, Occupation, theuptake.org, War, Protest, 2008 Election, Iraq, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

With the Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq, protests against the continual occupation sprung up all over the United States. In a somewhat dramatic...

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