15 year old girl brutally beat by Seattle cops
The officer has since entered a plea of “not guilty” to fourth degree assault. He is currently on paid administrative leave. 27 February 2009 via Bureaucrash.com
Labels:
abuse of power,
police
PA Judges Jail Kids for Cash
CBS News -Feb 2009
Two Pennsylvania judges have been indicted and have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a scheme where they received cash kickbacks in exchange for sending youthful offenders (some of them 1st-timers)to privately run prisons.
Labels:
corruption,
injustice
"OUTLAWED" excerpts, pt. 1
from Boing Boing video -an excerpt from OUTLAWED, a film produced by WITNESS, in partnership with more than a dozen other human rights groups around the world.
"we are introduced to Binyam Ahmed Mohamed, an Ethiopian man in his thirties (ACLU bio and a detailed report about his case here). Mr. Mohamed survived extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture by the U.S. government working with various other governments worldwide."
Labels:
corruption,
injustice,
torture
John Pilger: Freedom Next Time
2007 -Australian journalist, author, film maker John Pilger speaks about global media consolidation, war by journalism, US military's quest for domination/hegemony in the post 9/11 era, false history in the guise of 'objective' journalism.
Labels:
documentary,
speech
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