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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Mo. senator: Tie federal funding to police body cams
by Jonathan Shorman, USA Today
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — No police department should get federal funds unless they put cameras on officers, Sen. Claire McCaskill says.
Such a requirement would represent a “great legacy” to come from the death of … Read More
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In Washington, Second Thoughts on Arming Police
by Matt Apuzzo and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times
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WASHINGTON — Jolted by images of protesters clashing with heavily armed police officers in Missouri, President Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of the government’s decade-old strategy … Read More
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How You Can Help Ferguson
The Peace Economy Project stands in solidarity with Michael Brown and the Ferguson community. The military-industrial complex has allowed weapons and tactics of war to seep into our communities, much to the detriment of the people who live in them. … Read More
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The Best Reporting on Federal Push to Militarize Local Police
A few facts you might have missed about the flow of military equipment and tactics to local law enforcement.
by Hanqing Chen, ProPublica
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Protests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael … Read More
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In Ferguson, echoes of Gaza?
by Talia Lavin, St. Louis Jewish Light
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A summer of global turmoil has culminated in nightmarish scenes from Ferguson, Mo., a St. Louis suburb torn apart by protests after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed … Read More
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Henry A. Giroux: The Militarization of Racism and Neoliberal Violence
by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout
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The recent killing and then demonization of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American youth, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer has made visible how a kind of military metaphysics now … Read More
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St. Louis County Police to be relieved of duty in Ferguson, says Mo. gov.
by Gregg Levine, Al Jazeera America
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[Updated 2:10 P.M. EDT] Appearing at a St. Louis church Thursday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said there would be an “operational shift” in the way police handled protests in Ferguson. The area … Read More
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Police to Ferguson Bystanders: “You Are in the Middle of a War Zone”
by Danny Wicentowski, RFT
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The heavily armed police officer in riot gear was not amused.
“You guys are in the middle of a war zone,” he told Daily RFT. We — along with two other journalists and two … Read More
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Rally for Michael Brown
Tuesday, August 12
10:00 am
County Prosecutor’s office, 100 S. Central Clayton
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US forces bomb Isis militant positions in northern Iraq
Air strikes target frontlines around Kurdish capital of Irbil
Deployment of US combat troops on ground ruled out
Parallel operation to drop food for civilians on Mount Sinjar
by Martin Chulov in Irbil, Julian Borger, Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman
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