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Boston’s Custom Designed Terror: “Operation Urban Shield” By James F. Tracy
On June 6, 2013 “Operation Urban Shield Boston” published videos via its YouTube Channel highlighting the so-named 2011 and 2012 law enforcement and emergency response drills that bore a remarkable resemblance to the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing allegedly carried out by Tamarlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev. Continue reading
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South Africa: Licenced to Kill By Richard Pithouse
There is no properly researched body count but a quick internet search throws up media reports of nearly forty people having being killed by the police during protests since the killing started on a university campus in Durban in 2000. The Tatane murder became so well known for the simple reason that it was captured… Continue reading
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The British Police: getting away with murder since 1969 By Koos Couvé
827 people have died in police custody since 2004. Not a single police officer has been convicted. Families have struggled hard for justice, encountering multiple failures and police collusion from the IPCC. Why is police accountability failing in this most serious of issues? Continue reading
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UK: Stand Against Racist “Show Your Papers” Spot Checks
Last week, UK Border Agency officers detained and intimidated dozens of non-white travelers and demanded to “see their papers.” These horrific, racist tactics must stop immediately. Continue reading
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Egypt: The officers’ war of terror; latest statements from the Egyptian left
Since the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has become a battlefield of narratives. Each narrative has sought to appropriate and define the January 25 Revolution. The wielders of power, most notably the army, along with its allies, advanced a narrative claiming that the revolution succeeded—thanks to the intervention of the officers. The time had… Continue reading
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Movie Review: “We Steal Secrets”: A Masterclass in Propaganda. The Assassination of Julian Assange By Jonathan Cook
I have just watched We Steal Secrets, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. One useful thing I learnt is the difference between a hatchet job and character assassination. Gibney is too clever for a hatchet job, and his propaganda is all the more effective for it. Continue reading
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The Political Assassination of Dr. David Kelly: The Post Mortem Reports By Dr. David Halpin
There is no obvious explanation for the presence of nine police officers at this very morbid autopsy given that the police had sprayed the word ‘suicide’ about earlier that day. The size of the squad would surely have fitted better if murder was foremost in the minds of the investigating authorities. Continue reading
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ICH 28 July 2013: 80 Percent Of U.S. Adults Face Near-Poverty, Unemployment: Survey
28 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Eyewitness in Egypt ‘Most Were Shot In The Face – Only One In The Back’ By Robert Fisk A massacre? Most certainly. And these were only a few of the dead. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35678.htm Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2013 (12/13) UK News
25 July 2013 — http://www.statewatch.org/ – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. UK: The IPCC has today published their annual statistics on deaths during or following police contact 2. UK: Independent Police Complaints Commission report (IPPC): Metropolitan Police Service handling of complaints alleging race discrimination Continue reading
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How we are impoverished, gentrified and silenced – and what to do about it By John Pilger
Surveillance is normal in the Age of Regression – as Edward Snowden revealed. Ubiquitous cameras are normal. Subverted freedoms are normal. Effective public dissent is now controlled by police, whose intimidation is normal. Continue reading
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Key Mistakes Sway Jury in Zimmerman Trial: Jury Prevented from Considering Race and “First Aggressor” By Marjorie Cohn
A Southern jury of six women – none of them black – found 28-year-old George Zimmerman’s shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to be justifiable homicide because he acted in self-defense. The jurors were prohibited from considering race. They were instructed only on the parts of self-defense law that helped Zimmerman, and the chief police… Continue reading
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Video: Ford: Zimmerman’s Acquittal Exposes the American Psyches’ Racist Reasoning
Glen Ford: Prosecution was unable to prove Zimmerman’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because it’s thought to be “reasonable” to profile young black men as criminals (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Ford: Zimmerman's Acquittal Exposes the American Psyches' Racist Reasoning
Glen Ford: Prosecution was unable to prove Zimmerman’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because it’s thought to be “reasonable” to profile young black men as criminals (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Questions surrounding 2011 triple murder point to government cover-up in Boston Marathon bombing By Thomas Gaist and Barry Grey
The New York Times published a front-page article Thursday (“In 2011 Murder Inquiry, Hints of Missed Chance to Avert Boston Bombing”) that raises new questions about the alleged perpetrators of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing and adds to the evidence of a government cover-up in the explosions that killed three people and wounded more… Continue reading
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The infrastructure of a police state emerges in Europe By Peter Schwarz
The right to privacy—a basic human right enshrined in the American and every European Constitution—and the associated guarantee of the confidentiality of the post and telecommunications are being ripped to shreds. The wiretaps are so obviously illegal that intelligence agencies in one country often delegate their activities to foreign partners in order to avoid overly… Continue reading
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German authorities persecute anti-fascist protester By Martin Nowak
After seven days of proceedings, the Dresden District Court has suspended the trial of Lothar König indefinitely. The prosecution accuses König, a youth pastor from Jena, of serious breach of the peace, obstruction of justice and resisting a law enforcement officer. He is alleged to have incited protesters to engage in violence against police on… Continue reading
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The 7/7 London Bombings and MI5’s “Stepford Four” Operation: How the 2005 London Bombings Turned every Muslim into a “Terror Suspect”
This article is dedicated to former South Yorkshire terror analyst Tony Farrell who lost his job but kept his integrity, and with thanks to the documentation provided by the July 7th Truth Campaign Continue reading
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