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2686 Creeping up on fascism, ehh Justin -- rank: 119

... 0400, Charles wrote: >The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that police can arrest and handcuff people for minor traffic offenses such ... Do you agree with the ruling? The power of the police to detain people at will is the cornerstone of every police state. The implication of that ruling is that if you ... of the same sentiment, namely that Amerika is becoming a police state. One of the most interesting observations noted that this ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Wed Apr 25 12:40:58 PDT 2001

2687 guns & crime -- rank: 119

... into the hands of the psychotic thugs we >call our police force. Oh come on Carl. They are not psychotic. I ... leat violent. And in any case the thuggishness of the police is quite normal for anyone whose social function is that ... most part. And we don't just "call" them a police force -- they *are* a police force, doing what a police force is supposed to do. Carrol

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Mon Oct 16 14:16:20 PDT 2000

2688 [lbo-talk] crime rising in US cities -- rank: 119

--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Unfortunately, community policing is very expensive > and not as machismo-riffic as night vision equipped > helicopters hovering above on over watch and other > 'let's pretend we're in Baghdad doing > counter-insurgency' style actions. > > I'm sure there are significant political obstacles ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Mon May 21 20:05:45 PDT 2007

2689 Pearl killing: More blowback? -- rank: 119

http://www.laweekly.com/printme.php3?&eid=32744 March 1 - 7, 2002 Letter from Pakistan: Somewhere Else The bungling of the Daniel Pearl investigation by Ali Ahmed Rind >From the very start, the investigation into Daniel Pearl s kidnapping was mishandled. Investigators should have sought, on the first day Pearl came ...

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Author:	Hakki Alacakaptan
Date:	Sat Mar 2 12:29:06 PST 2002

2690 [lbo-talk] Jewish supporters of Rabbi Meir Kahane praise Gaza killings as 'holy' -- rank: 119

... Israel s divisions By Harvey Morris in Jerusalem Thousands of police are due to deploy in Jerusalem on Friday to protect ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 10 09:14:03 PST 2006

2691 [lbo-talk] killings down -- rank: 119

Now the'yre asking gangbangers for help: >In the early 1990s, a gang war in Venice left nearly two dozen >people dead and scores wounded. Gang violence has lessened >considerably as the district has become far more expensive, with >multimillion-dollar homes replacing fading bungalows. <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Mon Dec 24 15:02:06 PST 2007

2692 [lbo-talk] Whom Do Iraqi Guerrillas Target Most Often? (A new turn in US military strategy in Iraq?) -- rank: 119

James Bennet writes: "They [insurgents in Iraq] have put forward no single charismatic leader, developed no alternative government or political wing, displayed no intention of amassing territory to govern now. . . . He [Steven Metz, of the Army War College Strategic Studies Institute] warned that this hydra-headed quality could make the insurgents ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu May 26 12:15:06 PDT 2005

2693 crossing the border -- rank: 119

[don't know the provenance of this, sorry to say] INTERROGATION AT US BORDER My name is John Clarke and I am an Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). In the early afternoon of February 19th, 2002, I crossed the international bridge between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 26 08:31:52 PST 2002

2694 [lbo-talk] Eric Alterman busted for crashing spin room -- rank: 119

... trespass, after venturing uncredentialed into some fussy media VIP room. Police say he was asked by an executive at the party ... to the private area and was asked to leave. A police officer was called after a verbal altercation ensued. He was asked by police seven times to leave, and police say he became increasingly loud as he refused. After ignoring a final request, police say he was handcuffed and taken from the building. We ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 4 08:43:08 PDT 2007

2695 Terror Inc. -- rank: 119

... Dennis Perrin wrote: > > >But what would be an "appropriate international police response"? I mean, if > >it meant going in and ridding ... ve seen plenty of people say they'd support a "police action" but > >they never say how it would differ from ... resourceful people who will fight > to the death. The crime/police action contingent were never very > clear on this. This takes ...

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Author:	Seth Ackerman
Date:	Mon May 6 16:45:01 PDT 2002

2696 How the United States spies on us all -- rank: 119

... States' trump card is the cooperation it receives from the police and armed forces of other states more concerned with surveillance ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 7 03:31:42 PST 1999

2697 [lbo-talk] Indonesian army to join hunt for Bali bombers -- rank: 119

... bombings in Bali, a senior officer said on Thursday, as police confirmed three more Australians were among the dead. Hundreds of thousands of police have already been mobilized to track down the masterminds of ... 202 people. "In this case we will coordinate with Indonesian police by sharing intelligence information (and) are instructed to

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Thu Oct 6 09:17:37 PDT 2005

2698 Assassination of a Banker -- rank: 119

[Any conspiracy theorists want to have a go at this?] http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/monaco-safra.html December 4, 1999 Bank Magnate Killed in Fire Laid to Intruders in Monaco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Related Articles Edmond J. Safra, Banker and Philanthropist (Dec. 4, 1999) Safra's Death Not ...

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Author:	Lisa & Ian Murray
Date:	Sat Dec 4 06:42:17 PST 1999

2699 [lbo-talk] rioting around Paris -- rank: 119

... electrocuted in a power substation where they hid to escape police whom they thought were chasing them. A third was injured but survived. Officials have said police were not pursuing the boys, aged 15 and 17.

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Wed Nov 2 21:06:40 PST 2005

2700 [lbo-talk] rioting around Paris -- rank: 119

... electrocuted in a power substation where they hid to escape police >whom they thought were chasin

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Wed Nov 2 21:31:31 PST 2005