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Death Of Paul Castaway Highlights Denver’s Overlooked Police Brutality Problem

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Private Prison Lobbyists Fundraising For Clinton

‘It is bad for all of us when these multibillion dollar companies use their considerable financial influence to try to pressure lawmakers.’

Sarah Lazare
Par Sarah Lazare
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Whitney Brothers Inc during a campaign stop, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Keene, N.H.

In addition to Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is turning to lobbyists for the two biggest private prison companies in the country, Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group, to raise money for her 2016 presidential candidacy. Lee Fang of The Intercept made the

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CONFIRMED: Dashcam Video of Sandra Bland’s Violent Arrest was Indeed Edited

After public outrage over the possibility of the dashcam footage being edited, the Texas Department of Public Safety released a second video, which clearly confirms inconsistencies.

Matt Agorist
Par Matt Agorist

Waller County, TX — On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety released the dashcam footage of Sandra Bland’s arrest. However, there were clear inconsistencies within the video, leading many to believe it was doctored. https://twitter.com/tlangford/status/623851789343789056/photo/1 The Texas Department of Public Safety said that the

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Citizen’s Private Body Cam Protects Him From Cops Who Lied To Get Him Fired

After being caught in their lies, the two deputies now face the possibility of termination for dishonesty.

Matt Agorist
Par Matt Agorist

King County, WA — City bus driver, Kelvin Kirkpatrick purchased a set of glasses that take HD video as a means of feeling safe in the event the Metro Security cameras on his bus failed. However, these camera glasses would prove to be incredibly valuable in an entire other sense. Kirkpatrick was becoming frustrated with the lack of security

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Netanyahu Bluffed Attack On Iran To Influence US Elections

Netanyahu convinced the Americans that he was determined to attack Iran, which would have been a disaster for the U.S. But in fact the gambit was a bluff by Netanyahu with two dread aims.

Mondoweiss
Par Mondoweiss

Shibley Telhami, at Reuters, says that the thing Israel hates about this deal, that it is focused on Iran’s nuclear weapons and not on regime change or its regional actions, is something that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu himself effected. In 2011-2012, Netanyahu convinced the Americans that he was determined to attack Iran, which would have been a

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3 Dead, 9 Injured In Latest American Mass Shooting

The Louisiana shooting occurred three years after James Holmes entered a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver and opened fire during the premier of a Batman film, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
This undated photo provided by the Lafayette Police Department shows John Russel Houser, in Lafayette, La. Authorities have identified Houser as the gunman who opened fire in a movie theater on Thursday, July 23, 2015, in Lafayette.

LAFAYETTE, La. — The movie theater gunman who stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two people, was described as a drifter from Alabama whose escape plan was thwarted by police officers who arrived almost immediately, authorities said Friday. The gunman killed himself. Nine people

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George Clooney Opposes War Profiteering, Except When He Doesn’t

George Clooney is being paid by the world’s top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government’s agenda.

World Beyond War
Par World Beyond War
US actor George Clooney speaks with photographers and leaves the photocall during the premiere of the film 'Tomorrow Land' at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia, Spain on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

George Clooney is being paid by the world’s top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government’s agenda. Way back yonder before World War II, war profiteering was widely frowned on in the United States. Those of us trying to bring back that attitude, and working for

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