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Michael Greenberg> The Problem of the New York Police
The Problem of the New York Police Michael Greenberg OCTOBER 25, 2012 New York Review of Books New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, District Attorney Cyrus Vance, and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference announcing the arrest of Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh on terrorism charges, May 12, 2011. (Mary Altaffer/AP Images) Over the […]
Video> Thom Hartmann> NYPD spying on Muslims turns up 0 leads after 6 years!
NYPD spying on Muslims turns up 0 leads after 6 years! Racism in America Published on Aug 22, 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Gadeir Abbas, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) joins Thom Hartmann. Despite spying on Muslims in New York City for 6 years – the NYPD has yet to turn up a solid lead on any threat from […]
Alex Pareene>NYPD must spy on all Muslims to protect us from Iranian photographers
NYPD must spy on all Muslims to protect us from Iranian photographers New York City’s own constitutionally iffy intelligence agency justifies itself with fear-mongering BY ALEX PAREENE THURSDAY, MAR 22, 2012 Salon.com Ray Kelly (Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid) The NYPD is less a “police department” than a secretive and unaccountable international intelligence-gathering organization with a large minority-frisking […]
Video> Amy Goodman> OWS Activist Cecily McMillan Describes Seizure, Bodily Injuries in Arrest by NYPD
Uploaded by democracynow on Mar 23, 2012 Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan suffered a seizure when New York City police officers pulled her from the crowd and arrested her as hundreds attempted to re-occupy Zuccotti Park on Saturday, to mark sixth months since the launch of the movement. In her first television interview since her arrest, McMillan […]
Karen Greenberg> Ever More and Ever Less> The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror
Ever More and Ever Less> The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror By Karen J. Greenberg March 18, 2012 Tom Dispatch By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era. One war over in the Greater Middle East, another hurtling disastrously to its end, and the threat of […]
Pam Martens> Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD
How 60 Minutes Blew the Story Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD by PAM MARTENS FEBRUARY 06, 2012 Counterpunch On September 25, 2011, just eight days after the Occupy Wall Street protests began in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, the much acclaimed CBS News program, 60 Minutes, aired […]
Glenn Greenwald> NYPD spying program aimed at Muslims
NYPD spying program aimed at Muslims BY GLENN GREENWALD FEB 22, 2012 Salon.com Mohammed el-Sioufi, an accountant and vice president of the Islamic Culture Center, a mosque in Newark, is interviewed by the Associated Press about the New York Police Department’s surveillance of the Muslim community in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (Credit: AP/Charles […]
Video> Glenn Greenwald> Family Guy summarizes American Neocon Foreign Policy
Glenn Greenwald> This nicely summarizes the state of American neocon foreign policy discourse at the moment: I actually consider the discussion there mildly more elevated and sober than that Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from the NYPD official today warning of an Iranian attack on New York City. Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” […]
Video> Thom Hartmann> The Good! Occupy Minnesota. The Bad! The NYPD.
The Good! Occupy Minnesota. The Bad! The NYPD. The Very Very Ugly! Mitt Romney.
What Happened When I Tried to Get Some Answers About the Creepy NYPD Watchtower Monitoring OWS
What Happened When I Tried to Get Some Answers About the Creepy NYPD Watchtower Monitoring OWS There’s a metal monster looming over Liberty Square, but don’t ask questions about it or else. November, 2011 | AlterNet / By Nick Turse LIBERTY SQUARE – The drummers drummed. Photo Credit: Tam Turse The guitarists strummed. And the hearty souls building […]
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