Category Archives: Courts

Court Releases Photograph of Two Chicago Cops Posing As Hunters with Black Suspect Wearing Antlers

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Here’s a photograph of Chicago Police Department officers Jerome Finnigan (left) and Timothy McDermott (right) posing with an unidentified suspect. (Note: The photo was obtained by The Chicago Sun-Times from a court filing.) The Chicago Police Department … Continue reading →

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Stateside California: Pregnant Black Woman Who Refused to Provide Identification Slammed to Ground and Arrested by Barstow Police

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) obtained a video taken in January outside a school building by a police body camera of an officer “responding to an apparent traffic dispute.” The dispute  … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: Josh Duggar Sued the Arkansas Department of Human Services after the Agency Investigated His Sexual Molestation Case

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In Touch Weekly reported this morning that Josh Duggar’s molestation case didn’t end when Springdale, Arkansas police “closed their investigation in 2006 because the statute of limitations had run out.” According to In Touch, Springdale police “referred the … Continue reading →

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US Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Halt Probe into Scott Walker’s Gubernatorial Campaign Finances

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last month, I wrote a post about the “John Doe” criminal investigation into the alleged coordination between Friends of Scott Walker and “independent” groups during the tumultuous 2011-2012 recall elections. Excerpt from my post: Prosecutors have alleged … Continue reading →

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Batshit Crazy Failed Congressional Candidate Robert Doggart Pleads Guilty in Plot to Massacre Muslims in New York State

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, WBGN in Binghamton reported that last month FBI officials had “arrested and charged former congressional candidate Robert R. Doggart in connection with a plot to kill residents and destroy the school and mosque of the Muslim … Continue reading →

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Unequal Justice in America?: General Petraeus Gets a Slap on the Wrist for Leaking Classified Information…While Former CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Gets 42 Months in Prison (VIDEO)

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to 42 months in prison. Sterling is the former CIA officer who was convicted of “leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen about a failed U.S. effort to … Continue reading →

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On the Subject of Freddie Gray’s Knife and Giving Police “Fair Leeway” to Make Mistakes in Their Enforcement of the Law

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Patrik Jonsson has an interesting article over at Yahoo News that I think is worth read. Titled What Freddie Gray’s Knife Says About Police Power in America, the article touches on the legality/illegality of Freddie Gray’s knife; police … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for May 10, 2015: On the Subject of Corporations Having Religious Beliefs

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

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This Just In: Hillary Clinton Is Opposed to a Critical Piece of the Obama Administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Zach Carter, Amanda Terkel, and Ryan Grim of Huffington Post reported today that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is opposed to a critical part of the Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), “which would give corporations the right to sue … Continue reading →

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Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Club for Growth, Dark Money, and an Orchestrated Supreme Court Coup

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mary Bottari of PR Watch wrote a report today about two court cases that have not garnered much media attention–even though the stakes “could not be higher.” She said the converging cases “will decide the future of … Continue reading →

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