Bill Weinberg, AlterNet. July 30, 2008. As activists continue to fight for people's rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal.
Sanjay Suri, IPS News. May 29, 2008. From police tasers to Gitmo, a recent report by Amnesty International takes the United States to task on human rights.
Danielle Egan, The Tyee. May 13, 2008. Police explain to a journalist who wants to know what being tasered feels like, "we really don't fully understand and know the risks."
Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008. The mounting incidents of violence being perpetrated by the inappropriate use of Tasers is unnerving.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Video. March 20, 2008. And in the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not department, we’ve got a case of someone in Austrailia being tased for "aggressive language."
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. February 1, 2008. Yes, the carnage caused by miscreants in the ranks of law enforcement sworn to protect and serve the public continues unabated.
GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007. GottaLaff: What a fine, upstanding paragon of unbiased reporting. What a rational individual! Be proud.