16 rounds I fired, you say? Er uh well could be I guess. Sullum at Reason: Myles Cosgrove, a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who participated in the fruitless and legally dubious drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor last March, told investigators the incident unfolded...
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Police Threaten to Quit If Public Keeps Demanding Accountability
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 6, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Faced with an armed assailant at the Parkland school shooting in 2018, sheriff’s deputy Josh Stambaugh ran away and hid while children were gunned down. He was later fired for his lack of action, but last month arbitrators ruled that Stambaugh must be rehired by the...
Cops Kill Man
by Scott Horton | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog
For "breaking into" his own home, they had their German Shepherd maul him for two minutes and then laughed as he bled to death. And, of course, they all got away with it and they will all get away with it because they are government employees so they can do whatever...
Did the Attorney General Botch the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury?
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 5, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #16, Kyle and Will cover the recently released audio from the Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings, which reveal new holes in the government’s story. A federal judge has ordered Edward Snowden to hand over $5.2 million in book royalties from...
10/2/20 Andy Worthington on His Assange Extradition Hearing Testimony
by Scott Horton | Oct 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Andy Worthington about his testimony in Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Worthington reminds us how important the revelations in Chelsea Manning's Guantanamo Files leak were, stressing just how much harm has been done to the dozens of men held,...
Cop Kills Man
by Scott Horton | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog
An entirely innocent, unarmed man; a "pillar of the community" who had stopped to break up a fight. It is already a foregone conclusion of course that there will be no accountability whatsoever for this heinous murder because the guilty criminal perpetrator is a...
10/2/20 Danny Sjursen on the Latest Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
by Scott Horton | Oct 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen explains the complicated situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a piece of Azerbaijani territory that has been under de facto Armenian control since the 1990s. Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of Stalin's territorial divisions, which very often failed to conform...
Rob Hustle – This Is What Happens When You Call The Cops
by Scott Horton | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7nzxQhZuwM
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News Roundup 7/4/17
Gareth Porter argues against the Russia-gate narrative. [Link] The mother of Philando Castile will receive $3 million from the city where a police officer killed her son. [Link] Bomb manufacturers are profiting off of the US foreign policy. [Link] Rex Tillerson said...
The Declaration of Dependence
When in the course of human events the political bonds that used to tie the people together in freedom have become shackles that have made them dependent on government—then at that critical juncture, it is time to officially declare a state of dependence. This...
News Roundup 7/3/17
Over 40% of White House staffers earn over $100,000 per year. [Link] Several states are changing gun laws to allow more or fewer freedoms. [Link] A US Court of Appeals threw out the case of two Yemeni families who were suing the US after their two innocent family...
Proportional Representation – Why Not?
The government is horrible, so I never balk at ideas that might help it be a little bit better. A Virginia congressman has proposed an interesting bill that might help introduce proportional representation to the House in a sideways manner. I say, why not an...
Study: Pentagon Wasted $28 Million on the Wrong Kind of Camouflage
The Pentagon overspent between $26 and $28 million on useless camouflage for the Afghan National Army (ANA), a government watchdog study found. Conducted by the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the study not only found that between...
Infrastructure, Paid Family Leave, and the Minimum Wage
My articles "Mandated Paid Family Leave Harms Its Intended Beneficiaries," "Privatization Is the Best Infrastructure Program," and "The Minimum Wage: Bad for Low-Skilled Workers" were published by the American Institute for Economic Research.
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