ONA MOVE, Everybody! This is an update on the MOVE 9 parole situation.
Janine, Janet and Debbie were interviewed by Matthew Mangino in person and Judy Viglione watched on closed circuit TV. Janine told us that Mangino questioned her about the issue of innocence and then he didn't want to hear any information about MOVE's innocence. Janet and Debbie got to put out a lot of information about how many people sit in prison for 20, 30 years and have to be released because their innocence is proven so a conviction does not make a person guilty. Viglione asked Janet and Debbie a few questions about what they would be doing if they were released. The decision could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
South Carolina: Officers of state's Department of Public Safety could face criminal charges over assaults on suspects
Investigations into the embattled S.C. Department of Public Safety could lead to criminal charges against troopers, outside monitoring of the agency and independent review of citizens’ complaints, state and federal officials say.
Federal and state law enforcement authorities will meet for the first time as a group this week to determine the scope and direction of their probes, said Kevin McDonald, acting U.S. attorney for South Carolina.
He declined to discuss specifics of videotapes obtained by The State newspaper showing Highway Patrol troopers engaging in questionable behavior, but said, “some I’ve reviewed are troubling.”
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Federal and state law enforcement authorities will meet for the first time as a group this week to determine the scope and direction of their probes, said Kevin McDonald, acting U.S. attorney for South Carolina.
He declined to discuss specifics of videotapes obtained by The State newspaper showing Highway Patrol troopers engaging in questionable behavior, but said, “some I’ve reviewed are troubling.”
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Nevada: ACLU declares inquest of police shooting of suspect "a sham"
The family of a woman killed by Henderson police says they are planning to file a lawsuit against the police department.
On Friday, jurors in a coroner's inquest, ruled that an officer was justified in shooting Deshira Selimaj during a confrontation that started when Deshira's husband, an ice cream truck driver, was pulled over for a traffic violation.
The ACLU is also criticizing the inquest. Gary Peck of the American Civil Liberties Union says the inquest was "a sham" and there are still unanswered questions about the shooting.
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On Friday, jurors in a coroner's inquest, ruled that an officer was justified in shooting Deshira Selimaj during a confrontation that started when Deshira's husband, an ice cream truck driver, was pulled over for a traffic violation.
The ACLU is also criticizing the inquest. Gary Peck of the American Civil Liberties Union says the inquest was "a sham" and there are still unanswered questions about the shooting.
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Sea Shephard Crew declares ship raid as "act of war"
Canada's fisheries minister defended the arrest of an anti-seal-hunt vessel Saturday, and dismissed the crew members as "money-sucking manipulators."
An armed RCMP team, working with fisheries personnel and the coast guard, boarded and seized the Farley Mowat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Saturday as it was monitoring the hunt.
The head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Paul Watson, said the arrest of the Mowat was "an act of war," claiming the Dutch-registered vessel was outside Canadian jurisdiction.
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An armed RCMP team, working with fisheries personnel and the coast guard, boarded and seized the Farley Mowat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Saturday as it was monitoring the hunt.
The head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Paul Watson, said the arrest of the Mowat was "an act of war," claiming the Dutch-registered vessel was outside Canadian jurisdiction.
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ACLU accuses Harvard University of maintaining a red squad
The nation’s preeminent civil liberties group is accusing the University of maintaining a political intelligence unit within the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), an allegation that comes after two protesters were arrested during a demonstration in the Square.
The protesters allege that undercover HUPD officers were photographing the demonstration, according to John Reinstein, the legal director of the Massachusetts division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“What we found really quite surprising and disturbing is that the Harvard police department has an undercover, plainclothes, political intelligence unit which so far as I know has never been acknowledged by them before,” Reinstein said.
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The protesters allege that undercover HUPD officers were photographing the demonstration, according to John Reinstein, the legal director of the Massachusetts division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“What we found really quite surprising and disturbing is that the Harvard police department has an undercover, plainclothes, political intelligence unit which so far as I know has never been acknowledged by them before,” Reinstein said.
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Phoenix: Mayor asks FBI to investigate Sheriff Joe over civil rights violations
The mayor wants the FBI to investigate whether the local county sheriff has violated any civil rights laws with his recent high-profile crackdowns on illegal immigrants.
The "saturation patrols" have drawn protests from civil rights and immigrant-rights advocates, but they have drawn support from backers of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and from people who believe the government hasn't done enough against illegal immigration.
In an April 4 letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Mayor Phil Gordon asked the agency and the Justice Department's civil rights division to examine what he called discriminatory harassment and improper stops, searches, and arrests by sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County, which encompasses the metropolitan area.
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The "saturation patrols" have drawn protests from civil rights and immigrant-rights advocates, but they have drawn support from backers of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and from people who believe the government hasn't done enough against illegal immigration.
In an April 4 letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Mayor Phil Gordon asked the agency and the Justice Department's civil rights division to examine what he called discriminatory harassment and improper stops, searches, and arrests by sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County, which encompasses the metropolitan area.
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