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admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:40:47 +0000

quotThe Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Countryquot NAACP President on NYPD StopandFrisk Program

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:03:48 +0000

A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit opposing the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program, opening the door to legal recourse for hundreds of thousands of people targeted by police. The judge’s ruling cited the city’s “deeply troubling apathy” toward the constitutional rights of New Yorkers. A recent study by the New York Civil Liberties Union found the NYPD program is racially skewed and largely ineffective, with blacks and Latinos making up 87 percent of people stopped last year. We speak to Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP. [Includes rush transcript]
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AllWhite Jury Acquits Houston ExPolice Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:07:34 +0000

Hundreds of people rallied in Houston on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a former police officer in the videotaped beating of an African-American teenager. On Wednesday, the officer, Andrew Bloomberg, was found not guilty by an all-white jury in the beating and stomping of 15-year-old burglary suspect Chad Holley. Video taken of the March 2010 incident shows Holley being stopped by a police vehicle. After Holley falls to the ground, he is clearly seen surrendering and putting his hands behind his head. But instead of placing him in handcuffs, Bloomberg and six fellow officers proceed to attack Holley with stomps and kicks. “It seems we have become jaded, willing to accept in too many instances, young black people being grossly mistreated,” says NAACP President Ben Jealous. [Includes rush transcript]
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AllWhite Jury Acquits Houston ExPolice Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:54:24 +0000

U.S. Secret Drug War in Honduras Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women 2 Men Dead

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:33:43 +0000

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has confirmed its agents were on board a U.S.-owned helicopter with Honduran police officers when four people were shot and killed on a boat earlier this week. Two of the victims were said to be pregnant women. The deadly incident has highlighted the centrality of Honduras in the U.S.-backed drug war. Honduras is the hub for the U.S. military operations in Latin America, hosting at least three U.S. bases. We speak to Dana Frank, a Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [Includes rush transcript]
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admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:48:58 +0000

quotThe Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Countryquot NAACP President on NYPD StopandFrisk Program

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:26:24 +0000

Krugman Jamie Dimon Should Resign over JPMorgan’s $3B Lost Bet and Campaign Against Financial Regs

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:36:39 +0000

As the financial giant JPMorgan Chase continues to suffer major losses on its risky derivatives trades, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says bank chief Jamie Dimon should resign “precisely because he’s been using his supposed wisdom as a way to campaign against reform, and now it’s turned out that he wasn’t that wise after all. In fact, his bank was doing seriously bad stuff.” Krugman says, “I think it would be better for everybody if he went.” The Justice Department is now probing JPMorgan amid new calls for tougher regulation of Wall Street. “They’re making these bets with your money, because these are banks that are guaranteed. They have guaranteed deposits,” Krugman says. “We’re supposed to have a rule going into effect — the Volcker Rule — that says that they can’t do this kind of stuff. But they are continuing to do it. … We cannot trust the bankers to use this money safely.” [includes rush transcript]
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Paul Krugman on Eurozone quotThe Whole Thing Could Fall Apart in a Matter of Monthsquot

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:37:32 +0000

The European economic crisis is expected to top the agenda at the G8 meeting tomorrow at Camp David. In Greece, voters will soon head to the polls for another round of elections which will be viewed by many as a referendum on the euro. Our guest today, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, warns the current bank run in Greece could spiral into the end of the eurozone. “It’s really quite shocking,” Krugman says. “I hate to sound apocalyptic.” Meanwhile, France’s new finance minister has reiterated that the country’s new Socialist government will not ratify the European Union’s fiscal pact calling for greater austerity. [includes rush transcript]
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admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:22:10 +0000