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Man Who Taped Police Beating Arrested in L.A. (tags)
Mitchell Crooks arrested before he could testify to Grand Jury! Crooks' arrest was videotaped and broadcast on local KCAL-TV, showing undercover officers hustling him into a sports utility vehicle with tinted windows outside the studios of CNN as the 27-year-old man repeatedly screamed for help.
Video shows white LAPD officer beating black teenager (tags)
A white Los Angeles police officer was suspended after being shown on a videotape slamming a handcuffed black teenager on to the back of a patrol car and punching him in the face as he was being arrested.
Sara Jane Olson Asks for Guilty Plea to be Withdrawn (tags)
From the AP. Many twists and turns in this story; which, perhaps, should come as no surprise given the labyrinthian structure (and now increasingly Kafkaesque nature) of the US court system. However, Sara Jane Olson is going to make a stand and fight the charges against her -- even in this frightening political climate.