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3rd Precinct Property Crimes Court Watch Meeting

03/12/2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

In alternating months, city and state judicial staff meet with citizens to discuss progress in cases related to property crime.   See more detail:

A call for accountability as Guantanamo enters its 10th year

[Note: The following letter was sent to 83 of the 93 United States Attorneys today, which is the ninth anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Witness Against Torture and other groups will be demonstrating about Guantanamo and related issues in Washington, D.C., over the next 12 days.] MORE »

RNC revisited: Amy Goodman sues our cities; RNC8 pretrials!; Peter Erlinder in Rwanda

Labor Day week - September, 2008 - marked a shameful chapter in Minnesota and Twin Cities history. First, before the first gavel fell on the Republican National Convention at St.MORE »

Obama the Lawbreaker

Here's a second resolution I will be introducing in my precinct caucus this Tuesday:

WHEREAS under color of law and on behalf of the United States, people have committed and conspired to commit torture;

WHEREAS no one has been prosecuted for these crimes;

WHEREAS the Obama Administration has expressed a willingness to investigate only those who have exceeded thMORE »

Torturous Progress

Some time ago I wrote of my mission to get my Congressman and our two Judiciary-Committee-member Senators to say they supported the prosecution of torturers.

I made considerable progress yesterday.MORE »

Are we all war criminals?

I am amazed. Our government has tortured in our names, and the streets are empty, the campuses are calm. Our President wants only "torture-plus" investigated for possible prosecution. Arguably, not to investigate credible claims of torture is itself a war crime. But hardly a peep.MORE »

Are We All War Criminals?

I am amazed. Our government has tortured in our names, and the streets are empty, the campuses are calm. Our President wants only "torture-plus" investigated for possible prosecution. Arguably, not to investigate credible allegations of torture is itself a war crime.MORE »

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