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Standing up to Ferguson protester bullies
2014-11-30 17:00:03| Biotech - Topix.net
" I got six kids to feed and you are going to get me fired ." With these words, San Diego father Tyree Landrum stood up to Ferguson protesters who were blocking busy Interstate 5, and expressed a growing revulsion of the nation toward the hard left demonstrators seeking to make a martyr out of a strong arm robber who attacked a policeman and tried to use his weapon against him.
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Hong Kong security chief says 6 police seen on video beating protester have been reassigned
2014-10-15 09:17:08| Footwear - Topix.net
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says two men who've served years in prison were wrongfully convicted of a 1985 killing. He says they falsely confessed to kidnapping and shooting a man and taking his... They were 16 when they confessed to kidnapping and killing a stranger and taking a joyride in his car.
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United Kingdom: Police accused of brutality as fracking protester is left 'battered and bruised'
2014-01-21 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A protester at an anti-fracking demonstration in Greater Manchester claims he was left "battered and bruised" after being assaulted by police officers. Sean O'Donnell, who is known as Kris, shot a video of himself being apparently shoved to the ground by police at the Barton Moss protest camp in Irlam, Salford. The 44-year-old, an IT consultant from Newcastle who has been living at the camp on and off since before Christmas, was taken to hospital after being arrested on Monday on suspicion...
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Arctic 30 protester: 'Russia owes me a medal'
2013-12-26 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The first environmental activist to leave Russia after more than two months of detention said that Russia owed him a medal rather than a pardon for his work to protect the environment. Dima Litvinov, a Greenpeace campaigner, was the first member of the Arctic 30 to be allowed to leave. His fellow activists are expected to leave Russia in the coming days. He told told the Guardian of his relief at leaving Russia and arriving in Finland. "In Finland, it's completely relaxed and welcoming. My...
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Kalamazoo pipeline protester could get two years in jail
2013-08-30 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: One oil spill in his community was more than enough for Kalamazoo resident Christopher Wahmhoff. To protest Enbridges replacement of the pipeline that burst along a Michigan riverbank in 2010, Wahmhoff spent 10 hours of his 35th birthday inside the new pipe, slowing construction for a single day in June. Now Wahmhoff, a member of the Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands, has been charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor, charges that could see him put behind bars for more than two years. It...