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Acquittal in Wedding Day Shooting Sparks NYC Protests

Apr 27, 2008
Vowing that "this city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell," the Rev. Al Sharpton joined hundreds of New Yorkers in a march through Harlem to protest this week's acquittal of three police officers involved in the 2006 shooting that claimed the 23-year-old Bell's life and injured two friends on his wedding day.

The Nation: Gitmo Trials Are Reported Rigged

Feb 22, 2008
It's unfortunately not unusual anymore to hear about the politicization of American legal and intelligence institutions under the Bush administration, but, even so, this report by The Nation's Ross Tuttle about how the trials of six key prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have allegedly been rigged from the get-go is disturbing. Updated