Posted on April 13th, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: State Government
Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, told of walking through downtown Houston and crossing against a red light. He said he stopped when he saw a car coming, which turned out to be a police car.
“The policeman stopped in front of me and said, ‘Do you see that light?’” Dutton continued. “You know what I […]
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Posted on April 13th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Politics
AUSTIN — After hearing personal stories from African American and Hispanic members about being harassed by police, the Texas House on Thursday killed a bill that would have expanded officers’ authority to demand personal information from an individual.The reversal on a bill that had been tentatively passed a day earlier showed the force of […]
Filed under: Diana White Delisi, HB 2685, HB 855, Texas Bills, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, Warren Chisum | No Comments »
Posted on April 13th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Mansour El-Kikhia: Torture always wrong, but not always decried
The British government is hopping mad at the revelation that Iran roughed up the British marines and sailors it detained and used psychological torture on them.
As expected, not a peep was heard from the Bush administration. The task of condemnation was left to its proxies in […]
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