By Everett Numbers A federal jury will decide whether two psychologists who designed the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques” will have to pay back some or all of the more than $80 million the U.S. government paid them to victims of the torture program. Never before has someone affiliated with the CIA torture program been prosecuted. […]
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How Does $3 Million Philander Castile Settlement Compare To Other Police Shooting Settlements?
The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last year, on Monday announced she has agreed to a nearly $3 million settlement with the Minneapolis suburb that employed the officer. Valerie Castile’s settlement with the city of St. Anthony will avert a federal […]
Secretly filmed footage shows teacher verbally abusing 1st grade student for answering question incorrectly
Disturbing footage of a teacher at a Success Academy charter school in New York chastising a young child for answering a math question incorrectly has raised further questions concerning such educational institutes. In the video, Charlotte Dial, a teacher at the organization’s charter school in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, can be heard venting her frustration […]
May the Schwartz be with you: New Bavarian Police garb and helmet
Bavaria police have received some brand new protective gear that officers will don while managing high-threat security crisis. The uniforms however – particularly the oddly-shaped helmets – have drawn some sarcastic remarks. The new gear was unveiled this week in Munich by Joachim Herrmann, Germany’s interior minister. The Class-4 protection suits featuring an overcoat […]
Israel’s Descent Into a Moral Abyss
November 28, 2015 Did Zionists (or their Nazi proxies) first do to Jews what they later did to Palestinians? Ilan Pappe completes a puzzle picture that shows that both Jews and Palestinians are pawns in the centuries-old plan for a New World Order. Greater Israel has always been the Zionist agenda On May 24, 1948, […]
Israel’s Descent Into a Moral Abyss
November 28, 2015 Did Zionists (or their Nazi proxies) first do to Jews what they later did to Palestinians? Ilan Pappe completes a puzzle picture that shows that both Jews and Palestinians are pawns in the centuries-old plan for a New World Order. Greater Israel has always been the Zionist agenda On May 24, 1948, […]
Alaskan trout choose early retirement over risky ocean-going career
Dolly Varden was consuming eggs during sockeye spawning in Chinkelyes Creek, Alaska. Credit: Morgan Bond Even fish look forward to retirement. After making an exhausting migration from river to ocean and back to river—often multiple years in a row—one species of Alaskan trout decides to call it quits and retire from migrating once they are […]