Inmate Dino Caroselli received a settlement of $70,000 in 2008 after he accused Lt. Troy Mitchell and other corrections officers of breaking both of his hands, ankle, nose and tooth during a 2002 assault. This image shows his bloody face after the assault. (DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION) A sadistic prison officer who has […]
Posts Tagged ‘Waterboarding’
Merciless Prison Guard Faces Investigation Over Waterboarding Inmates, Beating Their Genitals
How Britain brought waterboarding to Palestine
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 10 July 2017 British forces who served in Ireland during its war of independence were later sent to Palestine. (National Library of Ireland/Flickr) Were the Palestinians dispossessed by a sadistic lawyer? Norman Bentwich was the chief legal officer with the British administration in Jerusalem between the two world wars. A […]
Cameron’s EU Remain Campaign – It Ain’t Worth A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing
nsnbc : British Prime Minister David Cameron and former Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell attempted to recreate The Beatles’ famous “Abbey Road” album cover during a visit to the music studios to meet performers who are supporting the EU referendum “Remain” campaign. The visit and the photo-op and video (see below) happened on Friday, ahead of the […]
Women Fight ‘Tampon Tax’ In New York Court
Women in New York have taken their “tampon tax” fight to court, suing over the taxation of feminine hygiene products. A group of women filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing New York of unlawfully taxing tampons and other feminine hygiene products. They accuse the state of double standards and gender discrimination and seek to bring […]
Leaving while they can: US Treasury reports record number of people give up US citizenship and green cards
For the third year in a row the number of people renouncing their citizenship or abandoning green cards has beaten the record set the previous year, US Treasury Department data reveal. The surge is likely the result of stringent US tax policy. A record-breaking 4,279 individuals decided to call it quits with the US […]
Henry Kissinger: Let Russia Defeat ISIS
Henry Kissinger has argued that defeating ISIS should take precedence over regime change in Syria. He also said that Russia’s intervention may help re-establish order in the Middle East that was once entirely dominated by the US. Rt.com reports: Defeating Islamic State should take precedence over regime change in Syria, Henry Kissinger has argued, adding […]
Bipartisan study concludes US Government used widespread torture after 9/11
WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it. The sweeping, 577-page report says that while brutality […]