Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington.
LEE CAMP: Nineteen Facts About American Policing That Will Blow Your Mind
Category: Legal
Trump Threatens to Grab Protestors By the Posse
Donald Trump has threatened to unleash “the unlimited power of our Military” to quell the Minnesota uprising, using the U.S. army to essentially “invade” a state without a governor’s consent, writes Joe Lauria.
New UK Laws Could Criminalize Journalism
The British government is pursuing “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information as part of an “epidemic of secrecy,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.
Mobile Phone Videos of Black People Dying are Sacred, Like Lynching Photographs
Cellphone videos of vigilante violence and fatal police encounters should be viewed like lynching photographs – with solemn reserve and careful circulation, writes Allissa Richardson.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Michael Flynn & the FBI Setup
The case of the fallen Trump official shows exactly what is wrong with our criminal justice system.
CN LIVE! New Episode—‘Russiagate: Who Was Guccifer 2.0?’–Watch the Replay
We were joined by Bill Binney, a former NSA technical director, and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern, to discuss Consortium News‘ publication Thursday of “Guccifer 2.0’s Hidden Agenda,” as well as the latest Russiagate developments.
Biden Should Be Named in Criminal Probe in Ukraine, Judge Rules
Former U.S. vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden should be named as an alleged perpetrator in a criminal investigation in Ukraine over the firing of the country’s prosecutor general, a judge has ruled, reports Joe Lauria.
Guccifer 2.0’s Hidden Agenda
Why would an alleged GRU officer supposedly part of an operation to deflect Russian culpability suggest that Assange “may be connected with Russians?”, asks Tim Leonard.
Don’t Expect to See Trump’s Tax Returns Before the Election
Even if the Supreme Court were to order Trump to release his tax returns, they would be transmitted confidentially to the grand jury, writes Marjorie Cohn.
RAY McGOVERN: Turn Out the Lights, Russiagate is Over
The possibility that Trump will not chicken out this time, and rather will challenge the Security State looms large since he felt personally under attack.