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...union’s argument that Trombly is getting special treatment due to his supposedly privileged socioeconomic status—claims about which have not been substantiated, but appear to have been simply assumed because of his attendance at Harvard—begs the question as to why federal prosecution of civil rights violations by police officers should constitute special treatment in the first place...
When faced with this difficulty in a statement on its website, PSLM doesn’t pretend to know what the right wage actually is. In the end, PSLM’s only argument for the adequacy of a $12 wage is that it is more than $6.75—and the principled stand for a universal human right becomes a crude demand for more money...
Trombly’s attorney, Andrew Good, declined to comment on Gillespie’s argument or on any upcoming lawsuit.Byrne’s attorney, Kenneth J. Fishman, did not return repeated phone calls for comment...
...years India has been trying to put down an independence insurgency in the part of Kashmir it holds. Its official line is that the insurgency is fueled by Pakistan, not by the Kashmiri people--that it is a proxy war. The world has disregarded that argument, knowing India was stubbornly ignoring its own problems with the mostly Muslim Kashmiris, who have revived a call for a plebiscite that the U.N. promised them in 1949 to determine whether they would be part of India or part of Pakistan...
...fittingly named Pop City nightclub in Tampa, Fla. But mothers of impressionable young girls everywhere needn't worry--his behavior was more petulant than felonious. The police were called twice to the club to restore peace after fights broke out. During their second visit, Carter got into an argument with a woman, according to an affidavit. Officers allegedly told him more than 10 times to leave the club and, finally, to depart by the count of three (just like bedtime!). Carter didn't go fast enough and was cuffed. Now he's set to appear in court March...