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When an Ohio five-year-old was found to have committed arson last week, his mother blamed Beavis and Butt-head, not the first product of pop culture to be accused of inspiring specific acts of violence...
...state-sponsored violence and killings by the military and the militias. It's no different from the janjaweed [who have been accused of genocide in Darfur]. It's no different from Charles Taylor's actions in Liberia, where the militia was responsible for killing, maiming, raping and arson within the rural areas. That's exactly what's happening. Twenty-five thousand people internally displaced, 3,000 people needed hospitalization because of torture, 65 dead, and 200 missing and unaccounted for. So that is a massive scale of deliberate state-sponsored action against unarmed civilians...
...seven armed policemen arrested me," he said. "They dragged me to my home where they confiscated my video and still cameras, laptop and dicta-phone. I was told that I was being charged for practicing without accreditation. When I produced my press card, they changed the charges to arson. That also didn't stick so they preferred malicious injury to property. [In addition,] I was suspected of attempted murder. Eventually, I was charged with public violence in court." Chikwore was finally released on May 2, along with six M.D.C. activists. All seven have been granted bail...
...Since an opposition party claimed victory in last month’s national elections, arson, murder, and massive displacement have put the fragile country at a political standstill...
...point of comparison, Gutt offered another ELF-linked crime, an arson at the University of Washington Horticultural Center in 2001. On Thursday, in Tacoma, about 40 miles south of Seattle, a 32-year-old woman from California, Briana Waters, was found guilty in that incident - about seven yeas after it occurred. She faces at least 10 years in prison...