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...worst of times for police departments and the citizens they are sworn to protect. News of declines in the rates of violent crime nationwide has been drowned out by the sound of Mark Fuhrman's voice filling a Los Angeles courtroom--swaggering and all too believable as the former cop describes the brutalizing of suspects, fabrication of evidence and abuse of minorities. Although the O.J. Simpson jury will hear only two small snippets of the Fuhrman screed, to the rest of America the tapes provide a profane voice-over to real-life police corruption and brutality dramas that have been...
Convicted Philadelphia cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist active in radical black politics, obtained an indefinite stay of execution so he can pursue an appeal. Abu-Jamal, whose claims of innocence have become an international cause celebre, maintains he was railroaded by the criminal-justice system because of his politics...
...troubles there resolved. A move towards greater U.S. leadership in international co-operation and the willingness to support with our own resources and collective action taken, however, will greatly improve the credibility of international law enforcement. Such a move would alsoincrease the possibility of sharing our global-cop responsibilities with others in the long term...
...first American since Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to be executed for his political beliefs. Detractors, on the other hand, have sought to silence him temporarily--and permanently. After his book came out, Faulkner's widow hired a plane to fly a banner proclaiming that publisher "Addison-Wesley supports convicted cop killer." The Fraternal Order of Police, meanwhile, has lobbied actively for Abu-Jamal's death...
...certainly helps the Democrats make their case that the NRA has undue influence over the House Republicans, in particular." Asked about the letter today, Clinton happily riffed through his police-friendly accomplishments (the Brady bill, the assault weapons ban) and again called for a ban on armor-piercing "cop-killer" bullets. To Republicans, Clinton said: "If you do succumb to the political pressures from extremist groups to repeal any of these measures, I will veto them in a heartbeat...