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Unlike other anti-heroes America has mythologized, from Billy the Kid to Bugsy Siegel, Cube's gangsta persona has a moral compass. But apparently he hasn't found magnetic north yet: The Predator ends with the shooting of a corrupt cop as he reaches for a doughnut...
Here, in fiction, and in less than a minute, the gridlock that has paralyzed Washington is neatly exposed: Congressmen don't have to chase money with their votes; there's so much around they can cop all they want no matter what their stance on a specific issue. "It's not that bad things happen, although they sometimes do," says Marty Kaplan, The Distinguished Gentleman's screenwriter. "It's that good things don't happen. The real story is that Washington is frozen, and a lot of people are making a killing keeping it that way." Kaplan knows the territory...
...giving Harvard a B+ is a cop...
...four Detroit police officers in the killing of black motorist Malice Green, allegedly beaten to death by police earlier this month. Two white officers, Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn, will be tried on second-degree-murder charges and could get life in prison if convicted. Freddie Douglas, a black cop, stands accused of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum 15-year sentence, and willful neglect of duty, punishable by as much as a year. Officer Robert Lessnau, who is white, faces a term of as much as 10 years if found guilty of assault. Defense lawyers have come out swinging...
...cop was moving his horse right into people," she said. "He was getting really angry and people were trying to get out of the way, but he kept turning...