Word: denialism
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After years of official denial, city authorities now admit they face a monumental problem. "I inherited a police department that was a shambles," says Marc Morial, 37, who was elected mayor last year. "The first step is to expose it, and that is painful for the community." The local U.S. attorney, Eddie Jordan, has called corruption in the department "pervasive, rampant and systemic." Jordan and several watchdog groups estimate that between 10% and 15% of the 1,500-officer police department is crooked...
After years of official denial, city authorities now admit they face a monumental problem. "I inherited a police department that was a shambles," says Marc Morial, 37, who was elected mayor last year. "The first step is to expose it, and that is painful for the community." The local U.S. attorney, Eddie Jordan, has called corruption in the department "pervasive, rampant and systemic." Jordan and several watchdog groups estimate that between 10% and 15% of the 1,500-officer police department is crooked...
Much more serious, though, were the events surrounding last year's arrest of Inati Ntshanga '95 for trespassing after being in the basement of Matthews without his Harvard ID. Johnson's denial of any racism in the incident and failure to discipline the officers and act forcefully in the matter contributed to the fiasco...
...certainly not all. For suddenly it seems that Christ's attorneys are turning up everywhere, from school-board meetings to the Supreme Court, which last week heard a major case on the separation of church and state. Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, which involves the denial of student-activity funds to Wide Awake, a Christian magazine, attracted a slew of amicus briefs on both sides. One of those supporting Ronald Rosenberger and his fellow Christian students was filed by a legal foundation, housed at Regent Law School, called the American Center for Law and Justice, or ACLJ...
...Cambridge District Court Judge Arthur Sherman said that the evidence against Leahy merited the denial of bail, even though the suspect did not have a criminal record, according to The Associated Press...