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...since a news helicopter caught more than a dozen white officers kicking and beating three black men who were arrested as suspects in a shooting on a city street. "This was just a very unusual situation and I think the public reacted to it as an unusual situation," says Mayor Michael Nutter, who was swift to denounce the beatings after the tape showed on local television. "It doesn't represent anywhere near the norm in Philadelphia... We acted very directly, very swiftly, we told the truth and we'll let the investigation play out and let the chips fall where...
What makes this incident in Philadelphia different? Mondesire said it is a combination of weariness and hope in the minority community - weariness because they have seen Philadelphia police go unpunished in other high-profile cases dating back to the 1960s, but hope because the new mayor and his new police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, a veteran of turnaround projects at troubled departments, seem to be responding aggressively to the beating. "They jumped on it right away, they didn't hesitate," Mondesire says. "They immediately stepped into the investigation, they immediately took them off street duty, which is different" from the official...
...Barcelona-bound boatloads of very expensive water are a means to ease that tension a bit. "It's a provisional solution," admits Barcelona mayor Jordi Hereu. "But it makes me calmer about our chances for avoiding an emergency." Maybe so. But it also points out how much more money and political energy will have to be expended to manage the distribution of an increasingly scarce resource. And the difficulties keeping the population hydrated in a politically tranquil Mediterranean democracy like Spain augur poorly for the drier and more desperate regions of the world...
...campaign finances.) What intrigues police, according to some Israeli press reports, is why Olmert was allegedly collecting campaign funds during years in which he was not actively running for any office. Before taking over as prime minister, Olmert had served as minister for industry, trade and labor, and as mayor of Jerusalem...
...made Obama think he could take Rush on. So in Obama jumped--only to discover he would have to fight for every vote. Rush started off with 90% name recognition, vs. 9% for Obama, a poll showed. The challenger had hoped to find common ground with Daley, but the mayor saw no percentage in crossing a sitting Congressman. Daley, according to his brother Bill, told Obama that just because Rush had been creamed for the mayoralty didn't mean he could be dethroned by a newcomer. "You're not going to win," Daley said...