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ALGIERS: A European Union delegation began talks with Algeria Tuesday, prodded by a growing suspicion that government hardliners are complicit in the slaughter of as many as 1,100 civilians there in the past month. Allegations of government involvement were amplified last week when two Algerian policemen told a British newspaper they had participated, under orders, in massacres of civilians...
...like "Blondie," the Philadelphia police officer who is guilty of racism, lying, theft, brutality and cover-ups [CRIME, Dec. 15], tarnishes the badges of all policemen. The majority of our nation's 700,000 law-enforcement officers are honest, hardworking individuals who are willing to put their lives on the line. Someone like Blondie should never have been given a badge. If Americans want to end police brutality and corruption, we must re-evaluate hiring practices. Last year an applicant for a police force was rejected because he scored too high on the entrance exam. All too often applicants...
...head and bust were leaning on the window. She was moaning very loudly, saying, 'Aye! Aye! Aye!' Her cries reverberated through the tunnel." The princess tried to speak and was once heard to murmur, "My God." But no direct witness reports her saying anything coherent. The first two policemen on the scene found her semiconscious. One of them tried to keep her awake by "talking to her and tapping on her cheek...
...George Lucas' art-house sci-fi first feature, expanded from a student film he did at USC. Robert Duvall stars with Donald Pleasance (an easy bit of casting); look for cameos by Yul Brynner and Chiang Kai-Shek. Imagine a world of naked sadism, prescription drugs and robot policemen ? where the only erotic words are "no one is watching," and everyone really is. Imagine a bleak, bleached future in which "sexual perversion" (in this case, just regular sex) was a punishable crime...
...POLICEMEN BEHAVING BADLY...