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...called Bronx Four. When the Diallos filed the civil charges Tuesday, it wasn't a sign they were calling off their campaign for a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting. Justice Department officials continue to "consider" the family's repeated requests for a central review, though they warn that prosecuting the officers under federal civil rights law could prove extremely difficult. "Criminal cases and civil cases can coexist," explains TIME legal reporter Alain Sanders. "The family obviously feels there's been a miscarriage of justice, so they're attacking from two fronts at once." It's hard to imagine...
...Extension that scammers ask officeworkers to dial, which, phone companies warn, transfers the scammers to an outside line, letting them make a long-distance call on the worker's bill...
...Could this have been prevented? Roy Krieger, a lawyer defending one of the reprimanded managers, doesn't think so. "The result may have been tragic, but the failure was systemic, and the remedy cannot be retribution," he told the Washington Post. But there were warning signs: One analyst, not with the CIA but assigned to the agency at the time, was personally familiar with that part of Belgrade and persistently questioned the target, twice trying to warn the on-the-scene targeting command. Even more fundamental, though, is that if the failure is indeed systemic, the fault surely lies with...
...most recent lawsuit falls under the latter category, and that is a source of concern. The warnings, after all, are right there on the carton--they grace every cigarette billboard and magazine ad. If the company, and the government, can warn you and you are still not responsible, what gives? Are we not responsible for understanding to stop at red lights either...
...Saturday, police looked on as Mugabe supporters beat opposition protesters with pickaxe handles and barbed-wire whips, prompting opposition leaders to warn that the country was on the verge of civil war. That fear is underscored by Mugabe's apparent willingness to ignore the courts and intimidate his opponents by extra-legal means. But it is Zimbabwe's electorate that bears the cost of its president's policies, and Mugabe may be facing that most uncomfortable of symptoms for a strongman: Voters appear to have stopped following the president's orders...