Killing Kids American-Style. According to news reports , 15-year-old eighth-grader Jaime Gonzalez, who was shot and killed yesterday by police in his middle school in Brownsville, TX, was hit three times: twice in the chest and once “from the back of the head.” Police say they were called by school authorities because Gonzalez was carrying a gun, which turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun, a weapon that uses compressed air to fire a metal pellet which, while perhaps a threat to the eye, does not pose a serious threat to life. There is now a national discussion going on in the media about whether police used excessive force in the incident, and there is, in Brownsville and at Gonzalez’s school, both anger and mourning.
The boy had reportedly been a victim of bullying. Let me say unequivocally from the outset that, yes, police used excessive force. Intent to kill, and of course, there’s that shot to the back of the head, which is simply unjustifiable under any circumstances. Documents received from the Department of the Army in response to ACLU Freedom of Information Act Request.
Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO. New "sick details" emerge about water torture - War Room. The official government narrative, as defended by Donald Rumsfeld, is that no prisoners were waterboarded at Guantanamo Bay; the CIA did use waterboarding as an interrogation technique, but only at so-called “black sites”; and only three prisoners were subjected to this treatment. However, new evidence is emerging to the contrary, largely in anecdotal form. As Truthout reported this week, a number of stories have come out about forced water choking and other uses of water for torture at sites including Gitmo. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill discussed the issue with Keith Olbermann Thursday. He recalled an incident he had investigated (which would not be classified as waterboarding) of a former Guantanamo detainee having a high pressure water hose fixed up a nostril.
Water would be forced up his head until suffocation. Scahill noted President Obama’s “extremely poor record” at holding people accountable for torturous acts and expressed concern that little has changed at Guantanamo. So, Why is WikiLeaks a Good Thing Again? Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown, A Memoir” « Arturo's space. Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown, A Memoir” Posted on The Rumsfeld Papers www.rumsfeld.com/ – Cached Welcome to the home of The Rumsfeld Papers, Donald Rumsfeld’s archival site released in conjunction with his memoir, Known and Unknown Known and Unknown: A Memoir [Book] By Donald Rumsfeld – Penguin Group USA (2011) – Hardback – 815 pages – ISBN 159523067X “If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.” – Rumsfeld’s Rules Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than Donald Rumsfeld. Preview this book on Google Book Search Like this: Like Loading... d20040622doc5. d20040622doc6.
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