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Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy?: Three Possible Answers | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. (Photo: UNRWA) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 29, 2021 At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What would be the logic of giving Israeli soldiers the space to shoot more Palestinians when existing army manuals had already granted them near-total immunity and little legal accou ...
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WATCH: Republican National Committee Abandons America
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“Harnessing social media to help solve and predict crime” — Mickey Z.
; Still image from the 2002 film, Minority Report Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 19, 2021 On January 30, 2020, The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the Los Angeles Police Department ...
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Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud
A fishing boat carrying refugees dock in Lampedus, Italy. (Photo: Vito Manzari, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2021 Language is politics and politics is power. This ...
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Cigarettes (and snowballs) can be hazardous to your health —Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 10, 2021 If you’ve been following any of my stories — from juvenile delinquency to street activism — you know by now that confrontations and interactions with the ...
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The Truth About Amy Cooper (Hint: She’s not the “Karen” in this story) — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 5, 2021 It’s been more than a year but I’m guessing each of you could still recite a basic description of the “Central Park Karen”: A privileged white woman called ...
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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer
May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a poin ...
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That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, go ...
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Reducing Police Inappropriate Use Of Force | Nora Luongo
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain April 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Experts on violence have policy and procedural recommendations for reducing police use of inappropriate force. A report from the Police ...
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Saks, Lies, and the Folly of Street Activism — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 8, 2021 We begin this long and winding ode on August 7, 2012 — a classic hot-and-humid Big Apple summer day. I was taking part in a demonstration called ...
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Wake-Up Call: Stop Telling People to “Wake-Up” — Mickey Z.
Zuccotti Park, the site of the original Occupy Wall Street: September 30, 2011 (Photo: Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 15, 2021 The past year has provided us with no shortage of stanc ...
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