Jailed and ignored for two years, Stephen Slevin was awarded $22 million by a federal jury in Santa Fe in one of the largest prisoner-rights judgments ever.
Stephen Slevin was never convicted of a crime. But for two years, he languished in a New Mexico jail cell, going month after month without showers or outdoor recreation or human contact.
His nails grew so long that they curled. Refused medication and denied access to a dentist, he says he was forced to pull his own tooth.
In the photo on the left, Slevin appears in his mugshot following his August 2005 arrest; on the right, he is malnourished and disheveled after two years in solitary confinement.
Photo: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department/AP
*wince* How do things like this happen?
America fuck yeah.
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Elizabeth Warren, realkeeper.
We've considered the evidence and concluded that this is the most awkward interview in the history of presidential politics. »
And that includes Benjamin Harrison’s unforgettable Parade Q&A in 1884.
Herman Cain is done.
Anti-abortionist running against Rep. Keith Ellison runs anti-Islam TV ads:
“Do you really want someone representing you who swears an oath on a Quran? A book that undermines our Constitution and says you should be killed?”
Um. You know what undermines our Constitution? Religious tests for office holders.
(Source: minnesotaindependent.com)
Anonymous’ OpCartel links North Carolina DA to Mexican drug cartel
Above: A fucking idiot
Even though Anonymous’ OpCartel didn’t go down in full, since the person that was being held captive by the Zetas drug cartel was released, some Anonymous members have kept the thing going, with a district attorney in North Carolina being named as participating with the Zetas and a non-anonymous Texas man coming out publicly against the cartel, who now says he’s being stalked. No shit, genius.
Barrett Brown crowns himself king of Anonymous during the dumbest AnonOp possible, then he’s surprised that there could be some negative attention.
Get. A. Fucking. Clue.
How does Occupy Wall St. stack up against the tea party on Google?
Google Politics tell all from its informative political blog. Let’s compare, using the chart above and other data collected by Google:
- Occupy Wall St. has generated far more searches since its inception than the tea party ever has at any given moment.
- Despite that search edge, Occupy Wall Street “is almost in a dead heat with the Tea Party for the volume of news coverage… between October 7 and last week, Occupy Wall Street only barely bests the Tea Party when we examine the number of news pieces covering each movement: 29,000 to 22,000.
- One bit of trivia: Which states have had the highest search traffic for Occupy Wall St.? New York is number three - can you guess the intervening two? (Hint: Think crunchy. Real crunchy.)
- When does tea party surge as a search term? In April, just before Americans file their federal income taxes.
How do you get your Occupy Wall St. News? If you’re in Tumblr…
- Follow various Tumblr tags relating to the news - “Occupy Oakland” and “Occupy Wall St.” are particularly vibrant.
- Check out the “We are the 99%” Tumblr and its competitor, the “We Are the 53%” Tumblr.
- If not, read “The Occupied Wall Street Journal,” a publication of the protesters in New York.
(via shortformblog)
All the latest here.
Occupy Wall Street becomes a world protest.
Starting from the top: protesters at a rally in Seoul, South Korea; masked protesters in Zurich, Switzerland; Hong Kong’s Exchange Square; the NYSE Euronext stock exchange protest in Amsterdam, where Pinocchio noses and fake euros are among the props; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the London Stock Exchange; thousands of protesters in Berlin.
Really hope the international flavor of the protests keeps up.
(via shortformblog)
Don’t dismiss the Wall Street occupation »
My take on the whole affair. What do you think? Are they worth our attention? Should more of us be joining and supporting them?
If more moments like this weekend’s macing take place, you can expect people to start taking them seriously.
(via shortformblog)
Wall Street Protesters Say They’re Settled In »
(NEW YORK) — Protesters who vowed to “occupy Wall Street” are holding their ground in downtown New York, and say they have no plans to leave anytime soon. The protest started Saturday with a “Day of Rage,” when thousands of people gathered in the Financial District and vowed to stay on Wall Street as long as it takes to make their point that they will “no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.”
Bodies hanging from bridge in Mexico are warning to social media users »
It seems governments aren’t the only entities disturbed over the power of social media. A drug cartel in Mexico has apparently dispatched a man and a woman in a manner brutal enough to warn of the disturbing nature of the text alone.
“This is going to happen to all of those posting funny things on the Internet,” one sign said. “You better (expletive) pay attention. I’m about to get you.” >continue<
Beyond disturbing. If you haven’t been paying attention, now’s the time to start.
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Where Were You On 9/11/01? »
Share your story by sending a voicemail or SMS to (347) 881-3418 (GVoice - standard message rates apply).
Along with the +ABC News Radio team I will be covering the 10th anniversary ceremony from Ground Zero in Manhattan on Sunday, September 11th, 2011.
I’ll edit the messages in to an audio montage and share share your stories using Soundcloud on the ABC News Radio podcast page.
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We’ve proposed two options to Aol.
1. Reaffirmation of the editorial independence promised at the time of acquisition. Given the current circumstances, that means autonomy from Huffington Post, unfettered editorial independence and a blanket right to editorial self determination. To put it simply, TechCrunch would stay with Aol but would be independent of the Huffington Post.
or
2. Sell TechCrunch back to the original shareholders.
If Aol cannot accept either of these options, and no other creative solution can be found, I cannot be a part of TechCrunch going forward.
— Is this a real ultimatum from Arrington? (via joshsternberg)
Our leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.”
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—Warren Buffett. (via thedeadline)
And the close:
My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.
A magnificent Op-Ed. Imagine if there were a series, in a major publication, from those in Buffett’s multi-bazillionaire club that discussed these ideas. I bet it wouldn’t take long for not only the message to stick, but for Congress (those who benefit from the uber-wealthy’s coffers) to enact these rational, logical concepts.
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