Day May 26, 2005

Motorist drives into crowd protesting Minuteman

Three people were injured and at least eight arrested Wednesday in Garden Grove after a motorist drove into a crowd of 300 demonstrators protesting a speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project, authorities said. The motorist had attended Gilchrist’s…

U.S. ‘thumbs its nose’ at rights, Amnesty says

In coordinated broadsides from London and Washington, Amnesty International accused the Bush administration on Wednesday of condoning “atrocious” human rights violations, thereby diminishing its moral authority and setting a global example encouraging abuse by other nations. FBI memo reports Guantanamo…

Rampart scandal victim awarded $6.5 million

A jury today awarded $6.5 million to a man who was shot and framed by corrupt Los Angeles Police Department investigators. Today’s verdict was against Los Angeles County and Deputy Public Defender Tamar Toister, who represented Ovando in the criminal…