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Noir City: Chicago opens with a 20th - anniversary screening of Curtis Hanson's «L.A. Confidential,» a chronicle of political and police corruption as four detectives try to solve «The Nite Owl Massacre.»

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According to Turkish dissidents, social media and external sources such as VICE are even more important than they would be elsewhere because local media outlets are unwilling to report on corruption or the behavior of Turkish police and armed forces.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Civil Liberties — Our rights as human beings and citizens of the world are threatened by political corruption, police militarization, government intrusion and mainstream media disinformation.

I have been searching all day, a person would think something as important and police corruption stats would be easy to find (please note the sarcasm).

An NYPD commander was cooperating with authorities as part of a wide - ranging corruption probe before fatally shooting himself, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

The commitment as home secretary to the Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan, and confidence to confront the police about their own corruption problems, are an encouraging foundation on which other anti-corruption measures, such as Unexplained Wealth Orders in the new criminal finances bill, can build.

However, the EU itself can not bear all of the blame for corruption as 90 per cent of the EU budget is spent and policed by the member states.

«As parliamentarians who often speak to whistle - blowers — from campaigners whose groups have been infiltrated by the police to those exposing corruption in government departments — this judgement is deeply worrying,» Baroness Jones added

Former NYC Comptroller Liz Holtzman, who is thisclose to making a decision about joining the already crowded Democratic field seeking to replace AG Andrew Cuomo, this morning refused to rule out accepting contributions from Wall Street, even as she panned it as rife with «dysfunction» and «corruption» and in need of policing.

Ex-NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks is among a slew of current and former ex-cops named by the feds as «unindicted co-conspirators» in a pending police corruption case.

Meanwhile Justice Moro — so far largely seen as an impartial individual heading up a serious and comprehensive operation exposing corruption practices of mainstream politicians and powerful business figures — had made a critical move when he decided to make public the contents of a series of tapped phone calls intercepted by the police while investigating Lula.

Sini noted the federal corruption conviction of former Police Chief of Department James Burke, before he took over as police commissPolice Chief of Department James Burke, before he took over as police commisspolice commissioner.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was at a Police Foundation gala Thursday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel as the cloud of corruption hung over the department, CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported.

The Guardian journalist Nick Davies described commissions from the News of the World as the «golden source» of income for Rees» «empire of corruption», which involved a network of contacts with corrupt police officers and a pattern of illegal behaviour extending far beyond phone hacking.

He was as statesmanlike as in his recent Commons statement about police corruption at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Tuesday that his department will «cooperate fully» with the FBI in its corruption probe into the NYPD, as new details emerged about the scandal — ...

The ethics refresher was ordered as the burgeoning federal probe into police corruption has resulted in the transfers of nine officers, including eight high - level supervisors, many of them stripped of their guns and badges, for their dealings with two wealthy Brooklyn businessmen who are also large donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio and were on his Inauguration Team.

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The recent overturning of Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction raises key questions for both the real estate industry and those who police it: Do landlords and developers have clearer guidelines on what counts as corruption, or will heightened scrutiny and a likely retrial only bring more of them into the witness box?

The probe includes investigations into those behind a push to ban horse drawn carriages in the city, as well as corruption within the New York City Police Department.

Theresa May continued her war against the boys in blue this week, as she announced wide - ranging legislation designed to crack down on corruption and open up the Police Federation to scrutiny.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

The Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service recently described as baseless the allegations of corruption levelled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff by musician, A Plus.

As the newest voice in this race for Attorney General, I've used my time and resources to talk directly with voters about my plans to clean up corruption rampant throughout state government, protect Main Street by policing Wall Street and keeping our communities safe.»

Notes: Due to safely concerns please bring a buddy or 2 and cameras as the watervliet police are known for there corruption and violence toward anyone they consider inferior or powerless to do any thing about it.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is selecting Geraldine Hart, the corruption - busting head of the FBI's Long Island office, as the next Suffolk County police commissioner.

In the said tape, the senior Police officer, is heard telling A Plus that «as for the corruption aspect of it, from what you said and what we've gone to confirm, you wouldn't be too far from right to say that this is what happened, but we need to manage... the people are your people.

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke.

The Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service recently described as baseless and unsubstantiated allegations of thievery and corruption leveled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff by Kwame Asare Obeng popularly called A Plus.

Magu Assumes Office as EFCC Boss, Pledges to Uplift the Fight against Corruption The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, today assumed office with a charge to all staff of the Commission to brace up for fresh and...

But Cuomo was limited because he lacked full powers to police public corruption, as state law dictates the A.G. can only pursue a small class of cases.

A tale as old as time Corruption in NYC is nothing new, from the case of police officer Frank Serpico which led to the investigations of the Knapp Commission in the 70s, to former Assemb.

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, de Blasio has taken a vow of silence about the sprawling and complicated municipal corruption probe that has so far forced police Commissioner Bill Bratton to take action against five NYPD officials — four of them top commanders.

He began as a young prosecutor exposing police corruption, later become a deputy mayor and ended as New York's fire commissioner.

And showing that the hunters have become the hunted as the Ibori case has turned against the Police, the BBC report added: «Last year, after repeatedly telling judges there was no evidence of police corruption, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted they had found substantial material that supported the allegaPolice, the BBC report added: «Last year, after repeatedly telling judges there was no evidence of police corruption, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted they had found substantial material that supported the allegapolice corruption, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted they had found substantial material that supported the allegations.

According to the criminal complaint filed by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, Halloran envisioned himself as the deputy police commissioner or deputy mayor in Smith's administration, and the councilman was charged with corruption, bribery and several counts of fraud.

The level of corruption, indiscipline and collapse of professionalism are way beyond what a bureaucracy like the police service commission can handle given the deliberate poor funding of that important institution and the stiffking of its independence status as against constitutional provisions.

Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has described the promotion of ACP Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah as the acting Director General of the Police Service's Criminal Investigations Department (CID), as a worrying development in the fight against corruption in the country.

An NYPD commander was cooperating with authorities as part of a wide - ranging corruption probe before fatally shooting himself, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Monday.

A flurry of subpoenas have been issued in the wide - ranging probe, which also includes investigations into those behind a push to ban horse drawn carriages in the city as well as corruption within the New York City Police Department.

Increasing the role of the CCRB would lead to greater consistency in reviewing misconduct cases, explained Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey, as there are numerous entities currently involved, including the Department of Investigation (DOI), Commission to Combat Police Corruption and NYPD.

«There has been a dark cloud hovering over government for several years now as a result of federal investigations into abuse of power and corruption,» said the county executive, in an indirect reference to the corruption convictions of former Suffolk police Chief James Burke and former Suffolk Conservative Party chairman Edward Walsh.

The survey, which was to assess citizen's understanding of corruption, their perceptions and actual experiences of corruption, show that Ghanaians still perceive the police, political parties and the judiciary as being corrupt.

A 63 - year - old was arrested at an address in Surrey as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released on police bail after being quizzed for nine hours over allegations of corruption and the phone - hacking scandal that forced the closure of the 168 - year - old newspaper.

More people will be arrested as a result of the wide - ranging federal probe into police corruption, an NYPD official said Friday — two days after the city correction - union boss was...

Another high - ranking police official has been transferred as part of a widening federal corruption probe that has rocked the NYPD, officials said Wednesday.

As anyone who knows anything about LA, its police organization has had long standing problems with corruption and racism, but the film never addresses that even though one can see the roots of it in the material.

As cool as it is to hang out with this cat, the film's prevailing takeaway becomes the naivete in thinking police corruption can ever truly be corralleAs cool as it is to hang out with this cat, the film's prevailing takeaway becomes the naivete in thinking police corruption can ever truly be corralleas it is to hang out with this cat, the film's prevailing takeaway becomes the naivete in thinking police corruption can ever truly be corralled.

Some intriguing ideas are stranded by an overarching concept that severely strains credibility in this low - budget drama that takes place in a small town in northern California, where an exiled Afghan journalist (Dominic Rains) gets a job as a freelance crime reporter and settles with a local police officer (Melissa Leo)-- the mother of a friend — allowing him to experience firsthand the town's surprisingly extensive web of corruption and violence.