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As project nears, Malibu Lagoon activists vow civil disobedience
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith work set to begin this week on the hotly contested clean-up of a pollution-choked salt marsh next to a world-renowned Malibu surf spot, law enforcement officials are bracing for civil disobedience. Activists are staging protests and pledging to...Tags: Politics, Pamela Anderson, Activism, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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UC report urges measured response to protests
University of California police and administrators should use mediation instead of confrontation when dealing with most student protests, but pepper spray might remain a necessary tool of last resort, according to a UC draft report on campus civil...Tags: Politics, University of California, Irvine, Students, Activism, University of California, Berkeley
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Should dissing Obama mean you're discharged?
I'm pretty close to being a 1st Amendment absolutist, but I can't get too upset about the dismissal from the U.S. Marines of Gary Stein. He's the sergeant who is being given an "other-than-honorable" discharge for Facebook postings in which he called...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Armed Forces, American Civil Liberties Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Artists, actors creatively reengage with '92 L.A. riots, 'Twilight'
When Anna Deavere Smith first staged her one-woman docu-play "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," a myopic journalist pointedly asked her, "Don't you think your work will have a brief shelf life?" Two decades later, the answer is "in fact, no," Smith said by...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Reginald Denny, Anna Deavere Smith, Crown Heights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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For LAPD's chief, a transformation
In 1992, I was a young Los Angeles Police Department sergeant assigned to the Internal Affairs Division and had just returned home after a long shift only to see on television the Florence and Normandie assaults, the beating of Reginald Denny and fires...
Tags: Reginald Denny, Los Angeles Police Department, Cocaine, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice
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Turkish airstrikes along Iraq border kill dozens
World NowDozens of people were killed in Turkish airstrikes which the country's ruling party acknowledged Thursday probably mistakenly targeted civilians rather than guerrilla fighters in a mostly ethnic Kurdish area on the border with Iraq.... -
Egyptians raid offices of NGOs, including U.S.-based groups
World NowEgyptian security forces stormed the offices of 17 nongovernmental organizations, including three U.S.-based agencies, as part of crackdown on foreign assistance that has drawn criticism from the West and threatened human rights and pro-democracy... -
Death toll mounts in Syria as thousands take to the streets
World NowSyrian security forces open fire on anti-government demonstrations and clashes break out with army defectors in a suburb of the capital, Damascus, opposition activists say. The continued violence has dashed hopes that the arrival of Arab League... -
Pakistani high court pursues probe of 'Memogate' case
World NowPakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday established a judicial commission to investigate a memo allegedly drafted by the country’s civilian government that urged Washington to help rein in the country’s powerful military.... -
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet this week in Jordan
World NowIsraeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week in Jordan with international mediators, Jordanian officials announced on Sunday, bringing the two rivals together for their first direct talks in over a year.... -
Syria fakes letter exposing identities of exiles, newspaper says
World NowSyrian authorities, apparently trying to discourage opposition members from granting media interviews, falsely claimed that the identities of two anonymous exiles interviewed by the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot were exposed, the newspaper reported...... -
Islamists way ahead going into Egypt's final round of voting
World NowEgyptians voted Tuesday in the third round of parliamentary elections that so far suggest Islamist parties will become the dominate political voices as the country. Meanwhile, prosecutors made arguments against Hosni Mubarak, 83, who was toppled last year...
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