In a department that has had its fair share of negative publicity, this can’t help. BY FRAN MAIN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A Chicago Police officer pleaded guilty today to a civil rights violation for beating a 60-year-old man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair. “I lost it,” Officer William Cozzi admitted in…
Atty. Gen. Mukasey got a reprieve from the a federal judge. Still, the Sen. Stevens case is not looking good for the governor. It’s hard to believe the judge won’t at least call for a new trial. By The Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON — The judge in Ted Stevens’ false-disclosure case reversed himself Wednesday and…
David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney, who became the poster child for what was wrong with the U.S. Attorney system in the U.S. under Bush, is working for the government again. By Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker David Iglesias — the former US Attorney who was fired in 2006 for failing to prosecute politically motivated cases…
It seems in the end it often came back to J. Edgar Hoover, a man with a lot of power and a healthy ego. By John Rogers Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Talk about irony. Comedian George Carlin spent decades pushing the bounds of free speech by saying the seven words you can never say…
It appears Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only family member facing more embarrassing moments. The FBI apparently recorded dozens of conversations between the Gov and his brother Robert. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — The governor’s brother, Robert Blagojevich, now says he was probably caught on secret government wiretaps as many as 50 times….
This man could be off to prison for a long long time for greed. By The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former Puerto Rican lawmaker has pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges that could send him to prison for more than a decade. Former Sen. Jorge de Castro Font entered the plea…
