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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
The Washington Post's permanent investigative unit was set up in 1982 under Bob Woodward.
Police Shootings in Chicago
The Chicago Tribune, known for its investigations of police practices and the criminal justice system, has produced an eight-month examination of police shootings dating back a decade.
Using records from internal investigative files, medical examiner autopsies and depositions in lawsuits, reporters Sam Roe, David Heinzmann and Steve Mills examined 200 cases. While recognizing that shootings are rarely easy calls, the reporters found at least a dozen where police shot civilians in the back, including five cases where forensic evidence cast doubt on the officer's account. The Chicago Police Department ruled that less than one percent of the shootings were unjustified. The Tribune's two-part investigation found that 100 people had been killed by police in the last decade and $59 million paid out in civil judgments against the city.
Twice in the last decade, The Washington Post has investigated police shootings in its circulation area, a five-part series in 1998 on D.C. police shootings and a four-part series in 2001 on shootings by Prince George's County Police.
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December 6, 2007; 2:30 PM ET
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Great Chicago tribune, once again the Policemen that puts their life in danger protecting us, the American citizen, you make them the bad guy!!
Now lets do an investigation about the...new black panthers...the roles that they have played putting the blame on the white population such as the ..Duke Affair...Lets also quote many of the remarks that their leader has said...
Wait,thats not political correct but blaming the police for so many faults is, isnt it ??