Marco Amador: Yo Soy El Army -- US Military Targets Latinos with Extensive Recruitment Campaign

Yo Soy El Army: US Military Targets Latinos with Extensive Recruitment Campaign
Democracy Now

In addition to the racial profiling encouraged by Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant law, the Hispanic community in this country is the target of a different kind of profiling, as well: the military’s targeting of Latino recruits. We get a report from independent media activist and community organizer Marco Amador of Producciones Cimarrón and the Center for Community Communications and the Big Noise media collective.

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Amy Goodman: Alleged Chicago Police Torturer’s Overdue Day in Court

Alleged Chicago Torturer’s Overdue Day in Court
by Amy Goodman
Democracy Now

Burge rose in the ranks to become a commander in Chicago’s South Side, called Area 2. Electric shocks to the genitals, mock executions, suffocation with bags over the head, beatings and painful stress positions are among the torture techniques that Burge and police officers under his command are accused of using to extract confessions in Chicago, mostly from African-American men.

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