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Nancy Dis-Grace

Every night, Nancy Grace exploits people on a show about exploiting people. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that... more

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Japanese police begin to use i-REALs to catch criminals

Japan's Chubu Centrair International Airport wont be seeing criminal behaviour anytime soon, thanks to the airport's... more

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Man arrested for trying to sell bread as crack

I don't know what's worse about this story: the fact that a guy was so desperate to pay his bills that he resorted to... more

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Whoops! Drug Suspect Turns Tables On Cops With Videotape

When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a... more

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UK cop accuses colleagues of waterboarding pot suspects

Six members of London’s metropolitan police force are the focus of a criminal investigation after a corruption probe... more

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NYPD seeks way to let guns 'talk' to one another

The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize... more

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Texas cop Tasers 72 year old, great-grandmother

A traffic stop for speeding in a construction zone led to the tasering of a 72-year old great-grandmother by a Texas deputy.... more

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Canada Removes Over Half Of Police Tasers From Use

Canadian police remove over 1,600 tasers because of safety concerns.

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Dustin Hoffman to star with Paul Giamatti in indie drama

Dustin Hoffman will star with Paul Giamatti in the indie drama "Barney's Version." Hoffman will play "a... more

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Autopsy can't link remains to missing women

"It wasn't until yesterday afternoon when the news broke that there had been skeletal remains washing up on shore and... more

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Police Officer Run Over By Speeding Driver

A police officer in Georgia is recovering after the driver who pulled over sped away from a traffic stop, dragging the officer... more

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Dad Accused of Using Shock Dog Collar on Kids

A father was accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada said the 41-year-old man was... more

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YouTube : Keeping Cops Clean (Beating Victim Saved)

Video footage posted on YouTube.com shows police officers repeatedly hitting a suspect in the face with there fists during an... more

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Have You Hugged a Cop Today?

Video of police in Denmark stopping bicyclists, hugging them, and giving them helmets. Happiness all around.

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New Movie 'American Violet' Depicts Drug War Racism

Movie description>>"Based on true events during the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town who is barely able to make ends meet.

While police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the women’s county prison, the powerful local district attorney (Academy Award® nominee Michael O’Keefe) leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her housing project with military precision. Dee soon discovers she has been charged as a drug dealer.

Even though Dee has no prior drug record and no drugs were found on her in the raid, she is offered a hellish choice: plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon or remain in prison, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence.

She chooses to fight the district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system, risking everything in a battle that forever changes her life and the Texas justice system. AMERICAN VIOLET also stars Academy Award® nominee Alfre Woodard, Emmy Award® winner Charles S. Dutton, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton and Xzibit.

NOTE: American Violet was initially inspired by an NPR story by Wade Goodwyn.

That was six years ago. Much of the film was informed by thousands of pages of information provided on a range of stories by the ACLU among others. A variety of media reports and legal documents, including sworn testimony, depositions and affidavits, all of which can be found on the public record also helped us find authentic patterns and voices for our storytelling. Finally, taped interviews with community members who had experienced circumstances similar to those outlined in our work proved useful.

However, American Violet is not a documentary. It is a narrative feature film that is, as it says, based on true events. Some scenes and characters have been fictionalized for dramatic effect and have no relationship to the historical record. Names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect this film."Movie description>>"Based on true events during the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee... more