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Forensics: Last survivor of the 1923 Tulsa Massacre passes. She was 111 and refused reparations by the city two years ago.
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Forensics. Law. US military Justice Code ignored. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly
The Pentagon says it’s investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders.” … Continue reading
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Tagged political suppression by US government, USCMJ
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Forensics: Law. Profiteering. Senators Demand Probe of Noem-Linked Firm’s Secret Work on DHS Ad Campaign
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe
Forensics: Ignoring Congress And Law. American Indian College Fund Raises Alarm Over Plan to Shift Native Programs Away From the Dept. of Education | Education
In wake of Tuesday’s announcement that the Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, the American Indian College Fund is warning that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer more than a dozen federal education programs… — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Anthropology. ‘A spiritual restoration’: Family obtains jars made by enslaved potter Dave Drake
The family of enslaved potter David Drake — known as “Dave the Potter” — has reclaimed two rare stoneware jars he created in South Carolina before the Civil War in what experts call the first major U.S. art restitution case … Continue reading
Forensics: What First Amendment? The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment. — Read on theintercept.com/2025/11/23/prairieland-ice-antifa-zines-criminalize-protest-journalism/
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Forensics: Horrific 1970’s US policy. New Mexico Could Be First State to Address Forced Sterilization of Native American Women | Health
Jean Whitehorse’s (Diné) Native name means ‘Many Children,’ but she only has one child. This spring, she spoke at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York to explain why. In the 1970s, during an emergency visit … Continue reading
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Forensics: Major blow to junk forensics. New Jersey Supreme Court bars ‘shaken baby syndrome’ testimony at trial
Show this to Texas governor Greg Abbott. The court ruled that there is consensus among experts regarding whether shaking alone could produce “abusive head trauma.” — Read on reason.com/2025/11/21/new-jersey-becomes-first-state-to-bar-shaken-baby-syndrome-testimony-at-trial/ Cato Institute: https://www.cato.org/blog/junk-science-has-no-borders-new-jersey-just-called-it-out
Neighbor Calls 911 on Black Man Moving Into His Own Home — He’s Actually the Boston Police Chief – YouTube
A Boston neighbor called 911 on a Black man she assumed was “suspicious” while he was moving into his own apartment — but she didn’t know he was the Chief of Police. What followed was a viral investigation, a lawsuit, … Continue reading
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Forensics: Just released after 25 years on death row. Jimmie Duncan going home A bitemark quack dentist put him in prison.
The 2009 expose’ of this case from journalist Radley Balko. We have spent decades on this case. https://reason.com/2009/03/24/forensics-fraud/
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