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Video shows police fired into Detroit home

originally published by: WWJ Newsradio 950
17th May 2010

Southfield attorney Geoffery Fieger, who is representing family members of a 7-year-old girl who was fatally shot by an officer during a week end raid, says he has video footage of the incident.

During an afternoon news conference, Fieger said the footage shot by the A and E crime reality show, “The First 48” shows at lease one shot was fired after police threw a stun grenade into the home.

Authorities have claimed the gun was fired by accident when police broke into the apartment early Sunday, striking the girl in the neck. The video is about 3 to 4 minutes in length. “As Mayor Bing indicated, the madness has got to stop,” Fieger said. “I agree. The madness also involves the police department not coming forward and being honest,” he said.

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Blair Peach’s brother speaks out

Blair Peach
Blair Peach

originally published by: stuff.co.nz
28th April 2010

An apology over Blair Peach’s death at a 1979 demonstration in London would be of “no consequence” unless police unreservedly acknowledged he was killed by an officer, his brother says. Previously secret police reports have revealed that the 33-year-old New Zealander was almost certainly killed by a police officer.

Metropolitan police had resisted releasing the documents for decades, but made them available on their website yesterday, saying there would be no further investigation into Mr Peach’s death.

The teacher and peace campaigner died from a blow to the head while marching against the National Front movement in Southall, west London. His partner, Celia Stubbs, and members of his family in New Zealand have campaigned for the release of the police inquiries into his death for nearly 30 years.

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McKinnon asks new Government to halt his US extradition

Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon

originally published by: ZDNet
17th May 2010

Gary McKinnon’s legal team has appealed to the new coalition government to halt the self-confessed hacker’s extradition to the US. The Nasa hacker’s solicitor Karen Todner said in a Friday statement that she had asked the Conservative home secretary Theresa May to “intervene and prevent the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the USA”.

McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger syndrome, hacked into 97 US military systems between 2001 and 2002 in what he claims was a search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. According to the US authorities, he caused $700,000 £485,000 damage and should stand trial in that country. If convicted in the US, he could be sentenced to 70 years in a maximum security federal prison.

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