Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #6
3/18/2015
1) Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks received a welcome surprise this past week by Swedish prosecutors who have agreed to question him within the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been hiding for the past three years over accused sex crimes. Assange denies the allegations against him, and believes extradition to Sweden is merely a first step in efforts to remove him to the U.S. for publishing secret documents including 250,000 State Department transcripts with the assistance of former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning.
http://news.yahoo.com/swedish-prosecutors-offer-quiz-assange-london-083344022.html
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Sweden offers to question Assange in London http://yhoo.it/1DeVMdx
2) Missouri has charged a 20-year old man with the shootings of two St. Louis area police officers after continued growing racial issues. Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault. The officers were shot early Thursday as demonstrators gathered after Ferguson’s police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing federal Justice Department report detailing that the Ferguson Police Department had been routinely violating the constitutional rights of black residents.
http://news.yahoo.com/police-announce-arrest-ferguson-police-shootings-175442302.html
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Prosecutor: 20-year-old charged in shootings of 2 officers http://yhoo.it/1baOnA4
3) Department of Justice releases report on Ferguson Police Department detailing how the Ferguson Police Department discriminated against blacks exposing several police officers and court employees referring to blacks with racists remarks in emails and interviews. Also, FPD were more focused on generating revenue from fines issued rather than promoting public safety.
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Justice Department’s Report on the Ferguson Police Department http://nyti.ms/1CkwCuh
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