Accountability

MSF Refutes US Version Of Kunduz Hospital Bombing

October 4, 2015 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Educate! Accountability, Afghanistan, Violenc, Wars and Militarism

By Staff for TeleSur TV. Kunduz, Afghanistan - The international non-governmental organization Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) denied on Sunday that its hospital in Kunduz was used by the Taliban to launch an attack against U.S. military personnel, as the Pentagon asserted. “The gates of the hospital compound were closed all night so no one that is not staff, a patient or a caretaker was inside the hospital when the bombing happened,” MSF said through a statement. According to the U.S. military, air strikes were carried out “in the vicinity” after reports of Taliban fighters firing at U.S. troops from the bombed hospital.

Black Lives Matter Not Endorsing Presidential Candidate

September 20, 2015 Jesse J. Holland, www.bigstory.ap.org Strategize! 2016 Elections, Accountability, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter (BLM)

By Jesse J. Holland for AP. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in the United States, one of the group's founders says. In an Associated Press interview, Alicia Garza discussed the organization's refusal to settle on a preferred candidate in the 2016 race to succeed President Barack Obama and pledged to press ahead with protests and interruptions during the campaign. "Sometimes you have to put a wrench in the gears to get people to listen," said Garza, who spoke at the 7th Annual Black Women's Roundtable Policy Forum last week.

Civilian Board: Officer That Shot Ezell Ford Acted ‘Out Of Policy’

June 11, 2015 Matt Ferner, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Accountability, Ezell Ford, Los Angeles, police brutality

By Matt Ferner in The Huffington Post - The civilian board that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department ruled Tuesday that one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Ezell Ford last year in a south LA neighborhood was acting "out of policy" in his use of lethal force. The second officer involved in the shooting was found to be acting within policy with regards to use of force. While the identities of both officers are known -- Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas -- the Police Commission did not identify which officer was out of policy. "This is a tragedy for all involved," Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said late Tuesday. "The Ford family, my fellow commissioners express our deepest condolences." The commission had deliberated for more than three hours, after hours of tense public comment.

The Bad Cop Database

February 20, 2015 Leon Neyfakh, www.slate.com Organize! Accountability, Criminal Justice, Law, police brutality

At a time when police departments around the country are being criticized for a lack of a transparency, the arrival of Legal Aid’s database represents a bold attempt to systematically track officers with a history of civil rights violations and other kinds of misbehavior, and thereby force judges, prosecutors, and juries to take the officers’ past actions into consideration when adjudicating cases. If a defense attorney can successfully call into question the credibility of an arresting officer, she might be able to convince a judge to let a defendant out of jail without bail, or maybe even to dismiss the case entirely. Information about an officer’s past misconduct can also serve as a bargaining chip during plea negotiations with prosecutors.

Tell DOJ To Uphold Law By Prosecuting Torture

December 16, 2014 Hans Christof von Sponeck, www.brusselstribunal.org Petitions and Online Actions Accountability, DOJ, Rule of Law, Torture

The UN Special Representative on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson QC has reminded us that “torture is a crime of universal jurisdiction” The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, said it is "crystal clear" under international law that the United States, which ratified the U.N. Convention Against Torture in 1994, now has an obligation to ensure accountability. He further added: “If they order, enable or commit torture, recognized as a serious international crime, they cannot simply be granted impunity because of political expediency”. US President Obama must be aware that not holding the perpetrators accountable is a victory for impunity and will have far-reaching implications for global security

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