PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- The videotaped beatings of three restrained men by several members of the Philadelphia police force were inexcusable but had nothing to do with race, the city's mayor and police commissioner said Thursday.
"There's no excuse for that type of behavior and we certainly want to take action," Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said.
Mayor Michael Nutter said he was "tremendously disappointed" by the officers' behavior and vowed to deal with the matter.
"The conduct was unacceptable," he said. "It did not live up to the professional standards we have set for the police department."
I don't care what the circumstances are, cops should not beat the crap out of suspects. I can understand that sometimes apprehending crooks can be dangerous and may get a little rough at times, but this is bullshit. Cops that can't control themselves and mete out punishment before the bad guy even has a chance to see a judge should be fired and jailed.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.
Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush's dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Bush said at the time. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was prominently displayed above him - a move the White House came to regret as the display was mocked and became a source of controversy.
Who are they trying to fool? We know what the sign was supposed to mean. It was supposed to mean that "we won the Iraq War". Why doesn't Bush just cowboy up and admit his mistake? It's plainly obvious to everyone that they simply didn't foresee the...
As tall as a two-story house and as wide as two school buses, the pig was led from lines held on the ground Sunday as Waters played a version of Pink Floyd's "Pigs" from the 1977 anti-capitalist album "Animals."...
...The pig displayed the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" and a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding two bloody cleavers. The other side read "Fear builds walls" and the underside read "Obama" with a checked ballot box for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
It's ironic how wealthy performers try to lead the cause against capitalism by charging $50 a head to go to a show. Isn't that...uh...capitalism? What's even more ironic is how they think they're somehow going to be able to keep their wealth and fabulous lifestyles while the rest of the poor downtrodden get to rot in their own filth. Didn't they learn anything from Chavez? One of the first things he did was seize wealth. Do they feel so strongly about economic equality that they are prepared to live in a double wide with the rest of the equally poor?
The reality is that they're only trying to stir up...
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