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Your weekly wrap-up of North American police brutality, misconduct and corruption.

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This week:

Taser International under SEC/Arizona AG scrutiny

2 California cops beat man unconscious and take off

Another death in Jacksonville, Florida, police custody

New allegations against Wisconsin sex offender cop

Tennessee police chief beats grandmother

85 year old beaten and pepper-sprayed by Minnesota cops

An interview by Palestinian youth with comedian Maysoon Zayid about the Palestinian presidential elections, with music by Dam.

Interview with photojournalist Nina Berman about her new book, Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq, the stories of U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq.

Interview with youth film makers Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard about their film on the police killing of Timothy Stansbury, Jr.

On this edition of WBAI's Rise Up Radio – we speak with Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard, two youth filmmakers, about their brilliant new documentary on gun violence and the police killing of Timothy Stansbury, Jr. Bullets in the Hood is headed to the Sundance Film Festival – we’ll hear clips and discuss the power of youth-produced media.

A conversation with photojournalist Nina Berman about her new book Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq. The stories of wounded U.S. soldiers trying to heal.

Today from 4 to 5:30 PM, WSQT aired two programs. The first was an inaugural special, the second the Inter-County-Connector program

The inaugural special chews out Bush fro refusing to pay for the security, and repeats the suggestion posted here that the baseball stadium inspired this outrage. Listeners were asked to call 724-8000 to be connected to their councilmember and demand that DC refuse to pay for this "Security."

Next came an old Velvet Underground song suggestive of the incredibnle decadence of the inaugural balls.

DJ Bijou welcomes traveling activist David x to San Diego and they jabber about activism and unifying under some values.

En un mensaje presidencial a la nación el presidente Carlos Mesa advierte a la población boliviana que renunciara si no le dejan gobernar, no está dispuesto a ejercer violencia y a actuar como su antecesor Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada en vista de las movilizaciones que se presentan en contra del alza de los carburantes y en busca de una nueva Ley de Hidrocarburos que recupere la propiedad de los hidrocarburos para los bolivianos.