Category: Pontiac Tribune

US (Sputnik) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially announced that the agency has no evidence that former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email servers were hacked by China. The FBI refuted on Wednesday a tweet by the current US president, Donald Trump, that the former Democratic presidential front-runner’s private email server was compromised by Chinese hackers, according to Ars Technica. In an August 29 tweet, Trump declared that unidentified actors attributed to Beijing had “hacked” Clinton’s private email server. The FBI has now released an official statement detailing that there is…

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Washington, DC (Sputnik) – The notorious US prison in Cuba is largely known for keeping its detainees indefinitely without trial and for allegations of torturing prisoners. The US claims to incarcerate individuals that are too dangerous for conventional prisons there and has refuted UN demands to close the facility. The idea of sending several high-profile Daesh* captives to the offshore US prison in Guantanamo Bay has reportedly been met with stiff criticism by some US politicians, according to NBC News. Senator Jeanne Shaheen expressed concern that sending them to the Cuban prison will turn those terrorists into martyrs, making…

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Raleigh, NC (PT) – The family of a man, whose beating at the hands of Police went viral on social media following his arrest less than a fortnight ago, have demanded transparency in connection with an incident which community activists have branded as a another example of excessive use of force by Police. Frederick Darnell Hall. Image source; public domain. Exclusive video shot by Thomasi McDonald of the North Carolina ‘News and Observer‘ seems to be suggestive of oppressive conduct by police following the arrest of a man whose story…

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Rockport, TX (TT) – Since all that’s left of the old Aransas County Courthouse is a pile of rubble and a slab of concrete, these days County Judge Burt Mills holds office in a strip mall storefront, flanked by a Chinese buffet and a boutique. “It’s very nice, actually,” Mills said last week from his office in what used to be a hardware store. This 23,000-square-foot building, hastily renovated after Hurricane Harvey into a temporary courthouse in 45 days, is a testament to the region’s remarkably speedy recovery, Mills said —…

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California (HRW) – After decades of handling youth 15 and younger in its rehabilitation-focused juvenile justice system, in 1995 California discarded its longstanding approach and adopted a new law allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to be tried in adult criminal court. In present day California, a young teenager in criminal court is treated in every way just like an adult: the same procedures, laws, and sentences—including adult prison—are applied with virtually no exception. When a young person is tried as an adult, it means he or she is denied the full services…

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Chatsworth Ga, (PT) –  Officers from Chatsworth Police Department in Chatsworth, GA may have used excessive force when they tased an elderly woman gathering dandelions as an ingredient for a salad she is accustomed to making for her husband on Friday 10th August. However, due to a number of legal anomalies posed by Georgia state law, which allow special privileges for police officers, attempted prosecution of those involved may prove fruitless. Image Source: MURRAY COUNTY JAIL Public Domain According to a report on the CNN website, officers who arrived on…

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US, (PT) Scores of people who resisted the Dakota Access Pipeline are still trailed by outstanding warrants. Many either don’t have legal representation, or aren’t even aware they have active warrants. Hundreds traveled from across America to support the pipeline resistance from 2016-2017, making the over 100 outstanding warrants a national issue. To help resolve them, the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) is offering its expertise to former NoDAPL activists. “Staff hope to have informal face-to-face conversations in a relaxed, familiar setting in which they can explain what Protectors can…

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USA (PT) – The issue of censorship is a hot one as of late… Alex Jones accounts going down, as well as others of Independent Media, including Pontiac Tribune. Here is an breakdown of the censorship we actually face, and a way for you to prop up lesser known outlets that aren’t getting banned left and right, and comparison to help you distinguish the actual difference between being literally oppressed, as opposed to simply catching a 30 day ban. Image from Steemit Censorship Last year, after I had discovered that…

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Berkeley, CA (PT) – The recently appointed executive director of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco chapter has spoken out against what has been described as the deliberate targeting of ‘anti-fascist protesters’ by Police, in an interview with the Guardian newspaper following disturbances in Berkeley, California, the weekend before last. The criticism came after photographs and other personal details of those arrested were posted on Twitter by members of the local Police Department. Image Source: Berkeley PD Public Domain Critics of the demonstrators on the now largely discredited Blue Lives Matter website, which recently…

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US (PT) – A wave of unease has blanketed America’s immigrant communities since President Donald Trump took office. Videos of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents, often in plain clothes and in unmarked cars, detaining suspected immigrants now seem commonplace. Few, however, question how exactly ICE is locating those targets. A look into an extensive database of contracts awarded by the agency might offer some clues. It was shared with Pontiac Tribune by colleges in the independent media community. Dozens of companies are listed in the logs, including the private prison…

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