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Prison Planet.com » Public Outraged as Chase Ends With Police Firing over 130 Shots into Car, Find No Weapons

Prison Planet.com » Public Outraged as Chase Ends With Police Firing over 130 Shots into Car, Find No Weapons | MN News Hound | Scoop.it
Police in Cleveland and East Cleveland are facing a barrage of criticism after a chase last week ended with at least 13 officers firing 137 rounds into a vehicle they believed contained armed suspects; however, once the smoke cleared and they were able to investigate the bullet-riddled ride police found no gun.
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The Council on Foreign Relations and the “Grand Area” of the American Empire

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By: Andrew Gavin Marshall

Chapter Excerpt: The Making of the American Empire

The process of establishing an American Empire during and after World War II was not – as has been postulated (by those who even admit there is such a thing as an ‘American Empire’) – an ‘accident’ of history, something America seemingly stumbled into as a result of its unhindered economic growth and military-political position as arbiter of world peace and prosperity. A vast literature has developed in the academic realm and policy circles – particularly within Political Science and the think tank community, respectively – which postulates a notion of ‘American empire’ or ‘American hegemony’ as accidental, incidental, benevolent, reluctant, and desirable.

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