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This
Week
in
History
8/6/04
August 9, 1990: 200
National Guardsmen and Bureau of Land Management rangers conduct a marijuana
raid dubbed Operation Green Sweep on a Federal conservation area in California
known as King Ridge. Local residents file a $100 million lawsuit,
claiming that Federal agents illegally invaded their property, wrongfully
arrested them, and harassed them with their low-flying helicopters and
loaded guns.
August 12, 1997: The
US Justice Department announced that there would be no indictments issued
to any of the Marines responsible for killing Ezequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Despite the fact that Hernandez was facing away from the Marines at the
time he was shot, an internal military review found that the soldiers had
"acted in self-defense" and done nothing wrong. The review was supervised
by Lt. General Carlton W. Fulford, who said that the killing might not
have happened at all had civilian law enforcement agencies been patrolling
the border.
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Issue #349, 8/6/04
Medical Marijuana Victory in Detroit |
Supreme Court to Fast Track Effort to End Federal Sentencing Chaos |
Massachusetts Needle Exchange Activists Hold Day of Protest, Demand Action from Legislature |
Newsbrief: Defendant Can Post Pictures of Narcotics Agents in Info Search, Federal Court Says |
Newsbrief: Nevada Marijuana Initiative Wins Legal Victory, Still Alive |
Newsbrief: Justice Department Backs Off on Plan to Destroy Library Asset Forfeiture Pamphlets |
Newsbrief: Israeli Soldiers to Get Cannabis Therapy for Stress? |
Newsbrief: Marijuana Charges Down 30% in Canada |
Newsbrief: California Narc Indicted in Rudy Cardenas Killing |
Newsbrief: Federal Prosecutors in Seattle Use Patriot Act in Marijuana Case |
Newsbrief: Bolivian Coca Growers Call for Referendum on Legal Coca |
Newsbrief: Highway Travel Advisory -- South Dakota/Sturgis Rally |
Press Release: Students for Sensible Drug Policy Activists to Take "Skate for Justice" Through New York State Tomorrow (8/7) |
Media Scan: Peter Moskos in the Baltimore Sun |
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