DN!: NYPD Acquitted in Bell Killing//Scott Ritter on Alleged Syrian Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:31:51 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 28, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! Standing Up to the Madness Tour * Amy Goodman has written her third book with her brother David, titled "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" Upcoming events: Mon, 4/28 Minneapolis, MN WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave S DESCRIPTION: A KFAI fundraiser with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman with a pre-event reception. TICKETS: $12 at the door, $10 in advance Tues, 4/29 Phoenix, AZ WHEN: 1:30-3:00 PM WHERE: Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283 DESCRIPTION: A talk by Amy Goodman, with book signing to follow. TICKETS: FREE Tues, 4/29 Fresno, CA WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Unitarian Church, 2672 Alluvial at Chestnut DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalist Amy Goodman. TICKETS: $10 General Admission, $5 Recession ticket. Call 559-233-2221 for ticket info. Sat, 5/03 Burlington, VT Sat, 5/03 Barre, VT Sun, 5/04 Manchester, VT Sun, 5/04 Albany, NY Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Following Acquittal of NYPD Officers in Sean Bell Killing, Advocates Call for Special Prosecutor in Police Brutality Cases * In New York, a coalition of civil rights advocates are calling for a permanent state-level special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases following the acquittal of three NYPD detectives in the killing of Sean Bell. The twenty-three-year-old Bell died in a hail of fifty police bullets on the morning of what would have been his wedding day in November 2006. Two of his friends were also injured in the shooting. All three men were unarmed. We speak with Sanford Rubinstein, the attorney representing Sean Bell¹s fiancee Nicole Paultre-Bell, and with Jessica Sanclemente, the co-coordinator of People's Justice. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/28/following_acquittal_of_nypd * Scott Ritter: By Releasing Intel, US Endorses Israel's Illegal Bombing of Alleged Syrian Nuke Site * The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog group, Mohamed ElBaradei, has criticized the United States for withholding intelligence that it says showed the construction of a nuclear reactor in Syria that Israel bombed in September. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief was critical of both the US delay in releasing the information and of Israel's bombing of the site before the IAEA could inspect it. We speak with former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/28/un_nuclear_watchdog_chief_blasts_us * Former Marine Returns to Iraq as Embedded Photographer Only to Be Ordered Home * James Lee is a former Marine from California who served two tours of duty in Iraq in 2001 to 2004. He's been back in Iraq more recently, this time as an embedded photographer. Lee is now a journalism student at San Francisco State University and filed reports from Iraq for the college newspaper, the Golden Gate XPress. But earlier this month Lee was abruptly de-embedded. On April 2nd, just before General Petraeus was due to brief Congress on progress in Iraq, Lee was ordered to leave Basra. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/28/former_marine_returns_to_iraq_as * Headlines for April 28, 2008 * NYPD Officers Acquitted in Killing of Sean Bell Afghan President Karzai Survives Assassination Attempt Bush Administration Claims It Can Ignore Anti-Torture Laws Pentagon Admits Planning Potential Military Action Against Iran Adm. Mullen Claims N.Korea-Syria Nuke Link Palestinian Family Killed in Israeli Shelling US Sergeant Acquitted in Killing of Unarmed Iraqi Pentagon Suspends Briefings for Retired Military Officers 27 UN Agencies Meet to Tackle Global Food Crisis Profits Soar for Global Agribusinesses & Speculators Bush to Veto Democratic Plan to Help Homeowners Canadian Police Arrest Five Mohawk Protesters Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/28/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, April 28, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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