BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@yahoo.com The hype shortly preceding its release was that the movie “Platoon” was “the most realistic movie ever made about the Vietnam War’ – ever. Platoon got an Academy Award…
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The Car Trunk, The Boxcar and Desperate People
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@yahoo.com It all came back after I read a story about a smuggler in San Diego who charged two illegal immigrants $3,200 to get into his trunk so they could…
Ku Klux Klan Trying to Launch a Come Back, Targeting Iraq Veterans for Recruitment (Video)
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – The Ku Klux Klan, which in recent years has been a shadow of its once monolithic self, has been trying to make a comeback From handing out candy to…
An Investigation Continues Surrounding Allegations of “Shooting” Tattoos on Some Police Officers
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@Yahoo.com OXNARD, CALIFORNIA — An internal administrative investigation continues surrounding allegations against some Oxnard Police Department officers who allegedly have so-called shooting tattoos put on their left shoulders after…
Feds: AT&T Mislead its Customers With Its “Unlimited Data” By Slowing Down Data Speed After 2 GB
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: In the land of mental razzle dazzle by cell phone providers, the Federal Trade Commission is taking AT&T to task for allegedly misleading many of its “unlimited data” customers….
Funeral Homes Are Required to Follow the Law When People Are Making Funeral Arrangements
The Funeral Rule gives people making funeral arrangements some important rights. And it establishes some basic requirements for funeral homes, according to the FTC. The family of a loved one should also…
California Supreme Court to Review Confidentiality of Police Personnel Files
Article from FindLaw.com By William Peacock, Esq. on October 30, 2014 1:05 PM A police officer’s personnel file could be a gold mine for a defendant — past misconduct, especially the really…
What’s Going on Inside the Federal Government? – Find Out via the FOIA
The Freedom of Information Act or FOIA is a law that gives people the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens…
SLPost Newspaper: Ferguson PR man was convicted of reckless homicide; loses contract
September 26, 2014 3:00 pm • By Stephen Deere sdeere@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8116 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com UPDATED at 3 p.m. Friday with statement from St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. The St. Louis Economic Development Partnership said…
Ferguson Cops Entering Fallujah – American Style
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@Yahoo.com Who are you going to believe – the UN report made public this week condemning police brutality and tactics in Ferguson or the city’s Police Chief Tom Jackson…
Law Professor: Never Talk to Police Officers
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ NotebookVentura@Yahoo.com A few years ago, I was fortunate to get a fellowship to Loyola’s Journalism Law School in Los Angeles. In one of the training sessions, Maureen Pacheco, an…
New York Post Doesn’t Let Facts Get in the Way of a Sensational Court Story
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@yahoo.com The sensational and bold headlines in a story in the New York Post last week: “Murder verdict tossed because his mom couldn’t find a seat” But the headline…