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...Shoot-Out in Washington...
...Supreme Court refused to reconsider a ruling that lets police use deadly force against people who try to escape from custody while awaiting a criminal trial, effectively saying it is constitutional to shoot at even unarmed fugitives. Without comment, the justices turned away an appeal in a Houston case that argued against shooting "pretrial detainees." The incident involved Roland Brothers Jr., a Texas man arrested in 1998 for auto theft, who was shot by sheriff's deputies while trying to escape. His family sued, claiming the act was unconstitutional. Today's decision resolved a nine-year-old legal contradiction...
...federal taxes for every one that might come back to the district in the form of pork. Stockman, who had been trounced by Brooks in 1992, saw his chance and tried again. Some Republicans in Texas ignored him as a wild man. (Stockman unfurled posters that said FIGHT CRIME. SHOOT BACK.) But he found ardent support among the pro-lifers, term-limit advocates, and gun owners, angry at Brooks' vote for the crime bill. And the giant fell: Brooks won only 46% of the vote...
...sees friendship and adventure, like kids gathered around a campfire, giving and getting what many never had before. Asked to describe her room back in Houston, she squirms, then whipsaws back to present tense. "I wanna try heroin tonight," she says matter-of-factly. "A friend says she'll shoot me up, but I'll need to get $10." Troll doesn't do drugs. "Why do you want to do that?" he asks. Her reply: "I just want to see what it's like...
This film's documentary format begs a certain ethical issue. How can the three film-makers shoot a scene of the Agee family living in the dark, a consequence of their not being able to pay the monthly electric bill? Did the camera operators feel no moral imperative to dig into their own pockets and keep the lights on in the Agee home...