Leid Stories – 09.09.15

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Rooted in Imperialism, Says French Journalist
Family’s Settlement in Police Homicide Case Repeats Disturbing Pattern
The European Union appears French journalist, political analyst and filmmaker Gilbert Mercier, cofounder and editor in chief of News Junkie Post, looks at Europe’s refugee crisis as the predictable result of Western imperialism and its aggressive implementation of failed-state policies in the war-torn countries from which the vast majority of refugees are fleeing.
The City of Baltimore’s five-member Board of Estimates is expected to finalize today a $6.4-million settlement in the police-homicide case of Freddie Gray, whose death a week after suffering injuries during a “rough ride” in a police wagon on April 12 touched off a wave of local and national protests.
“Attorney at War” Alton H. Maddox Jr., who has set many legal precedents in several high-profile cases involving excessive force by police and prosecutorial misconduct, discusses the implications of the settlement.

The Vinyl Experience – 08.07.15

Decemberists: Cavalry Captain

Cilla Black: Step Inside Love

Adele: Rumor Has It

Phoenix: Trying To be Cool

Against Me!: I Was A Teenage Anarchist

Spoon: Written In Reverse

Bye Bye Birdie Original Cast: Telephone Song

Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band: I’m The Urban Spaceman

MGMT: Time To Pretend

Keith Moon: When I’m 64

Nirvana: Dumb

Bob Dylan: 4th Time Around

Clash: Hitsville UK

Carly Simon: You’re So Vain

Dire Straits: Money For Nothing

US admits FBI falsified evidence to obtain convictions – Kate Randall

The US Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that over a more than two-decade period before 2000, nearly every FBI examiner gave flawed forensic hair testimony in almost all trials of criminal defendants reviewed so far, according to a report in the Washington Post. The cases examined include those of 32 defendants sentenced to death, 14 of whom have been either executed …