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chuck turchick

Minneapolis, MN
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Posted on 09/12/12 at 05:44 pm in response to Latest Minneapolis police review proposal gives complainants options on investigations

Oh, I forgot. The proposal put forward by Council Member Samuels, with five changes from how it was originally worded -- none of them the changes mentioned in this article -- and which were included in the ordinance text link from the agenda of today's Public Safety Committee, did pass on a 3-1 vote with one abstention. It therefore will be moving on to the City Council for action.

Posted on 09/17/12 at 04:51 pm in response to Latest Minneapolis police review proposal gives complainants options on investigations

Regrettably, the clarification appended to this article still leaves many inaccuracies. The "new plan" that came from the CRA board wasn't all that new. It was passed at a meeting of the CRA board on May 2, 2012, and a link to it appeared on the City Council's Public Safety, Civil Rights and Health Committee agenda of July 25, 2012, shortly after that meeting. A motion had passed during that meeting asking staff to provide a comparison of the Internal Affairs process, the CRA process, the...

Posted on 08/01/12 at 08:36 am in response to U.S. has never held accountable those who authorized torture

Enough of those "hand-wringing fools and pacifists" like John McCain!

Posted on 04/21/12 at 11:03 am in response to Who's dumber on the Vikings stadium: Dean Urdahl or Jim Souhan?

but his mocking of a commenter for writing "Your stupid," was in a column where T.S. Eliot was spelled "T.S. Eliiot." Probably just a typo, but still....

Posted on 09/16/11 at 07:14 pm in response to U.S. touts 'Equal Justice Under Law' -- except when it comes to Bush and torture

@Peter:

1. The United States has not signed or ratified the Rome Statute, which would subject us to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. We had signed it, but President Bush withdrew that signature, and even though we previously had signed it, the Senate had not ratified it.

2. Yes, when former President Bush is in this jurisdiction, B. Todd Jones' office would have personal jurisdiction over him, and could arrest him for crimes committed elsewhere.

3. I...

Posted on 05/20/11 at 11:14 pm in response to How to solve the Vikings stadium issue: a timeout and a public huddle

So a legislature-passed resolution, leading to a governor-appointed site selection committee that will establish a viable finance plan, and THEN we'll have the debate about whether to put state money into a pro football stadium?! Mr. Weiner can't seriously believe a real debate can occur at that late stage. This isn't just putting the cart before the horse; this is using the cart to run over and kill the horse.

Posted on 05/09/11 at 05:08 pm in response to Progressives: It's OK to wave a flag

"Patriotically" speaking, might well-publicized celebrations at bin Laden's killing increase the danger to our troops?

Posted on 11/16/10 at 10:52 am in response to Duct-taped but not unbowed: a Benilde student editorialist considers censorship

C'mon! Principal Skinner? Any relation to Principal W. Seymour Skinner on the Simpsons?

Posted on 11/16/10 at 10:57 am in response to The student newspaper editorial Benilde-St. Margaret's doesn't want you to see

"Catholic education" or "religious school" may be the problem here. Religion teaches accepting certain things on faith and not asking questions. Education requires the asking of questions.

Posted on 07/24/10 at 03:56 pm in response to A useful way of looking at torture: the bank robbery analogy

@Eric: I do believe the courts have said the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the Eighth Amendment refers to punishments after being convicted of a crime.