“Detroit-based activists and
community members gathered in front of the police station of nearby
suburb Dearborn Heights Thursday evening”
With all the discussion of "Stand Your Ground" laws, which now rule in 30 of these United States, let us not forget that these laws have been strongly promoted by the rich, powerful and secretive A.L.E.C. - the American Legislative Exchange Council (see my earlier posts on A.L.E.C., such as "The Only Way Republicans Can Stay In Congress...").
A.L.E.C. is strongly backed by the Koch Brothers, David and Charles, both in their seventies, two smugly smiling gentlemen whose family corporation, Koch Industries, has estimated annual revenues of 100 billion dollars (Wikipedia article here).
Here's a 2010 article from the "New Yorker" - what could be more respectable? - on "The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama."
And a hard-hitting video from the redoubtable Robert Greenwald, "Koch Brothers Exposed" - here at its full one-hour length -A.L.E.C. is strongly backed by the Koch Brothers, David and Charles, both in their seventies, two smugly smiling gentlemen whose family corporation, Koch Industries, has estimated annual revenues of 100 billion dollars (Wikipedia article here).
Here's a 2010 article from the "New Yorker" - what could be more respectable? - on "The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama."
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