SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-12-10_2200, SENATE TORTURE REPORT, OPEN FORUM

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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies). Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)  For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

• You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
• An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUESTS: CALLERS NOTE: This post is subject to update before and after the show. ______________________________________________________________________ Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show:

• SENATE TORTURE REPORT
  • CIA Interrogation Chief: Rectal Feeding, Broken Limbs Is News to Me, Daily Beast
  • CIA Torture Report Provokes Calls for Prosecution, Voice of America
  • N. Korea, China Criticize US Over CIA Torture Report, Voice of America

• POLICE:

  • SC trooper fired for shooting black motorist charged with assault [VIDEO], msnbc.com, 09/25/14 12:57 AM—Updated 09/26/14 11:36 AM
  • No charges in NYC chokehold death; federal inquiry launched, by Melanie Eversley and John Bacon, (USA TODAY 7:25 p.m. EST December 3, 2014)
  • Jury decision in Eric Garner chokehold case ‘painful,’ NY mayor says, By Tina Susman, Michael Muskal contact the reporters )LA TIMES, 12/3/2014 [VIDEO]
    • De Blasio said he viewed the death of Garner, a black man at the hands of a white officer as something personal. The mayor is married to a black woman and they have children, including a teenage son, Dante. – NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
    • “I’ve had to talk to him for years about the dangers he would have to face,” as a black teenager, especially when involved with police, de Blasio said. – NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
  • White, Latino police officers claim racial bias after Cleveland shooting, By Michael Muskal contact the reporter (LA Times, 12/3/2014)
    • White and Latino police officers in Cleveland say they were disciplined more harshly than black officers
    • Nine Cleveland police officers — eight whites and one Latino — are suing the city, alleging racial discrimination [saying] they were disciplined more harshly than black officers were in cases involving officer shootings. … the nine are seeking damages for lost pay, overtime and other benefits in the wake of a Nov. 29, 2012, high-speed car chase during which 13 officers fired 137 rounds at two unarmed black civilians in a school parking lot.
    • The suit alleges, “The City of Cleveland” has “a history of treating non-African-Americans officers involved in the shootings of African Americans substantially harsher than African-American officers.”
  • Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Found Unfit in Previous Police Job – NBCNews.com‎ – (12/3/2014)
    • Video released by the Cleveland police
    • Timothy A. Loehmann, 26: Loehmann’s personnel records (PDF)
• FERGUSON
  • Mike Ditka on Ferguson: ‘I don’t want to hear about this hands-up crap …. This policeman’s life is ruined.’ – USA Today
    • “I wasn’t in Ferguson. I don’t know exactly what happened. But I know one thing: If we dismantle and limit the power of our policemen any more than we have already, then we’re going to have a lot of problems in this country.” – MIKE DITKA
    • “What do you do if someone pulls a gun on you or is robbing a store and you stop them? I don’t want to hear about this hands-up crap. That’s not what happened. I don’t know exactly what did happen, but I know that’s not what happened. This policeman’s life is ruined. Why? Because we have to break somebody down. Because we have to even out the game. I don’t know. I don’t get it. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.” – MIKE DITKA
  • How to Turn the Ferguson Protests into a New Civil Rights Movement – Vanity Fair – Dec 1, 2014
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
  • Behind the Christian Conservative Push To Save Scott Panetti – Slate Magazine (blog) – 34 minutes ago
  • COSBY: ‘Saint or Sexual Predator?’ Attorney Asks Bill Cosby to Face Accusers – NBCNews.com – 6 minutes ago

SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:

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