News — Buffalo
Ward Churchill Plugs Burning Books in Couterpunch
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In his recent interview with Counterpunch, Ward Churchill expressed his support of Burning Books:
“Last spring, I drove all the way up to Buffalo to give a talk at Burning Books a little infoshop, simply because I like what the people running it are into and wanted to support their effort.”False arrest prompts $1.1 million lawsuit against NFTA
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Armed with a court decision lambasting his false arrest, antiwar activist Nate Buckley is taking the offensive.
Buckley, in a civil lawsuit, accuses the NFTA and two of its police officers of assault, false arrest and malicious prosecution stemming from his involvement in a 2011 protest outside one of M&T Bank’s downtown offices.