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Electoral Hangover

It’s going to be fascinating to see whether the Democratic Party becomes a Zell Miller Democratic Party (basically a Republican Party clone) or the Howard Dean Party that clearly differentiates itself.
Dayton City Paper  |  Nick Wilkinson  |  11-12-2004  |  Commentary

Officers Get a Taste of Their Own Tasers

Getting tased really, really hurts, a writer finds when he takes a 50,000-volt "hit" from a weapon police use to control agitated and violent individuals. Most officers who took Taser hits at a training class fell to protective mats, yelping like abused dogs.
Dayton City Paper  |  Nick Wilkinson  |  10-04-2004  |  Crime & Justice

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Stops in For a Bitenew

If there is any political party that shows how inadequate political labels are, it is probably the Libertarian Party. Michael Badnarik, its dark-horse presidential candidate, sounded to the right and to the left of the political spectrum when he visited a Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 22.
Dayton City Paper  |  Nick Wilkinson  |  10-04-2004  |  Politics

Death in the Restraint Chair

The restraint chairs used in many county jails have resulted in an alarming number of deaths nationwide.
Dayton City Paper  |  Nick Wilkinson and Brett Cherry  |  09-17-2004  |  Crime & Justice

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