AltWeeklies Wire
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
Tags: election, postmortem
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