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Veterans against John McCain

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Republican National Convention coverage
By Carlos Miller
As John McCain prepared to remind delegates of the years he spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, another veteran from a more recent war reminded television viewers that McCain is not as supportive of the troops as he would like you to believe.
At first, when the television camera [...]

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Tags: Activism · Cops · First Amendment · Iraq War · Media · Politics · videography

Iraq War veteran “assaulted” for trying to photograph cops in DC

July 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments

By Carlos Miller
Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War veteran turned antiwar activist, was handcuffed by undercover FBI agents after trying to photograph police making a traffic stop.
The incident occurred Tuesday when Kokesh and a friend were walking down the street and encountered an agitated police officer ordering another car to stop.
Kokesh pulled out his cell phone [...]

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Tags: Activism · Cops · First Amendment · Iraq War · Politics · photography · videography

A modern-day Ira Hayes

July 9th, 2008 · 9 Comments

By Carlos Miller
Horrified by the 9/11 attacks, Joseph Dwyer enlisted in the army two days later.
The New York native was one of thousands of Americans who enlisted during those traumatic days. One of thousands who would end up getting shipped to Iraq despite the fact that the 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was said to [...]

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Tags: Iraq War · Politics · photography