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These Police Body Camera Videos Just Cast Doubt On Dozens Of Gun And Drug Convictions

Baltimore is reeling again from the discovery of videos showing police planting evidence, which has led the state’s attorney to review over a hundred cases.
Getting the police to wear body cameras has been welcomed by both activists and law enforcement officials as a way of increasing transparency, especially in light of recent high-profile fatal shootings. But they’ve actually proven more illuminating at exposing a different type of police misconduct: Fake evidence. It isn’t a new problem in policing, but body cameras in Baltimore have given the public a high-definition glimpse into the phenomenon in recent weeks, with the emergence of Read More

Source:: Fast Company

Want to Preserve Your Company’s Culture As You Grow? Here Are 4 Ways.

Think about functioning “as a family.” Example? One company has sit-down lunches for its 200 employees.

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Source:: Entrepreneur

40 Years Ago Today, RadioShack Gave Us The TRS-80

If you pressed me to name the most important year in the history of personal technology, I might come up with 1977. That’s the year that three groundbreakingly consumery personal computers were released. There was Apple’s Apple II and Commodore’s Pet 2001. And on August 3, 1977, RadioShack (née Radio Shack) unveiled its TRS-80 during a press conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York on August 3, 1977.
I cheerfully admit to having a bias in favor of the TRS-80, which I started using when my father brought one home in 1978. Even in its heyday, it had a reputation Read More

Source:: Fast Company

Trailer For Eli Roth’s “Death Wish” With Bruce Willis Looks Like An NRA Ad

The remake of “Death Wish,” helmed by Eli Roth, makes one writer uncomfortable–and not because of squeamishness around gore.
What: The first trailer for a forthcoming remake of Reagan-era vigilante flick, Death Wish.

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Source:: Fast Company

3 Tips on How You Can Stop Using Meaningless Buzzwords

Don’t let your office’s shorthand speech get in the way of strong communication.

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Source:: Entrepreneur