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PBC News & Comment: Baltimore Prosecutor Moves Quickly to Indict Cops

–Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby files criminal charges against 6 cops, including murder and manslaughter for death of Freddie Gray…

–Mosby is under fire from all sides for alleged conflicts of interest

–ACLU California releases app to capture police abuse videos

–as Congress goes through the motions of surveillance reform, House Judiciary offers bill that would change little, make some things worse

–Airbus consortium sues over industrial espionage by US, Germany

–Jason Leopold at VICE reports that Pakistan has accused CIA station chief of murder for drone strike

–in new poll, big majority of Americans support drone strikes, even when Americans are killed without legal process

–new Pew poll shows that half of Americans are listening to online radio and podcast listening has doubled to 17%

–in New Jersey bridge backup scandal, one aide to Chris Christie pleads guilty as two others are indicted

–reporter David Sirota, who also exposed Christie corruption, analyzes conflicts at Clinton foundation

–House GOP budget tries to micromanage Iraq war by directly arming Kurds and Shiites, and angers Iraqis

–Iraqi government will deploy Sunnis to Anbar

–White House tiptoes around admission that FBI helped family of prisoner Weinstein negotiate ransom

–federal agencies say they have curtailed civil asset forfeitures, but one victim is still trying to recover his money

–soul singer Ben E. King dies, age 76