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10:40 AM ET, June 8, 2015

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Local Homeowners Defend Texas Cops Who Brutalized Black Teens At Pool Party — The police's brutal treatment of black teens attending a pool party in McKinney, Texas has sparked a nationwide outrage. The video shows officer Eric Casebolt grabbing 15-year-old Dajerria Becton …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Raw Story and Hinterland Gazette

David Mack / BuzzFeed:

Texas Police Officer Suspended After Pulling Weapon On Teens During Pool Party — A police officer in McKinney, Texas, has been suspended from duties after being filmed aggressively handcuffing, and then pulling a weapon on, a group of black teens following an “incident” at a local pool party on Friday night.

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Peter Holley / Washington Post:

New video shows Texas police officer pulling gun on teenagers at pool party — A McKinney, Texas police officer has been suspended after pulling his gun on a group of teenagers at a pool party. A witness uploaded this video of the incident to YouTube. Editors Note: This video has been edited.

Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and Hinterland Gazette

Austin American-Statesman:
APD looking into downtown incident posted to YouTube

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Kim Bellware / The Huffington Post:
Cop Suspended After Video Emerges Of Brutal Arrests At Teen Pool Party

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, ThinkProgress, Philly.com, Hit & Run, Mediaite and Hullabaloo

McKinney Police Department / Facebook:
Pool Party Incident: — On June 5, 2015 at approximately 7:15 p.m. …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CBS Dallas, Hinterland Gazette and The Week

Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

Wisconsin straw poll surprise: A narrow Clinton win — Bernie Sanders surprises with 41 percent of the vote. — Bernie Sanders scored 41 percent in a straw poll vote at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention this weekend — finishing a close second to Hillary Clinton, who won 49 percent.

Discussion: Common Dreams, Mediaite, The Week and Radio Or Not

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: What Scott Walker Said In Iowa … NOTABLES —WALKER WOULDN'T RULE OUT RE-INVASION OF IRAQ: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn't rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief. The likely Republican presidential candidate …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Hot Air and Hullabaloo

John Nichols / The Nation:

Wisconsin Straw Poll: Clinton 49 Percent, Sanders 41 Percent — More than 500 Wisconsin Democrats participated in a presidential straw poll at their state party convention over the weekend, and they sent a powerful signal about the potential of the challenge Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders …

Discussion: Liberaland and Washington Times

Matt Latimer / Politico:

Scandals only make the Clintons stronger — The Republican plan to defeat Hillary Clinton is doomed. It's time to go easy on her. — Lead image by AP Photo. — One has to wonder: When Republicans gathered earlier this year to scheme the defeat of Hillary Clinton, who was the genius who stood up and said, “I know.

Discussion: New York Times and Washington Free Beacon

Nicholas Ballasy / PJ Media:
Nader: Hillary Tried to ‘Overcompensate’ for Gender with ‘Shocking’ Militarism

Discussion: Hit & Run

Rebecca Shabad / The Hill: Clinton Labor secretary: Bill Clinton should stop paid speeches

New York Post:

Employee probed as possible accomplice in jailbreak — A female prison worker was interrogated Sunday as a possible accomplice in the Hollywood-style escape of two killers from an upstate penitentiary, sources told The Post. — “It's an employee being questioned,” a high-level source said …

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Rick Rojas / New York Times:
A Convicted Murderer's Escape Alarms Investigators From His Past

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Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:

Kalief Browder, 1993-2015 — Last fall, I wrote about a young man named Kalief Browder, who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He had been arrested in the spring of 2010, at age sixteen, for a robbery he insisted he had not committed.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Business, NPR, Washington Post, Daily Mail and The Week

Michael Kruse / Politico:

On talk circuit, George W. Bush makes millions but few waves — Toward the end of his presidency, George W. Bush told Robert Draper, reporting for a book called Dead Certain, that he intended after vacating the Oval Office to “replenish the ol' coffers.” He said he could make “ridiculous” money on the lecture circuit.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Reaction, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and RedState

Constanze Letsch / Guardian:

Turkey election: ruling party on course to lose majority — Recep Tayyip Erdoan's Justice and Development party is projected to win 41% of vote - meaning it will need a coalition partner to form a government — Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, suffered his most significant electoral defeat …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Atlantic, Associated Press and RedState

New York Times:
Turkey's Ruling Party Loses Parliamentary Majority

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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Turkey's election is a blow to Erdogan and a victory for Kurds

Discussion: Jerusalem Post, Power Line and Political Wire

Chris Jordan / Asbury Park Press:

NJSP fire tear gas into angry Summer Jam concert crowd — Concert fans threw bottles at State Police officers on a phalanx defense positions outside the MetLife gate at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Sunday evening. This is raw video of an arrest. VIDEO BY CHRIS JORDAN — CONNECT

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Liberaland, Gothamist and CBS New York

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Which GOP governor can make best economic case in '16? — Seven governors are among the possible contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, and all will be making their state economic records a pivotal part of their campaign pitch. — “If you are a governor who has been able …

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:

The Awkward Moment Between Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister … President Obama will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the G7 Summit in Germany today to discuss the fight against ISIS. But there was an awkward moment between the two leaders ahead of their meeting.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon