several officers, including martin freeman, seen here in the redskins hat, stepped forward to say the d.c. police department was illegally brokering security work for its officers at gallery place in chinatown. according to the lawsuit, the department retaliated claiming the officers engaged in offduty employment and free inwas visually fired -- freeman was eventually fired and 24ths suspended without pay. the -- and two others suspended without pay. they violated the whistle- blower protection act and faulted only kathy lanier. >> her asking the judge to make the decision about what the appropriate decision is for the chief and this is the first time in the history of d.c. you had an agency head thought to be guilty of retaliation and that law is not equipped to handle that situation. i think the law sees our agency heads would behave better. >> and the attorney general is fighting hard for lanier, claiming in essence the, the jury made a mistake and in a statement,ic inels said, although we sent the jury process and the hard case, the finding that chief lanier retaliated against one

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> we are a nation of explorers. we seek new ways of living, of thinking, and of expressing ourselves. we take risks. we learn from experience. and we keep moving forward. that is why we encourage and celebrate the explorer in all of us. >> and now "bbc newsnight." >> this week, children are supposedly in a foster care living in misery. >> they do not have proper arrangements, and therefore, there is no action taken. >> testimony still alive of repeated violence, made possible through a life of questionable practices. >> they might say i and evil. -- i am evil. >> hello. children are placed in foster care as a place of safety, although there are countless numbers in britain that are being kept, abuse, or exploited by adults. the children are being kept in what is known as private po

is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank, . >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> poor harvests and profiteering. food prices around the world are rising. >> russia harvested a lot less, and it planted a lot less than it should have for the 2011 harvest. >> the u.n. holds a food summit in rome to calm fears in the world's poorest countries. >> welcome to gmt. also in the program -- the first woman to be executed in the united states for five years. teresa lewis is put to death. 50 days underground. the trapped miners in chile mark a milestone as the operation to get them out gathers momentum. >> it is midday in london and 1:00 p.m. in rome, where the united nations is holding an extraordinary summit after weeks of spiralling food prices. the origins of that spike lie in russia. after drought and wild fir

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