July 12, 2026
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SMPD Sued for $1.1 Million:

A federal jury has awarded a man arrested bySanta Monica Police Department (SMPD) $1.1 million in damages for excessive force used in his arrest. Justin L Palmer was arrested in April 21, 2015,by SMPD “for a municipal code violation and resist-ing arrest,” according to SMPD.

The Colonel And The Birds: By Hristo Boytchev

Bulgarian leading contemporary playwright, Hristo Boytchev, sets his play in a small psychiatric ward situated in a former monastery lost somewhere in the Balkan mountains.While surrounded by a raging war, five female and one transgender patient, and a young doctor are left to their fate. When UN planes accidentally drop military supplies in the compound, the patients begin to role-play soldiers.