Posted on May 16, 2012. Tags: communities united against police brutality, cop block, copblock.org, dan feidt, double-standards, drug recognition evalutor, fillmore county sheriff's department, marijuana, minneapolis police department, minnesota department of public safety, minnesota state patrol, occupy wall street, peavey plaza, rogue media, twin cities indymedia
A story that demonstrates double-standards claimed by those with badges submitted by “Accountability.” As s/he noted, “There is are laws…one for police and one for you.” That view will change only when each of us sees that man-made legislation does not equal law. Note how, when an individual officer does wrong and is called-out for [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2012. Tags: Accountability, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Driving violations, Mississippi, new albany, new albany police department, rowdy joey gowdy, Surveillance
This one comes to us from “Rowdy” Joey Gowdy via CopBlock.org/Submit. Good on you for recording your travels Rowdy – you never know what you’ll capture. If nothing else, evidence that the police “services” provided today by the New Albany, MS probably aren’t needed. I know I wouldn’t pay strangers to try to discern ways [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2012. Tags: ahome municipal police force, baltimore police department, chicago police department, copblock, dallas county shariff's department, los angeles police department, maimi police department, new orleans police department, new york city police department, philadelphia police department, police corruption
Guest post from Hazel with Onlineclasses.org: If you want to learn more about the history of your city, explore the history of corruption within the city’s police department. Police corruption, which can include kickbacks, shakedowns, and protection of or even direct participation in illegal activities, has been around since the creation of the country’s first [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2012. Tags: Accountability, Double Standard, Driving violations, Kentucky, kentucky state police, police accountability, Tennessee
I live near Ft. Campbell, KY. My job has me driving up and down TN, KY & other states. On several occasions I personally witnessed KY state police speeding 15-20 mph over the posted speed limit… NOT chasing a suspect, NOT on any apparent call,.. just cruising 15-20mph faster than the posted speed limits in [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2012. Tags: Civil rights, Filming police, Justice System, Photography
No state has a law outlawing videotaping anyone or anything “in public”. Of course you may not go to the scene of an emergency and be present while the emergency is in progress. By present, I refer to an unreasonable distance of the activity putting yourself and emergency personnel at risk. A telephoto lens solves [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2012. Tags: Brutality, California, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Driving violations, enoch clark, jpx device, Justice System, monique christina hernandez, monique hernandez, police abuse, Police brutality, riverside
A Riverside, CA District Attorney has announced that police officer Enoch Clark has been charged with three felony counts of assault and one felony count of use of force causing great bodily injury for a routine traffic stop that resulted in permanent damage. “On Feb. 21, 2012, Clark was on duty, working patrol in the [...]
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Posted on May 09, 2012. Tags: Brutality, California, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Filming police, jacob crawford, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, SWAT
Extraction teams caused a lot of panic during this year’s May Day General Strike for the Occupy crowd. Oakland Police sent large groups of officers into crowds of demonstrators to make surgical arrests. As many presumed, this type of police action created more problems then it solved. One “surgical arrest” would lead to panic, causing [...]
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Posted on May 08, 2012. Tags: cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Double Standard, Homicide, New York, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality
By DAVY VARA Why is it that people always refer to the New York City Police Department as the best police department in the country? The N.Y.P.D. is actually one of the most corrupt police forces in the U.S. The department has a long history of committing some of the most heinous crimes against innocent [...]
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