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Personal Responsibility And The Cult Of Law Enforcement

September 4, 2016 Georgia Sand 1335 Views Aaron Rosas, abuse, Adequate Funding, Agency, Agendas, Blame, blaming the victim, bureaucracy, Children, cigarettes, City of Cleveland, Claims, Cleveland, Cleveland Police's Patrolman's Association, concealed carry, Concealed Carry Permit, conservatives, Criminal History, Disingenuous, Drinking, drugs, Erik Scott, Ethics, Fake Firearms, gambling, Hurricane, Ian Birk, Illogical, JERONIMO YANEZ, John T. Williams, law enforcement, Lawfully Carrying A Weapon, LCMPD, liberals, Lip Service, Logical, Moral Agency, murder, Natural Disaster, obedience, Obey Orders, park, personal responsibility, Philando Castile, police, police accountability, Police Union, previous criminal history, punishment, Real Fire Arms, settlement, shooting, shooting victim, Stephen Loomis, Tamir Rice, taxpayers, toys, United States, war on drugs, weapon

The term “personal responsibility” is often tossed around in conservative circles. While the concept of personal responsibility is not problematic per se,

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A Manifesto: The True Menace To American Security (It’s Not Cops)

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 Georgia Sand 1389 Views america, Bigots, biology, Birkenstocks, Boxers, briefs, brother, Bulletproof, Civil rights, Collective, collectivism, culture, danger, dangerous, dirty hippies, Donald Trump, Drinking, drunks, Due Process, enslavement, father, fear-mongering, freedom, Fuhrer, Gays, Genes, genocide, Hillary Clinton, hippies, Homicide, Husband, Islam, justice, men, monitoring, murder, Muslims, Nag Champa, National Safety, obama, Penis, Peril, police, Police State, prejudice, Prison, Promiscuity, Racism, Radical, rape, Safety, Sandalwood, science, security, Sluts, Surveillance, terrorists, threat, Trump, unbearable nuisance, United States, values, Video Games, violence

I have been writing for Cop Block since 2010, and as such, have been keenly aware of police abuse issues

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A Few Corrections To “Cop Block Terminology”

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 Georgia Sand 1508 Views arrest, Blogger, Bootlicker, cameras, Civil asset forfeiture, Civil Lawsuits, constitution, cops, copsucker, courts, definitions, Due Process, Fervor, Filming police, first amendment, fourth amendment, george orwell, Hit and Run blog, Immunity, judges, keeping the peace, law enforcement, laws, logic, murder, police, police abuse, Police brutality, police murder, preserving order, Productive, Reasonable, religion, resisting arrest, search and seizure, Slave, Strawmen, Systemic Abuse, taxation, taxation is theft, Toy gun, truth, Unreasonable, World View

We get a lot of haters here at Cop Block because there’s nothing the Average American hates more than people

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Must We Choose Between Mob Justice And The Police State?

April 22, 2016January 27, 2017 Georgia Sand 1420 Views accountable, African Americans, aggression, Bretigne Shaffer, community, competition, confrontation, Crack Alley, crime, crime prevention, Crime Reduction, criminal justice, dale brown, david friedman, detroit, Detroit Threat Management Center, DTMC, Guns, Ida B. Wells, landlord, law enforcement, lawsuits, Lynching, mob justice, murder, Murders By Police Officers, murray rothbard, Non-Violent Crimes, obedience, peace, Peaceful Resolution, police violence, Prison, private security, Psychological Bridge, Racism, rape, Resolution, state, threat, thugs, Tuskeegee Institute, victims, violence, voluntaryist

By Bretigne Shaffer On May 25, 1911, Laura Nelson, her baby daughter and her teenaged son were kidnapped from a jail

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Peter Liang, Like So Many White Cops Before Him, Receives No Prison Time For Killing Innocent Man

March 29, 2016 Georgia Sand 1109 Views Asian-American, Criminal History, criminal justice system, District Attorney, Homicide, Innocence, Justice System, Ken Thompson, kill, murder, New York, Peter Liang, police abuse, police violence, Prison, Race, Racism, second degree murder, White, White American

When police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Akai Gurley, some Asian-Americans

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Asian-Americans Protesting Liang Conviction Are Misguided And Racist

March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 Georgia Sand 1081 Views #blacklivesmatter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Akai Gurley, Asian-American, badge, black lives matter, brooklyn, Bystander, Chinese, Compunction, Conviction, crime scene, Crying, Guilty, Gun, hero, Ian Birk, injustice, innocent, jay cicinelli, John Williams, jury, justice, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, macho, Manny Ramos, manslaughter, Michelle Butler, Minorities, New York, nypd, Opression, Penal Code, Peter Liang, Race, Racism, Reckless, Selective Justice, Shaun Landau, Testify, trial

Rookie NYPD police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in

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Police Union President Bullies Woman Who Called Out Cop For Speeding

February 7, 2016February 6, 2016 Georgia Sand 1227 Views arrogance, Asthma, beer, Bhagwan Bang, Boat, bullying, California, charges, Claudia Castillo, Deaths, Doctor, Earmarks, emergency, entitlement, film the police, Filming, Fine, fines, Florida, Government Projects, Judicial Operations, Lt. Javier Ortiz, Miami, Miami Police Union, Orange County Register, Pediatrician, Penalty, Police Union, Public safety, punishment, red-light, Roadway Safety, Safety, social media, speeding ticket, State Fund, Traffic ticket, traffic violation, Wisconsin, Youtube

It’s a fact police (and plenty of other government employees, for that matter) are above the law they are tasked

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Hawaii Legislature Proposes Access to Disciplinary Files of Police Officers

February 7, 2016February 6, 2016 Georgia Sand 1602 Views above the law, assault, Criminal History, Discharge, disciplinary action, Disturbing, Drafter, Gods, government, Government Employee, Hawaii, Hawaii's Revised Statutes, Heroes, History, Honolulu, Honolulu Civil Beat, honolulu police department, information, Law, laws, legislation, Medical Information, negligible consequences, police, police officers, Privacy, Privacy Interest, Psychiatric Information, Public safety, public servant, public trust, religion, Section 92F-14, Senate Bill 3016, Senate Public Safety Committee, Suspension, Tampering With Government Records, taxes, taxpayer, Transparency, Welfare Eligibility

According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaii’s Senate Public Safety Committee passed Senate Bill 3016, which changes Hawaii’s laws to allow access

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Book Review: Urban Yogini, A Superhero Who Can’t Use Violence

January 20, 2016February 2, 2016 Georgia Sand 1355 Views Activism, assault, Authoritarianism, Banking System, Bretigne Schaffer, Children's Books, Civil rights, Comic Book, cop block, Corruption, Crackhead, democracy, Democratic Values, Elijah Espada, Filming police, Graphic Novel, Illustration, injustice, justice, Kelly Thomas, Metaphors, obstruction of justice, occupy, peaceful protest, Police brutality, police tactics, police violence, politics, Purple octopus, Raw milk, Santi Biondolillo, Sheeple, Social Ills, superhero, swat, swat raids, Talking Cat, Urban Yogini, Villain, Yoga

Urban Yogini, a comic series written by Bretigne Schaffer, chronicles a young lady’s adventures, and ultimately activism, in a growing

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Articles Original Content

If You See Something… Don’t Say Anything

December 30, 2015February 4, 2017 Georgia Sand 1517 Views 1984, Accountability, authoritarian policing, Authoritarianism, big brother, Brading Hair, Calling the Police, Civil rights, communication, cowardice, crimes, criminal, criminal activity, Criminal prosecution, Dialogue, feeding homeless, government, Hot Dogs, incarceration rate, Inconvenience, Investigation, jail, Justice System, Lemonade stand, Licensing Laws, misunderstanding, Mosque, Muslim Americans, Naked, Nakedness, Neighbors, obama, orwell, Police State, Public Transportation, Scrutiny

If you see something, say something. The posters are everywhere in public, most noticeably at train stations and bus stops, and

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Washington Post Investigates Killer Police, Hits Roadblock When Agencies Release Insufficient Details

December 30, 2015December 29, 2015 Georgia Sand 1148 Views Accountability, assault, Bankruptcy, Brutality, Civil rights, conflict of interest, Corruption, education, Fatal Shootings, Immunities, Independent Investigation, internal affairs, Investigation, Justice System, law enforcement agencies, Manuel Diaz, militarization of police, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Public Funding, reform, Shootings, Tamir Rice, tanks, Target Practice, taxation, training, washington post

A recent Washington Post article observed that for the more than 50 police officers involved in fatal shootings this year,

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Book Review: “Crooked Brooklyn” Tells Tales Of Criminal Cops

December 17, 2015 Georgia Sand 2526 Views attorneys, bias, bribes, brooklyn, Corruption, Credit Union, crime, Crooked Brookly, DA, Details, Detectives, District Attorney, gang, Hit men, Homicide, Hostile, Jerome D. Cohen, judges, jury, Jury Polling, Liquor Store, Litigation, Michael Vecchione, mob, murder, nypd, Organized crime, pension, police, Political Corruption, Political Leader, politics, Prison, prison sentence, Prosecution, prosecutor, robbery, sentencing, trial, Trial Testimony, trials, Undertaker, Vecchione, voir dire, Witnesses

Crooked Brooklyn is a sort of memoir by former District Attorney Michael Vecchione, and is replete with behind-the-scenes stories from the

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