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The Simple Reason Cop Blockers Are Overreacting to the Police

February 16, 2017 Alia Atreides 887 Views abolish the police, delicious, fish taco, recipes, sauce

Is there any specific reason that police critics have such radically over-measured stances on policing, such as disarmament, defunding and

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Five Common Misconceptions About the Injustice System

February 15, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1004 Views abolish the justice system, abolish the police, injustice system, innocent until proven guilty, jury of peers, Justice System, Miranda rights, punishment fit the crime, vengeance culture

From now-empty platitudes to outright lies, here are five common misconceptions about the injustice system of the American police state.

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This Unbelievable Police Memo Tells You All You Need To Know About Cops

February 10, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1618 Views abolish the police, Craig Cross, Elkins, memo, Police Chief, poverty, ruling class, socio-economic status, West Virginia

Former Elkins, West Virginia police chief Craig Cross is under fire by local prosecutors over a memo in which he

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Do Brazilian Riots During Police Walkout Prove We Need Policing?

February 10, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1150 Views abolish the police, Brazil, escalation, peaceful abolition, riots, state power, violence, walkout

While mayhem and violence have swept across several Brazilian cities, some are using this tragedy as proof that abolishing police

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If It Seems Like Police Live In A Different Reality It Is Because They Actually Do

February 1, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1151 Views abolish the police, hallucinations, IronGuys.org, Officer.com, original content, paranormal, Psychology, sanity, superstitions, unreliable perceptions

A career in policing leads to some psychological side effects that fundamentally alter the reality of law enforcement officers in

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The Three Types of Police Accountability Activists

January 27, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1453 Views abolish the police, abolition, Accountability, accountability is futile, Activism, civilians against cop block, Cop Apologists, naive, painfully naive, shock blockers, vengeance culture

Accountability is futile, so what kinds of people would persist in that false narrative? Here are the three types of

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Ex-Cop Tries to Explain to Me “There Were Good Klansmen”

January 19, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1348 Views abolish the police, abolition, cop block, delusions, ex-cop, former cop, good klansmen, Klu Klux Klan, Racism, ruling class, Slavery, social conditioning

A recent discussion with a former police officer produced a surprising proclamation that “there were good klansmen”. The former officer

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Too Much Focus On What Police DO & Not Enough About What Policing IS

January 11, 2017February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1220 Views abolish the police, accountability is futile, anti-intellectualism, apathy, Censorship, cop block, critical thinking, Current events, information, laziness, news, original content, outrage, social conditioning, time sensitive, victim porn, what policing is

While most police criticism is focused on cases of individual police abuse, corruption and brutality; the more important discussion is

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Ask A Cop Blocker: Volume Two

December 21, 2016February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1275 Views abolish the police, abolish the state, Ask A Cop Blocker, Bear Dilks, confidential informants, cop block, Dom C. Ali, don't answer questions, Glennon Bradley Priester, Jeff Noah, Joshua H, legal capacity, Leslie Byers, Peter Osborne, search warrants, source of authority, Standing Rock, water protectors, We Back the Badge, who owns you

I am a Cop Block Network contributor, activist, educator, philosopher and artist. I am by no means a legal expert.

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Introducing Cop Block Records – Music Against Policing

December 14, 2016 Alia Atreides 1048 Views abolish the police, Cop Block Records, Copyright, Fuck Your Badge, independent artists, Joshua H, Music, promotion, record company

One of the many experiments planned for 2017 is Cop Block Records, a record label aimed at promoting music from

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From Accountability to Abolition: Evolution Is A Good Thing

December 9, 2016February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1378 Views abolish the police, abolition, Accountability, accountability is futile, apologists, consistency, evolution, growth, Hypocrisy, Joshua H, learning, michael slager, police supporters

The evolution from police accountability advocate to abolitionist is the only logical conclusion to come to for those who study

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Get It Through Your Damned Heads Already, This Is NOT About Accountability

December 8, 2016February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1339 Views abolish the police, abolition, Accountability, accountability is futile, aggression, definition, Ethics, Joshua H, not about accountability, reason, vengeance culture, what is cop block?, you're not the boss of me

Every day we receive feedback from our audience containing the mythical “A” word – accountability. Straight up, I got nothing

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