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Update: Did Tosa PD Claim To Not Have Ex-Detective Document They Already Released?

January 25, 2017 Isiah Holmes 514 Views Accountability, America 2016, article journalism, assault, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, documents, Double Standard, excessive force, foia request, Freedom of information, freedom of the press, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, independent media, investigative report, jay anderson wauwatosa, Justice System, lawsuit settlement, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, open records request, open records violations, police documentary, police intimidation, police reform, politics, reporters committee for freedom of the press, robin schumacher wauwatosa, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, wauwatosa detective sexual harassment claims, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, Wauwatosa Police Department, wauwatosa police harassment, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa robin schumacher lawsuit, wauwatosa wisconsin, writing

A day after Cop Block’s last article on the Wauwatosa (Tosa) PD Robin Schumacher case, the department emailed back. In

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Tosa PD Hiding info On Sexual Harassment Of Ex-Detective?

January 9, 2017 Isiah Holmes 528 Views Accountability, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, breaking, Brutality, city wide corruption, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug addict, Drug war, drugs, evil, excessive force, fake open records document, FOIA violation, forged document, freedom, Harassment, hiding information wauwatosa police, Illegal search/entry, Intimidation, Jay Anderson, jay anderson cover up, jay anderson murder, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, open records request, police accountability, robin schumacher, robin schumacher lawsut, silence, strike the root, Surveillance, tosa police sexully harass people, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa detective takes drugs from evidence room, Wauwatosa Now, wauwatosa officer joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, Wauwatosa Police Department, wauwatosa police harassment, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police robin schuamcher, writing

Since November 2016, the Wauwatosa Police Department has sat on a very sensitive open records request. Cop Block contributors requested

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Kentucky Police Department Takes On Angel Program To Stop Overdoses Among Drug Addicts

December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 Isiah Holmes 585 Views 2017, Accountability, alexandria kentucky, america, America 2016, Angel Program, ARTICLE, assault, blog, Brutality, cannabis, Civil rights, cocain, copblock, coverage, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug addict, drug addiction, drug addiction is health concern, drug arrest reform, drug decriminalization, drug reform, Drug war, drugs, excessive force, fentanyl, freedom, glouchester pd, Harassment, heroin, Illegal search/entry, jay anderson wauwatosa, journalism, Justice System, Kentucky, kentucky cops, milwaukee, new year, New Years Eve, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, overdose, police, police accountability, police reform, politics, prison industrial complex, rehab, rehab process, social work and policing, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, US, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, writing

The holidays rewarded residents of a Kentucky town with good news for its addicts. Months ago, the Alexandria Police Department

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Cop Block Writer Views Unreleased Jay Anderson Footage, Shares Experience

December 6, 2016 Isiah Holmes 346 Views Accountability, ACLU, Activism, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, comment, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, journalism, justice for jay, marching, news, No Justice No Peace, no victim no crime, police accountability, protest, share, social media, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa officer no charges, wauwatosa police shooting, writing

Grey skies choked Milwaukee with gloomy overcast December 5th’s morning. At its cusp, 9:45am, I was to meet Jay Anderson’s

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Wisconsin’s ACLU: No Reason For Wauwatosa Police To Withhold Anderson Footage

December 3, 2016 Isiah Holmes 468 Views Accountability, ACLU, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, isiah holmes, jay anderson family, joseph mensah, journalism, Justice System, killer cop, milwaukee, milwaukee DA, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, official comment, Photography, police, police abuse, politics, speak friend and enter police documentary, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa mayor, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police brutality, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police documentary, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police shooting, writing

Jay Anderson’s case is beginning to get some serious traction, with both the public and influential organizations. It’s not just

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Milwaukee Police Must Consider Alternatives To Handle Under-Reported Opioid Crisis

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Isiah Holmes 390 Views alderman report, America 2016, ARTICLE, Bernie Sanders, cop block, Corruption, documentary, drug abuse, drug addiction, Drug war, drug war ending, Film, gloucester police, heroin angel program, heroin crisis, independent media, journalism, marijuana, marijuana reform, milwaukee, milwaukee opioid overodoses, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police, Police brutality, police misconduct, police reform, pontiac tribune, racial drug lines, rehab, revolution, safe space facilitiy, suburban drugs, teenagers, teens and drugs, The Fifth Column, transparancy, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police shooting, weed wars, wisconsin wisconsin cops, writing

This article was originally published by The Pontiac Tribune by the same author. The drug war’s casualties reach far beyond

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Wauwatosa Group Holds Public Fourm On Anderson Shooting, 8 Min Of Police Footage Reported Missing

October 18, 2016 Isiah Holmes 360 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, american police 2016, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Independent Investigation, jay anderson wauwatosa, joeseph mensah, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee local media, news, no victim no crime, peaceful protest, police accountability, police accountibility board, Police brutality, police killing Milwaukee, police militarization, Police State, police target protesters, political demonstration, poltiics, protest, public fourm, public hearing, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, wauwatosa police crackdown, Wauwatosa Police Department, wauwatosa police killing, wauwatosa police shooting cover up, wauwatosa wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

As Wauwatosa Wisconsin marks three months since its police department killed a man sleeping in his car, residents gather calling

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Family of Man Killed by Wauwatosa Police Suspect Cover Up; Report Intimidation and Harassment

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Isiah Holmes 430 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, blog, Brutality, Censorship, Civil rights, consitutional violations, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, film the police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, information gathering, interview, joseph mensah wauwatosa officer, journalism, Justice System, march, mayfair mall march, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, phone glitch, phone tapping, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police cover-up, police dogs on protesters, political repression, politicial intimidation, politician, politics, protest, stingray police surveillance, strike the root, supression of protest, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police Jay Anderson, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police shooting, wauwatosa police target people, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

Police officials have provided few updates in three months since the Jay Anderson killing in Wauwatosa (Tosa), Wisconsin. The 25 year

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Seattle Proposes Supervised, Arrest Exempt ‘Safe Spaces’ For Heroin Addicts To Use

October 4, 2016 Isiah Holmes 366 Views Accountability, addicts, alternitive media, America 2016, Angel Program, ARTICLE, blog, Civil rights, copblock, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug abuse, drug conflict, drug over dose, drug use, Drug war, drugs and health, freedom, heroin, heroin reform, heroin safe spaces, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, Justin King, law enforcement, legal cannabis, medical facility, medical field, Medicine, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police, police and drugs, police reform, politics, prison industrial complex, prison nation, safe spaces seattle, The Fifth Column, vice news, weed reform, writing

In 2014, a Pew Research Center study revealed something perhaps viewed as impossible 10 years ago. Two-thirds of Americans felt

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Jay Anderson Madison Park Wauwatosa Killing Protest Sneak Peek

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Isiah Holmes 241 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, assault, black lives matter, body camera, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Dishonesty, DoJ, don't let them mute you, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, journalism, Justice System, Linda and Jay Anderson Sr, madison park shooting, march, mayfair mall, milwaukee, milwaukee police, music production, music video, news, no victim no crime, Officer Joseph Mensah, police accountability, police cover-up, Police State, poltics, protest, sneak peek, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, video, video editing, video production, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa Jay Anderson killing, Wauwatosa police, WPD, writing

Above is a sneak peek to a video documenting a peaceful protest in Milwaukee’s Madison Park. The Anderson family has

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Walworth County Drug Unit: How Trading Futures For Arrests Led To A Wisconsin Killing

September 12, 2016 Isiah Holmes 482 Views Accountability, America 2016, assault, Brutality, car chase, chris davis killing, Civil rights, college campus drug arrests, college campus drug war, copblock.org, Corruption, crashed car, Department of Justice, deputy juan ortiz, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug Sting, Drug war, excessive force, Filming police, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, informant programs, innocent life taken, Investigation, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, milwaukee police, muskego police, news, Officer Jeff Price, police abuse, police accountability, police killing, police quota, reckless drug raid, share, snitching, social media, strike the root, Transparency, unnessesary death, Update, village of east troy, walworth county drug unit, Wauwatosa police, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, wisconsin police killing, writing

In 2016’s February, 23 year old Christopher Davis was killed by police in Muskego Wisconsin. Following an investigation that took

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Wauwatosa Chief Denounces Body Cam’s In 2014, Department Suppresses Killing In 2016

August 13, 2016August 14, 2016 Isiah Holmes 556 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, apathy, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, Body-cam, Brutality, CA, California, cautious and informed approach, Chief Barry Weber, Civil rights, comic, Corruption, Dan Moore, dash cam, denouncing police reforms, descrimination, Dishonesty, dismissing issues, documentary, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, evidence, excessive force, Filming police, foia, Freedom of Information Act, full scientific study, Gun, Hart Park, head stuck in sand, ignoring issues, ignornace, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, Jon Olson, journalism, Justice System, kelly patterson, knee-jerk reaction, malpractice, milwaukee, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, peaceful protests, Police Chief, police crimes, Police Lies, police misconduct, police reforms, politics, Post Crescent, quota, Race Relations, racial malpractice, racial profiling, rialto, Rialto Police Department, rights, segretation, shooting investigation, Speak Friend And Enter, Stingray, strike the root, suburb, supicious, Surveillance, Texas, Tosa, Transparency, undercover police, undisclosed information, unidentified killer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Chief Barry Weber, wauwatosa drug crackdown, Wauwatosa East High School, wauwatosa fort crackdown, wauwatosa killing, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police shooting, wi, Wisconsin, WPD, writing, young journalism

The tragic slaying of 25 year old Jay Anderson, if nothing else, highlights Wauwatosa PD’s lack of transparency. It’s been

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