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Internal Memo Reveals Florida Police Department Citation Contest

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 Asa J 436 Views ABC, Accountability, arrests, Citation Contest, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Delta Shift Weekend Competition, Dishonesty, DUI arrest, fl, float for a pay period, Florida, Florida Police Department, handwritten memo, Harassment, illegal quota, incentivized over policing, internal memo, police, police accountability, police citation contest, Police State, quota, reward, rights, ticket quota, ticket quotas, traffic citations, traffic stops, video, WFTV, Winter Springs, Winter Springs Police Department

An internal memo has revealed that a Florida police department incentivized over policing with a citation contest for officers during the

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Mom Arrested For Selling Candy Bars, Disabled Son Left To Wander Streets Alone

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015 Steven Thomas 549 Views $1, Accountability, alone, arrest, arrested, arrests, assault, bars, Brutality, candy, child, chocolate, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, disabled, Dishonesty, dollar, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, hours, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kid, left, mom, mother, no victim no crime, nypd, one, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, selling, son, streets, walk

The mother of a special-needs child who was arrested near Bryant Park for selling $1 chocolate bars as part of

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St. Louis- Tensions Rise After Yet Another Police Shooting

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 Alia Atreides 540 Views arrests, Brandon Claxton, he had a gun, Joshua H, killer cops, officer-involved shooting, paralyzed, Police brutality, police shooting, protests, st louis, St. Louis Police Department

Yet another police shooting in the St. Louis area over the weekend has things heating up again after the months

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A Look Back On: “ The Hudson Project ” Music Festival

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 CopBlock 949 Views Accountability, arrested, arrests, bad weather, camp bisco, Checkpoints, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Dogs, drug dogs, dui checkpoint, Harassment, Hudson Police State Project, Hudson Project, illegal searches, MCP, Mudson, Music Fesival, New York, ny, NYS, police, Police State, rights, Saugerties, Sting operation, The Hudson Project, undercovers, Woodstock

Dozens of officers, drug sniffing dogs, a multitude of checkpoints, searches, and a Judge on-site pretty much sums up 2014’s

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One in 25 Americans Was Arrested in 2011

August 8, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 397 Views 2011, Americans, arrests, Drug Laws, FBI, Featured, huffington post, mass incarceration, over-criminalization, Radley Balko, stop and frisk, violent crimes

This post by Radley Balko was originally published at www.HuffingtonPost.com. We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about mass incarceration,

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