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The Battousai is Harassed, Assaulted, and Illegally Detained by Austin Police Officers for Filming

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2733 Views Accountability, apd, art acavedo, Article 302.2, assault, austin, austin police department, Austin police policy handbook, Badge #7432, Badge #7705, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detained for filming, Dishonesty, double-standards, Filming police, Harassment, illegal detention, kelly patterson, lawful order, legally recording in public, no victim no crime, Officer Lane, Officer Maufrais, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, Surveillance, Texas, The Battousai, TX, unlawful order, video, Youtube

Date of Incident: November 11, 2016 Officers Involved: Officer Maufrais Badge #7432 and Officer Lane Badge #7705 Department Involved: Austin

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Cell 411 Now Fosters Freedom to Travel — Founder in Austin This Weekend!

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 Pete Eyre 1142 Views apps, austin, Cell 411, civil society, consensual interaction, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cryptocurrency, Filming police, get cell 411, Lyft, peaceful streets project, Pete Eyre, Ride Sharing, smarthpone, strike the root, Texas, Uber, virgil vaduva, your new favorite tool

Austinites, the founder of Cell 411 — Virgil Vaduva — will be in town this weekend and you’re invited to

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Video Shows Austin Police Violently Arrest Teacher Then Tell Her Black People Have “Violent Tendencies”

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 856 Views Accountability, art acevedo, assault, austin, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Racism, rights, Surveillance, Texas, video, violent tendencies

An Austin police dash cam video that was just released shows an incident from June of 2015 in which a

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62yo Disabled Man Dies Days After Being Tased (VIDEO)

May 30, 2016May 31, 2016 Carrollton Speed Tax 1658 Views Accountability, apd, assault, austin, austin police, austin texas, austin tx pd, Carrollton Speed Tax, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cops tase man to death, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, Homicide, Justice System, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, tased, taser, taser death

The question here is, what does a cop have to do to be held accountable for his or her actions?

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WATCH: Austin Police Officer Pepper Sprays Handcuffed Man Sitting in Police Van

March 18, 2016 Ademo Freeman 7848 Views Accountability, assault, austin, austin police, austin texas, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, pepper spray, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Surveillance, Texas, video, violence

**Originally posted at PhotographyIsNotACrime.com by Carlos Miller** – Austin police went on a pepper spraying rampage Thursday night, pepper spraying

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Lawsuit After Video Shows Beating Arrest Of Jaywalkers

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Asa J 1183 Views 6th street, attorney Brian McGiverin, austin, austin police, austin police department, barricaded street, beaten for jaywalking, Brutality, copblock, copblock.org, Equal Protection Clause, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facebook, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, Jaywalking, Jeremy King, knee strikes, kneeing, lawsuit, Lourdes Glen, Matthew Wallace, music festival, no victim no crime, Police State, punching, Rolando Ramiro, San Antonio, shoving, Texas, U.S. Constitution, Update, video

A federal excessive force lawsuit has now been filed following the release of a video that showed Austin, Texas police

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Austin Police Kill Naked Black Man Out of Jealous Rage

February 9, 2016 Alia Atreides 1184 Views austin, austin police department, killer cops, North Austin, officer-involved shooting, penis envy, Texas, typical lies

Alright, now before you go getting all up in arms about that title, let us pretend that it were literally

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Happy New Year: Enjoy “No Refusal,” Forced Blood Draw Checkpoints

December 31, 2015 Asa J 2179 Views "no refusal" DUI checkpoints, ACLU, ACLU of Mississippi, Andres Wallace, austin, blood draw checkpoints, Civil rights, constitution, constitutional, copblock, copblock.org, DUI checkpoints, forced blood draw, freedom, Georgia, Happy new year, Harassment, Louisiana, New Years Eve, New York City, no refusal, Police State, search warrant, Self-ownership, Tennessee, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Texas, U.S. Supreme Court

As major U.S. cities implement a police state amid New Years Eve terror fears, police in some states around the country are

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Austin Police Commit Identity Theft to Lure Rapper To Radio Station

December 29, 2015December 29, 2015 Alia Atreides 1616 Views 24 Razorback, austin, austin police department, CJ Morgan, Joshua H, KLBJ, Shasirae Harvey, Texas

The following story was presented by CJ Morgan from the Austin rock radio station KLBJ. Dear Austin Police Department: What

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Peaceful Streets Members Curse Out APD Officers for Violations of Dept. Policy

December 18, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1040 Views adam johnson, assault, austin, austin texas, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, dawn leonard, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, lawsuit, peaceful streets, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, policy violations, recording cops, Theft, video

An unknown member of the Peaceful Streets Project confronted Officer Dawn Leonard, of the Austin Police department, about an incident caught

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Austin Police Brutally Assault and Arrest Family; Kick Dog

November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 Brian Sumner 1592 Views 911, Accountability, assault, austin, austin police, Brutality, Civil rights, Civil suit, comply or die, copblock, copblock.org, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, FBI, Filming police, Harassment, Kevin Lawrence, Louis Aguilar, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Union, right to resist unlawful arrest, rights, tased, Texas, texas rangers, TX, video

Louis Aguilar was tased and beaten yesterday afternoon in Austin, TX. The video doesn’t show why the police were called but

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Video: Beaten And Arrested By Austin Cops For Jaywalking

November 7, 2015 Asa J 983 Views 6th street, austin, austin police, austin police department, barricaded street, beaten for jaywalking, Brutality, copblock, copblock.org, excessive force, facebook, film the police, Filming police, Jaywalking, Jeremy King, knee strikes, kneeing, music festival, no victim no crime, Police State, punching, Rolando Ramiro, San Antonio, shoving, Texas, video

Video has emerged showing Austin, Texas police officers shoving, punching, and kneeing two nefarious jaywalkers before arresting them – and

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