Blue code of silence Archives - Cop Block

The Thin Blue Line is a Gang That Commonly Resorts to Violence

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1296 Views Accountability, Blue code of silence, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, thin blue line, Transparency

*The following op-ed was submitted via our Submission Tab by Anarchyst* Ever notice that police unions are “fraternal”? This should tell

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Police Wife Writes About the “Secret Epidemic” of Police Domestic Violence

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1554 Views #ThinBlueLies, 50 percent of all calls, abuse rate for cops, abused police spouse, Accountability, Alex Roslin, Anthony Bouza, assault, Australia, battered woman, Blue code of silence, Brutality, brutality against civilians, CAJ awards, Canada, Canadian Association of Journalists prizes for investigative reporting, Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, Chief Daniel LaBella, child abuse, Civil rights, cop block, cop marriages, cop psychology, cop wives, copblock, copblock.org, cops protecting each other, Corruption, crime wave, de facto licence to abuse, deliberate indifference, desperate isolation, disavowed generalized and virtually unchecked, Dishonesty, domestic abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence awareness month, domestic violence by law enforcement, Double Standard, double-standards, efficacy, enthusiasm, estranged wife, ex-wife of cop, excessive force, extramarital affairs, far-reaching social ramifications, Featured, ferocity, freedom, gold prize in the National Magazine Awards, Harassment, holster sniffers, Homicide, infamous blue wall of silence, Joseph Longo Jr, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kristin Palumbo-Longo, lapd, law enforcement marriages, lawsuit, Lieutenant Detective Mark Wynn, Los Angeles, mafia, Montreal, Ms. Blog, Ms. Magazine, Ms. Magazine Prison and Domestic Violence Shelter Program, multi-million-dollar lawsuits, murder, murder-suicide, Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, Negligence, New York, new york police department, nine nominations, NMAs, nuisance property laws, officer-involved domestic violence, OIDV, omerta, one of the most surreal crime epidemics ever, open secret, PBS, police, police abuse, police accountability, police actions may have enhanced the danger, police alcoholism, Police brutality, police divorce, police domestic violence, police investigator, police killings of African Americans, Police State, police supervisors, Police Wife, police wives, powerless to protect, professional courtesy, prone to other forms of misconduct, protection orders, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Police Department, researching how to get help, rights, settlement, sexual abuse, sexual harassment of female drivers at traffic stops, sexual harassment of women cops, social inequality, south africa, spouse abuse, stabbing, steep price, strict unwritten code, subjugation of Native Americans, Susanna Hope, sustained domestic violence complaint, taxpayers, Tennessee, The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, tragedy, trained in the use of physical force, training and tools to track web use phone calls and travels, troubling behavior, UK, upto 15 times higher than among the public, Utica, utter secrecy, very little hope of help, video, violence against fellow officers, violence against women, virtually unknown to the public, we all pay, women fleeing domestic violence, women's shelter, worldwide phenomenon, wrongful death lawsuit

This post was originally published at the “Ms. Magazine” blog in October of 2015 by Alex Roslin and Susanna Hope

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NJ Cop Says He Was Suspended After Blowing Whistle On Dept. Misconduct

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Asa J 883 Views Bedminster Township, Bedminster Township police department, Blue code of silence, Blue line, civil lawsuit, Claudia A. Reis, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, copblock, copblock.org, Internal Affairs Investigation, Kyle Pirog, lawsuit, lied in police reports, lied to judge, Lt. Craig Meyer, marijuana, misconduct, Morris County, New Jersey, officer John Dapkins, official misconduct, perjury, police misconduct, sniffed underwear, Somerset County, Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, strip searched a juvenile, suspended, targeting minorities, thin blue line, W. Patrick Ussery

A New Jersey cop is claiming in a lawsuit that he was subjected to 4 years of retaliation by the

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Sgt. Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison In Inmate Visitor Beating Ring

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 Asa J 765 Views Accountability, Assistant Sheriff Paul Tanaka, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lizabeth Rhodes, attorney Ronald Kaye, Blue code of silence, broken nose, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, code of silence, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, Deputy Fernando Luviano, Deputy Noel Womack, Deputy Pantamitr Zunggeemoge, Deputy Sussie Ayala, extreme bruising, facial paralysis, falsifying records, Gabriel Carillo, jail beating, Judge George H. King, Jury foreman Tony Tran, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Deputies, Los Angeles County Police Department, los angeles county sheriff's department, Los Angles county jail, Obstruction, plea agreements, police beating, Sergeant Eric Gonzalez, Sgt. Eric Gonzalez, unreasonable force, Update

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Gonzalez was sentenced to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge George H.

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Three Deputies Convicted In Jail Inmate Visitor Beating Ring

June 25, 2015November 3, 2015 Asa J 710 Views Accountability, Assistant Sheriff Paul Tanaka, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lizabeth Rhodes, attorney Ronald Kaye, Blue code of silence, broken nose, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, code of silence, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, Deputy Fernando Luviano, Deputy Noel Womack, Deputy Pantamitr Zunggeemoge, Deputy Sussie Ayala, facial paralysis, falsifying records, Gabriel Carillo, Jury foreman Tony Tran, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Deputies, Los Angeles County Police Department, Los Angles county jail, Obstruction, Sgt. Eric Gonzalez, unreasonable force

Three weeks ago, two Los Angeles County Deputies broke what they called a “code of silence” and signed plea agreements

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Heroism bar set remarkably low for police officers

February 28, 2012 Georgia Sand 506 Views Aiyana Jones, Blind loyalty, Blue code of silence, Corruption, crime, criminal injustice system, Double Standard, Drug war, Featured, Gangs, injustice, Jordan Miles, Kim Jong Il, Organized crime, Sheeple, thin blue line, Uniform, victimless crimes, war on drugs

A video allegedly depicting a very kind and wonderful cop has been circulating around the internet for a while now.

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