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Update: Shooting Nevada Inmates With Birdshot Banned by New NDOC Director (For Now)

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3675 Views Accountability, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Commissioner, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, Dana Liebelson, Department of Corrections, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Governor Brian Sandoval, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, huffington post, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, interview, James Dzurenda, Justice System, kelly patterson, KNPR, las vegas, lawsuit, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, Nevada, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, Nevada's "unique" prison culture, New York, NV, nvcopblock, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, radio, rehabilitation, reintegration, rights, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotguns, State of the Nevada podcast, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, unauthorized use of force, Update, use of force, use of guns in prison, Victor Perez, video

As I’ve reported here on CopBlock.org in several posts over the past year, the use of shotguns loaded with birdshot

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Nevada Prison Guard Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)

April 24, 2016April 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1673 Views Accountability, Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Clark County Coroner, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, CPR, declared deceased, disciplinary report, discovery, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, failing to report repeated, false statements, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, Governor Brian Sandoval, gurgling on his own blood, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, incident reports, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, insubordination, internal reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, las vegas, lawsuit, led to an inmate’s death, multiple gunshot wounds, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, neglect of duty, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, NV, nvcopblock, personnel issue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prior security breaches, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, proper staffing, protective custody, report, rights, segregation unit, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, summary judgement, the hole, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, trauma room, unauthorized use of force, unbecoming conduct, Update, use of force, vast amounts of blood everywhere, Victor Perez, video

I’ve posted several times over the past year about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State

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Official Report: Nevada Prison Guards Blamed For Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1813 Views Accountability, Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Clark County Coroner, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, cover up, CPR, declared deceased, disciplinary report, discovery, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, failing to report repeated, false statements, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, Governor Brian Sandoval, gurgling on his own blood, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, incident reports, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, insubordination, internal reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, las vegas, lawsuit, led to an inmate’s death, multiple gunshot wounds, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, neglect of duty, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, NV, nvcopblock, personnel issue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prior security breaches, Prison, prison death, prison guards, proper staffing, protective custody, report, rights, segregation unit, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, summary judgement, the hole, trauma room, unauthorized use of force, unbecoming conduct, Update, use of force, vast amounts of blood everywhere, Victor Perez, video

Last year, I posted about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State Prison, which is located

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Update: Woman Beaten by LVMPD Officer For Littering Has Filed Civil Rights Lawsuit

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1609 Views Accountability, Amanda Vizcarrondo-Ortiz, ap, assault, Associated Press, authoritah, battery, body camera, Brutality, CA, Cal Potter, California, civil rights lawsuit, coffee, Contempt of Cop, cop block, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, COs, Dishonesty, excessive force, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, federal lawsuit, film the police, grand jury, Harassment, justice department, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Strip, littering, loitering, Los Angeles, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, NV, Officer Laura Meltzer, Officer Richard Scavone, permanent injury, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police spokesperson, profiling, Prostitution, ride-along, rights, Southern California, street justice, Travis Buechler, unconstitutional use of law banning loitering for prostitution, Update, us district court, video, violent attack

In January, I posted about former LVMPD Officer Richard Scavone, who was caught on camera assaulting a woman. The immediate

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LVMPD Sued By Man Shown on Video Being Attacked by Police at Hard Rock Casino

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1270 Views #ThinBlueLies, 8 News Now, Accountability, assault, blue wall of silence, Brutality, CA, Cal Potter, California, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, clark county, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Hard Rock Casino, I don't like being helpless, Ian Tuuamalemalo, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas Strip, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, reggae concert, rights, Samoan, Southern California, suit, Surveillance, They could have killed me, thin blue line, tourism, us attorneys office, video

Ian Tuuamalemalo, a man who was visiting Las Vegas from Southern California, has filed a police brutality lawsuit over an

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Nevada Lawsuits Claim Prison Guards Instigated a Fight, then Shot Inmates

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1929 Views Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, excessive force, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, Indian Springs, Inmate Death, inmates, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, lawsuit, murder, NDOC, Nevada, Nevada Department of Corrections, NV, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Prison, prison death, protective custody, rights, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, video

A lawsuit filed in April by the family of a man killed when a corrections officer opened fire on two

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