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An Internal immigration Checkpoint Stole Over a Year of My Life

March 9, 2017March 12, 2017 Brian Sumner 1792 Views 18 U.S. Code 111, 4th amendment, 5th amendment, charlotte, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, False arrest, Federal Case, Fifth Amendment, fourth amendment, Harassment, homeland security, ICE, Illegal search/entry, immigration and customs enforcement, Immigration Checkpoint, internal check point, Justice System, laredo, NC, no victim no crime, North Carolina, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Right to remain silent, rights, Schneider Trucking, Texas, TX, Unlawful detention

Christopher Minnick submitted his story about how remaining silent and refusing to answer any questions at an internal immigration checkpoint

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Additional Eyewitness Videos of Keith Scott Shooting Via Charlotte Cop Block

September 23, 2016September 24, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1385 Views Accountability, assault, body cameras, Brutality, charlotte, Charlotte police, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Chief Kerr Putney, Civil rights, CMPD, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, CPR, dash cameras, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Facebook Live, film the police, Filming police, firearm, Harassment, holding a book, Homicide, imminent deadly threat, Keith Lamont Scott, keith scott, kelly patterson, livestreaming, NC, North Carolina, Officer Brentley Vinson, plain clothes officer, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, shooting, Surveillance, Undercover, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Update, video, videos

New video footage and information from the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte has been uncovered by the Facebook

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Riots Erupt in North Carolina After Man Holding Book Killed By Police While Picking Up Son From School

September 21, 2016September 29, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1299 Views @ESPortillo, @JoeBrunoWSOC9, @MikeWCNC, @SarahBlakeWBTV, Accountability, Adam Rhew, assault, Beatrice E. Peterson, blocking highway, body cameras, Brutality, charlotte, Charlotte police, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Chief Kerr Putney, Civil Emergency Unit, Civil rights, CMPD, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, CPR, dash cameras, Dishonesty, double-standards, Ely Portillo, excessive force, Facebook Live, film the police, firearm, Harassment, holding a book, Homicide, huffington post, HuffPost, I-85, imminent deadly threat, Joe Bruno, Keith Lamont Scott, keith scott, kelly patterson, livestreaming, Looting, Lyric Scott, mayhem, melee, Mike Hanson, MissBeaE, NC, North Carolina, Officer Brentley Vinson, plain clothes officer, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, riot, Sarah-Blake Morgan, semi trucks set on fire, strike the root, Surveillance, tear gas, Undercover, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, video, Walmart, warrant, WBTV 3 News

Update: People are beginning to gather in Charlotte again and it appears their may be a second night of riots.

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Articles Police Abuse

Lawsuit Says Charlotte Cops Forced Man To Strip, Performed Cavity Search

February 17, 2016March 2, 2016 Asa J 1668 Views assault, Brookshire Boulevard, buttocks, cavity search, charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Chief Rodney Monroe, Civil rights, CMPD, cocaine, copblock, copblock.org, Fourteenth Amendment, fourth amendment, genitalia, illegal search, Jeramie Barideaux, Jonathan Harris, Kidnapping, lawsuit, malice, Negligence, North Carolina, officer Michael Bodenstein, officer Michael Wallin, reckless indifference, Rodeway Inn, Sgt. John Gorrod, strip search, unlawful search and seizure

In a lawsuit filed last month against Charlotte-Mecklenburg police in North Carolina, two men claim officers violated their civil rights

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Five Year Old Finds North Carolina SBI Agent’s Gun in Public Bathroom

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1645 Views 5-year-old, Accountability, Cabarrus County, Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office, capitol police, careless mistake, charlotte, chris voluntaryist, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, FBI, grade-schooler, gun safety, Harrisburg, internal affairs, internal investigation, investigating themselves, Jennifer Sarris, Jody Sarris, kelly patterson, Law Enforcement officer, LEO, Mexicasa Restaurant & Grill, MyFox8.com, NC, North Carolina, police, police accountability, public bathroom, reckless disregard for firearm safety, SBI, shiny badges, slap on the wrist, State Bureau of Investigation, stern talking to, Washington DC, WBTV 3 News, WNCN.com

In what apparently is becoming a bit of a trend for Law Enforcement Officers, an unnamed North Carolina State Bureau

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Social Media Study Reveals Half Of Americans Hate Their Police Dept.

August 26, 2015October 26, 2015 Asa J 4687 Views A grade, Alabama, Arkansas, austin, charlotte, COLUMBUS, copblock, copblock.org, Denver, drugabuse.com, F grade, ferguson, Fort Worth, Georgia, Half of americans hate police, Hawaii, houston, Idaho, Illinois, Johns Hopkins University, Kansas, Kentucky, maine, Miami and Los Angles, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York City, north dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, phoenix, police related tweets, police satisfaction study, police sentiment, police sentiment scores, professor Philip Leaf, San Antonio, San Deigo, seattle, social media police study, social media study, South Dakota, Texas, Twitter, twitter analysis, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

With the rise of digital technology, it has become easier and easier to document the transgressions of state enforcers like

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Officer Murdered Man Crawling On Ground, Refused To Allow First-Aid

August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 Steven Thomas 1291 Views Accountability, Brutality, charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Ferrell, Harassment, Homicide, jonathan, Jonathan Ferrell, Jonathan Freeze, Justice System, Kerrick, killed, Mecklenburg, Michael Green, murdered, officer, Officer Randall Kerrick, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, randall, Randall Kerrick, Update, video

Jonathan Ferrell was murdered by another power-hungry cop, shot down like a rabid animal. But Ferrell was no animal; he

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Three Questionable Killings In One Month For Police In Gastonia, NC

March 23, 2015November 4, 2015 Asa J 1919 Views 911, Betty Sexton, charlotte, contradictory witness statements, Debra Kennedy, disabled vet killed, elderly war veteran, Gastonia, Gastonia Fire and EMS, Gastonia Police, Gastonia Police Chief Robert Helton, J.C. McDowell, James Howard Allen, mental illness, mother of two, NC, neighbors contradict police statements, never call the police, North Carolina, Officer Josh Lefevers, Officer LaDoniqua Neely, Otis Thompson, Police murder suicidal victim, police shoot mentally ill, questionable shootings, State Bureau of Investigation, suicidal veteran, veteran, veteran murdered by police, welfare check, William Dean Poole

Nestled amongst the suburban satellite cities of Charlotte, NC, the community of Gastonia is ranked amongst the 13 most populous

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Connecting with Charlotte Cop Block and Friends

February 9, 2013January 1, 2014 Pete Eyre 679 Views bambuser, charlotte, charlotte cop block, charlotte police department, cop block, cop block tour, copblock.org, livestreaming apps, North Carolina, outreach, Pete Eyre, the cop block tour, Update

I’d been looking forward to going to Charlotte as part of The Cop Block Tour, and based on the fact

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Charlotte Cop Block

November 15, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 470 Views charlotte, Charlotte CopBlock, copblock.org, North Carolina

Well after much deliberation with some of my friends and family, we have decided to create our own offshoot of

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Charlotte Area Secret Service Employee Puts Drivers at Risk

June 7, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 632 Views charlotte, charlotte police department, cop block, copblock.org, dodge charger, north carolina state highway patrol, rob tufano, russ nelson, secret service, wcnc

This video was shared with us from a Charlotte, NC-based Copblocker who wrote: I videotaped the segment they use in

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