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Chicago’s “Million Dollar Blocks:” A Colossal Waste Of Money

August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 Georgia Sand 2122 Views chicago, Civil rights, Columbia University, Corruption, Costly, DataMade, Drug war, Government Spending, government waste, Human Life, Illinois, Ineffective, Justice System, Lip Service, Million Dollar Blocks, no victim no crime, Non-Violent Crime, Public Dollars, rights, Self-interest, taxation, taxes, victimless crime, waste

According to the Washington Post, there are neighborhoods in Chicago in which the State of Illinois has spent over a

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Juvenile Arrested for Rapping NWA Song in Public

August 15, 2015June 10, 2016 Brian Sumner 2430 Views 1st A, 1st amendment, Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, chicago pd, Civil rights, civil rights violation, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, first amendment, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Justice System, no victim no crime, nwa, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Straight Outta Compton, strike the root, Transparency, video

Two Chicago police officers arrested a juvenile for rapping an NWA song while riding his bike down the street. Although

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Military Facial Recognition Tech Now In The Hands Of Local Police

August 13, 2015November 28, 2015 Asa J 2212 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, biometric program, biometrics, boston, chicago, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, DNA profiles, facial recognition, facial recognition software, FBI, fingerprints, fourth amendment, intelligence agencies, iris scans, Lt. Scott Wahl, military, New York, New York Times, Next Generation Identification, Next Generation Identification biometric program, oakland, photographs, Privacy, privacy rights, san diego, San Diego police, software, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance state, Technology, voice identification records

According to a new New York Times report, facial recognition software utilized by intelligence agencies and the military is currently

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BREAKING: Tough Guy Cop Verbally Assaults Driver (Video)

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 Ryan Scott 6618 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Jordan James, Justice System, no victim no crime, police abuse, Police State, rights, South Holland Police Department, Tough Guy Cop, video

A video released this morning shows a “tough guy” cop verbally assaulting a man during a traffic stop. The police

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Chicago PD Disrespect Victim Bodies, Family & Neighborhood

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 Alia Atreides 2114 Views chicago, chicago police department, Chiraq, crime scene, crowd, family, Illinois, inciting hatred, Joshua H, Neighborhood, procedures, removing bodies

The video above is from a scene over the weekend in Chicago. In it you can see police and local

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BREAKING: Police Tow Vehicle With Deceased Bodies Inside (Video)

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 Ryan Scott 937 Views Accountability, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Deceased Tow, Dishonesty, Double Standard, facebook, Featured, Filming police, Humboldt park, James Hawthorne, Justice System, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Towing Car, video, viral, Youtube

In a video released yesterday by James Hawthorne on Facebook, police tow a vehicle with deceased bodies inside. The incident

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Full Dash-Cam Video Released In Sandra Bland Arrest

July 21, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 3367 Views #blacklivesmatter, #JusticeForSandy, #WhatHappenedToSandyBland, Ava DuVernay, black lives matter, chicago, copblock, copblock.org, District Attorney Elton Mathis, FBI, hanging, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, houston, Los Angles Times, murder investigation, no victim no crime, plastic bag, police, Prairie View A&M, Sandra Bland, Sheriff R. Glenn Smith, Suicide, suspicious death, Texas, Texas Department of Public Safety, texas police, texas rangers, Texas State Trooper, Traffic stop, TX, video, Waller County Jail, Waller County Texas

Dash-cam video has been released by the Texas Department of Public Safety of the June 10 arrest of 28-year-old Sandra

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Chicago Investigator Fired for Finding Cops at Fault in Shootings

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1668 Views ando, chicago, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, excessive force, independent police review authority, IPRA, lorenzo davis, police accountability, Police brutality, police finding, police shootings, Police State, rahm emanuel, rights, strike the root, thin blue line, Transparency, wrongful shooting

Breaking news out of Chicago: Lorenzo Davis, 65, a former Chicago police commander was fired by Scott M. Ando, chief

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Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities (REPOST)

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 Ademo Freeman 2719 Views Accountability, Brutality, chicago, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, dallas, dan frosch, Eric Garner, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, kami chavis simmons, Los Angeles, national association of police organizations, New York, New York City, no victim no crime, Philadelphia, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police department pay outs, police misconduct, police shootings, Police State, Public records, settlements, taxpayer, us attorney, Wall Street Journal, Washington, wrongful death, wrongful imprisonment, zusha elinson

*THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By ZUSHA ELINSON and DAN FROSCH* The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases

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Woman Found Hanging In Texas Jail Cell After Minor Traffic Stop

July 16, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 2148 Views #blacklivesmatter, #JusticeForSandy, #WhatHappenedToSandyBland, black lives matter, chicago, copblock, copblock.org, District Attorney Elton Mathis, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, houston, no victim no crime, police, Prairie View A&M, Sandra Bland, Sheriff R. Glenn Smith, Suicide, suspicious death, Texas, texas police, texas rangers, Texas State Trooper, Traffic stop, TX, video, Waller County Jail, Waller County Texas

Friends are questioning the narrative related to the death of 28-year-old Sandra Bland, who Texas officials claim was found hanging

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Chicago Lawsuit Over Police Brutality Caught on Video

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1479 Views ABC7, ABC7 News in Chicago, Accountability, assault, block party, Brutality, CBS2 News in Chicago, chicago, chicago police department, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, Harassment, IL, Illinois, independent police review authority, Jeremiah Smith, kelly patterson, lawsuit, Lisa Simmons, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Rahsaan Gordon, rights, South Christiana, video

On Thursday, July 9th Lisa Simmons and her son, Jeremiah Smith, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department over an

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Chicago Police Detain, Assault, Release Innocent Man

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 Ryan Scott 1183 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, chicago police, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, DeKalb County Cop Watch, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, Illinois, Intimidation, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, Ryan Scott, video

Too frequently we are faced with dealing with overzealous, egotistical cops that have no regard for the safety of citizens