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Family Of Man Assaulted By Cops In Case Of Mistaken Identity Awarded Just $18

August 29, 2016 Asa J 1355 Views Aaron Knepper, assault, battery, Brutality, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, Dan Franklin, Dan Franklin Sr., DeShawn Franklin, domestic violence call, dreadlocks, entered home without warrant, Eric Mentz, excessive force, fake sleeping, False arrest, False imprisonment, federal jury, fourth amendment, Indiana, internal investigation, Justice System, Michael Stuk, Mistaken identity, no warrant, Officer Aaron Knepper, Officer Eric Mentz, officer Michael Stuk, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, punched in the face, remedial training, South Bend, South Bend police, South Bend Police Department, taser, unlawful entry, unlawful seizure, violations of the Fourth Amendment, warrantless search

In a case of mistaken identity, a federal jury has ruled that a man roused out of bed and assaulted

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Articles Police Abuse 

Lawsuit Settled For $195K After Video Shows Cop Break Woman’s Eye Socket

June 21, 2016 Asa J 1326 Views Accountability, Adley Shepherd, broken Eye Socket, Brutality, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, compound fracture, concussion, cop punches woman in the face, copblock, copblock.org, dash cam video, domestic violence, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, Eye Socket, federal investigation, fracture, fractured eye socket, Harborview Medical Center, Justice System, King County, lawsuit, Miyekko Durden-Bosley, negligent training, Office of Professional Accountability, officer Adley Shepherd, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, seattle, Seattle City Attorney’s Office, seattle police, seattle police department, Tomás Gahan, unreasonable search and seizure, video, Washington

The city of Seattle, Washington has settled a lawsuit with a woman filmed being slugged in the face by a

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops 

Oregon Drops Appeal, Will Pay $517,000 To Motorcyclist Kicked By Cop (Update)

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Asa J 1620 Views Accountability, already had the muscles fired, broken clavicle, Brutality, Chevrolet Camaro, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, cop crashes into motorcyclist, cop kicks motorcyclist, copblock, copblock.org, Crow Road, Eugene, excessive force, federal lawsuit, fractured rib, Highway 126, Judge Michael McShane, Justin Wilkens, kick, Lt. Rob Edwards, medical expenses, Motorcycle, motorcyclist, Negligence, Oregon, Oregon State Police, OSP, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, punitive damages, rights, Rob Edwards, settlement, U.S. District Court, Update, video, wreck

The State of Oregon has dropped a pair of appeals in a case in which a state police lieutenant was

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Police Abuse Videos 

Video Shows Trooper Kick Handcuffed Skateboarder In Face

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Dash-cam video showing a Pennsylvania state trooper kicking a handcuffed and defenseless man in the face, was released by prosecutors

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Articles Police Abuse 

Officer “Robocop” Wins Appeal In Sentence For Floyd Dent Beating

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In a move that prosecutors are calling “outrageous,” a cop infamously known as “Officer Robocop,” has won an appeal in Michigan

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Transit Cop Convicted Of False Arrest After Dunkin’ Donuts Incident

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 Asa J 1785 Views Andrew Wellbrock, assault, ATM machine, Brutality, civil lawsuit, coffee, Common Pleas Court, copblock, copblock.org, disorderly conduct, doughnuts, Douglas Ioven, Dunkin Donuts, Einstein Medical Center, False arrest, False imprisonment, Joseph Silvestro Jr., Muibat Williamson, nurse, obstruction of administration of law, officer Douglas Ioven, official oppression, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, police abuse, Police State, SEPTA, simple assault, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority police officer was convicted by a Philadelphia jury on Monday for a Christmas 2013 incident

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Articles CopBlock Submission Toxic Cops 

Chief Lied On Report To District Attorney To Target Family

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 CopBlock 3113 Views Accountability, adoption, bad cop, Body-cam, bullshit charge, Butt Hurt, car accident, Chief Bronson Campbell, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, District Attorney, Double Standard, Enterprise, facebook, Facebook message, false allegations, Featured, felony, financial toll, fines, freedom, Harassment, harassment by telecommunications device, internet forum, Justice System, Kansas, KS, lawyer fees, mayor, Miranda Warning, Oklahoma, pitbull, police, police abuse, police accountability, police misconduct, police scanner, Police State, public forum, retaliation, rights, strike the root, Transparency, Valley Falls, Valley Falls Police Department, wheelchair bound, written complaint

This story was submitted via the submit page by Jamie Petitt. Submit your story of police abuse HERE. Date of

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Officer “Robocop” Sentenced To Up To 10 Years In Floyd Dent Beating

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A Michigan cop infamously come to be known as “officer Robocop,” has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for the beating,

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

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Asa J 2162 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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Officer “Robocop” Convicted In Floyd Dent Beating – Faces 10 Years

November 19, 2015 Asa J 1207 Views #ICantBreathe, 10 years in prison, Accountability, assault, assault by strangulation, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, beaten, bleeding profusely, Brutality, choked, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, dash cam video, detroit, Drug war, excessive force, falsifying reports, film the police, Floyd Dent, Inkster, Inkster Police, Inkster Police Department, Mayor Hilliard Hampton, Michigan, misconduct in office, Officer “Robocop”, Officer William Melendez, planting evidence, Police brutality, Police State, polygraph test, RoboCop, stealing seized cash and property, tased, tax hike, tax hike to pay police settlement, Traffic stop, video, william melendez

You may recall the story of Floyd Dent – A Michigan man beaten, choked, and tased after police pulled him

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Articles Killer Cops Police Abuse Toxic Cops 

Update: Two Deputies Acquitted of Manslaughter in Murder of Matthew Ajibade; Guilty on Lesser Charges

October 17, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1125 Views Accountability, assault, beaten, bipolar disorder, blunt force trauma, Brutality, Chatham County Jail, Chris Oladapo, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, cops tase man to death, Corruption, cruelty to an inmate, Deputy Jason Kenny, Deputy Maxine Evans, Dishonesty, domestic offenses, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, GA, Georgia, Greg Brown, Harassment, Homicide, inadequate medical care, involuntary manslaughter, Justice System, kelly patterson, Matthew Ajibade, mentally ill, Nigerian, perjury, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, public record fraud, restraint chair, rights, Savannah, student, taser, Update, video

Two deputies that were charged with involuntary manslaughter in the killing a 21 year old Nigerian college student in Savannah

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Family Files Lawsuit In Traffic Stop Killing Of 17-Year-Old Deven Guilford

October 15, 2015October 16, 2015 Asa J 1839 Views Attorney Cynthia Heenan, Attorney Hugh Davis, Body-cam footage, Brian and Becky Guilford, civil lawsuit, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, deven guilford, Eaton County, Eaton County Sheriff Tom Reich, Eaton County Sheriff's Department, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, flashing lights, Michigan, Michigan State Capitol, officer not charged, police kill unarmed teen, police lawsuit, police not charged, Police State, Prosecutor Doug Lloyd, pulled over for flashing lights, Sgt. Jonathan Frost, Traffic stop, wrongful death, wrongful death lawsuit

The Michigan family of a teen killed by an Eaton County Sheriff’s Sgt. during a February traffic stop for “flashing

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