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False Imprisonment: Its Increasing Frequency and the Huge Cost It Imposes on Society

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1430 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, chicago, choke hold, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, class-action lawsuit, Cleveland, CO, Colorado, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, Denver, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dna evidence, double-standards, Drug war, Eric Garner, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, homan square, Homicide, IL, illegal arrest, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Innocence Project, James Bain, Jon Burge, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, Making a Murderer, Netflix, New York, ny, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rape, rights, Robert Graham, settlements, Tamir Rice, Texas, Toy gun, TX, U.S. Supreme Court, wrongful death

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously by a reader, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. If you

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Video Shows Pennsylvania Police Officer Punching, Choking, and Tazing Inmate Shackled to Bench

January 7, 2017January 8, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1022 Views Accountability, aggravated assault on an officer, Allegheny County, assault, Brutality, Channel 11 News, choke hold, choking, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop attacks Shackled inmate, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, Elizabeth Borough, Elizabeth Borough Police Department, excessive force, Harassment, heroin possession, inmate abuse, Joshua Brooks, Justice System, kelly patterson, Officer Garrett Kimmell, pa, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, resisting arrest, rights, Surveillance, tazed, tazer, Todd Hollis, verbal dispute, video, WPXI.com

Surveillance video from a police station just outside of Pittsburgh, in Allegheny County, PA., shows a police officer assault a

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Five Million Dollar Lawsuit Filed by Family of Teen in McKinney, TX Pool Party Incident

January 4, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1625 Views 911 call, Accountability, assault, Bikini-Clad Teen, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, Colin County, cop attacks teen, cop attacks teen at pool, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cops crash pool party, Corruption, Craig Ranch North Community Pool, Dajerria Becton, Dishonesty, double-standards, Eric Casebolt, escalation, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, former officer, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, McKinney, McKinney police, mckinney police department, McKinney Texas, no victim no crime, officer Eric Casebolt, personal injury lawsuit, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, pool party, resigned, rights, sweet barrel roll, Texas, texas pool cop, TX, unlawful entry, Update, video, violent officer

The family of Dajerria Becton, the Texas teen who was shown on cell phone footage (embedded below) being thrown to

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Lawsuit Moves Forward After Judge Calls Paralyzed Man’s Jail Cell “Burial Crypt”

July 24, 2016 Asa J 1871 Views Accountability, autopsy, blunt force trauma, broken neck, Burial Crypt, Capt. Tommy Fike, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, copblock, copblock.org, Dehydration, deliberate indifference, died in jail cell, Dr. Stephen Harnish, Elliot Williams, federal judge, federal lawsuit, indifference, inhumanity, inmate dies in jail, John Dowdell, Judge John Dowdell, Justice System, lawsuit, Medical care, medical emergency, mental health, mental illness, Oklahoma, Owasso, paralyzed, police abuse, Police State, Sgt. Doug Hinshaw, Sheriff Stanley Glanz, surveillance video, Tulsa County, Tulsa jail, U.S. District Court, video

A federal judge ruled Wednesday, that a lawsuit filed on behalf of a paralyzed mentally ill man who died after

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No Charges For Officer Filmed Wrestling Bikini-Clad Teen To Ground

June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 Asa J 1299 Views Accountability, attorney Kim Cole, Bikini-Clad Teen, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, Colin County, Colin County grand jury, Collin County District Attorney’s Office, cop attacks teen, cop attacks teen at pool, copblock, copblock.org, cops crash pool party, Craig Ranch North Community Pool, Dajerria Becton, Eric Casebolt, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, Justice System, Kim Cole, McKinney, McKinney police, mckinney police department, no bill ruling, officer Eric Casebolt, personal injury lawsuit, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, pool party, Texas, texas rangers, video

A McKinney, Texas cop filmed cursing at, shoving, and intimidating teenagers at a pool party last summer will not be

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$100K Settlement After Video Shows Cops Beat, Sic Dog On Man For Dancing

May 23, 2016 Asa J 1666 Views 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, abused police spouse, assault, Brent Frank, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop punches man in face, copblock, copblock.org, cops beat man for dancing, dancing in parking lot, dash-cam footage, excessive force, John Coughenour, Judge John Coughenour, k-9, k-9 bite, lawsuit, Linson Tara, Mike Boehmer, officer Brent Frank, officer Mike Boehmer, police abuse, police beating, Police brutality, police k-9 attacks man, police k-9 bite, Police State, taser, Tukwila, Tukwila police department, Tukwila police officers, unconscious, UPS freight yard, video, Washington

A lawsuit has been settled by the city of Tukwila, Washington after dash-cam footage showed cops brutalize a man when

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Video Shows Attorney Being Arrested For Remaining Silent

May 5, 2016 Asa J 2086 Views 5th amendment, Accountability, arrested for remaining silent, Attorney Generals Office, attorney Rebecca Musarra, Capt. Stephen Jones, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, dash cam video, Demetric Gosa, Dishonesty, federal lawsuit, Fifth Amendment, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, Matthew Stazzone, Miranda rights, New Jersey, New Jersey State Attorney Generals Office, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey state troopers, no victim no crime, Obstruction, police, police abuse, Police State, police state daily, Rebecca Musarra, Right to remain silent, rights, Route 519, State attorneys, state police barracks, Surveillance, Trenton, trooper Demetric Gosa, trooper Matthew Stazzone, video

Dash-cam video has been released as part of a federal lawsuit showing an attorney being arrested by New Jersey state troopers

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Surveillance Video Proves Cops Are Liars: Assaulted Man For No Reason

March 27, 2016 Asa J 2353 Views Brutality, burst blood vessels, Caldwell County, caldwell county sheriff's office, Caldwell County sheriff’s deputies, charges dropped, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop rubs mans face in gravel, copblock, copblock.org, Deputy Houseston, deputy Michael Taylor, Dustin Yost, excessive force, federal civil rights lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, forehead abrasions, Fourteenth Amendment, fourth amendment, Gravel, herniated disc, home security video camera, Illegal search/entry, Larry Faulkenberry, Michael Taylor, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Sgt. Dustin Yost, surveillance video, Texas, unlawful search, video

A Texas man who escaped charges after being assaulted by three Caldwell County sheriff’s deputies says he would have faced

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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 1651 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 1304 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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Cop Filmed Breaking Mans Jaw With Kick Resigns With $230K Pension

February 25, 2016 Asa J 1259 Views Accountability, ACLU, ACLU of Delaware, assault, Attorney James Liguori, broken jaw, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop kicks man in face, copblock, copblock.org, Cpl. Thomas Webster, dash cam video, dash-cam footage, Delaware, Delaware Attorney General's Office, Director Kathleen MacRae, Dover Police, Dover Police Department, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facial lacerations, felony, felony assault, film the police, James Liguori, Justice System, Kathleen MacRae, La Mar Gunn, lacerations, Lateef Dickerson, lawsuit, NAACP, Officer Thomas Webster, pension, Police State, President La Mar Gunn, second-degree assault, superior court, Thomas Webster

A Dover, Delaware police officer indicted and arrested on an assault charge last May, escaped conviction following a jury trial in

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Delaware Cop Filmed Breaking Mans Jaw With Kick Escapes Conviction

December 9, 2015February 25, 2016 Asa J 1423 Views Accountability, ACLU, ACLU of Delaware, assault, Attorney James Liguori, broken jaw, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop kicks man in face, copblock, copblock.org, Cpl. Thomas Webster, dash cam video, dash-cam footage, Delaware, Delaware Attorney General's Office, Director Kathleen MacRae, Dover Police, Dover Police Department, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facial lacerations, felony, felony assault, film the police, James Liguori, Justice System, Kathleen MacRae, La Mar Gunn, lacerations, Lateef Dickerson, lawsuit, NAACP, Officer Thomas Webster, Police State, President La Mar Gunn, second-degree assault, superior court, Thomas Webster

A Delaware police officer indicted and arrested on a assault charge in May, escaped conviction following a jury trial on

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