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Chicago Cop Who Shot Teens on Video Leaked by Judge Charged With Using Unreasonable Force (Update)

September 17, 2016September 17, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1649 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, car, chicago, chicago police department, Chiraq, civil right prosecutions, Civil rights, civil rights violations, cnn, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal cops, dash cam video, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, faith and confidence in law enforcement, federal lawsuit, Fox6News.com, harmful effect, Illinois, Joshua H, Judge Andrew Berman, Justice System, kelly patterson, leaked video, Northern District of Illinois, Officer Marco Proano, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, possession of a stolen vehicle, rights, settlement, shot, shot through car, Speeding, stolen car, strengthen trust in the police, Surveillance, teens, teens shot, Traffic stop, United States Attorney, unreasonable use of force, Update, video, Windy City court system, WLS, Zachary T. Fardon

Marco Proano, the Chicago police officer who was recorded by a dash cam shooting at a car full of teenagers

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DEA Will Kill Thousands Banning Kratom

August 31, 2016September 1, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1963 Views chronic pain, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug prohibition, drug schedule, Drug war, heroin, Human rights, incentives, kratom, kratom ban, kratom saves lives, marijuana, opiates, opioid addiction epidemic, opioids, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, self-medicating, Self-ownership, state-sanctioned murder, undertreatment, victimless crimes, war on drugs

This headline is not hyperbole. When the Drug Enforcement Administration outlaws kratom by making it a Schedule I substance on

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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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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Class Warfare

May 4, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2199 Views Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, class warfare, classism, cocaine, Colorado, crack, crack vs cocaine, DoJ, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, drug war propaganda, economic discrimination, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, Human rights, incentives, law enforcement against prohibition, LEAP, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Matthew Fogg, meth, Methamphetamine, methamphetamine crisis, Occupational licensing, Oregon, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, pseudoephedrine, Racism, sentencing disparities, state-sanctioned class warfare, unintended consequences, victimless crimes, war on drugs, wealth redistribution, working class

This is the fourth and final article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape,

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Murder

May 2, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2729 Views adderall, cash, cash is criminal, chronic pain, Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, crime clearance rates, criminogenic, DEA, drug cartels, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug prohibition, drug schedule, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, felony homicide, felony murder, hepatitis c, heroin, HIV, Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, Human rights, incentives, Joey Rovero, kratom, legal highs, marijuana, Matthew Lowery, Medical marijuana, narcoterrorism, needle-exchange, opiates, opioid addiction epidemic, opioids, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, Rush Limbaugh, self-medicating, state-sanctioned murder, undertreatment, victimless crimes, Violent Crime Clearance Rates, war on drugs

This is the third article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and class warfare.

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Rape

April 29, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2135 Views anal probe, anal rape, anal searches, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, Human rights, illegal rectal searches, incentives, invasive search, marijuana, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot, pot prohibition, rape culture, Self-ownership, sexual assault, state rape, state-sanctioned theft, the failed war on drugs, unbanked, victimless crimes, war on drugs

This is the second article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and class

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Theft

April 27, 2016May 5, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2849 Views Attorney General Loretta Lynch, cash, cash is criminal, Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, criminalization, criminalization of the poor, Department of Justice, double-standards, drug cartels, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, equitable sharing, Equitable Sharing Civil Asset Forfeiture Program, HSBC, Human rights, incentives, Institute for Justice, marijuana, overcriminalization, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, state-sanctioned theft, unbanked, underbanked, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, victimless crimes, war on drugs

This is the first article in a series on how the war on drugs is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and

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Video Shows Albuquerque Cops Unload 50 Rounds At Vehicle

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 Asa J 1721 Views 48 rounds, 62nd Street, albuquerque, albuquerque police department, Andrew Wickline, Armando Hernandez, Body-cam video, Chevrolet Tahoe, Christopher Keeling, Civil rights, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, Dain Symes, Department of Justice, Department of Justice investigation, excessive force, felon in possession of a firearm, flash bang grenade, Gonzales Street, Justice Bowe, Lt. Michelle Campbell, Matthew Murphy, New Mexico, part of brain removed, police fire 50 rounds, police shoot fleeing vehicle, Police State, Raymond Marquez, Rodrigo Garcia, southwest Albuquerque, Southwest Area Command, swat, Toby Gallegos, University of New Mexico Hospital, vehicle theft, Victor Bustillos, video

Body-cam video has been released by the Albuquerque police department showing officers firing nearly 50 rounds at a fleeing vehicle

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Lawsuit: LAPD Deleted Video After Suffocating Handcuffed Man To Death

April 21, 2016 Asa J 1254 Views Alex Jimenez, arrest, attorney fees, battery, beat, California, Civil rights, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, cops delete video, deadly force, erased video, excessive force, False arrest, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, funeral expenses, Handcuffed, inadequate training, killer cops, knee on the throat, lapd, lawsuit, Los Angeles, los angeles police, los angeles police department, Negligence, police abuse, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, punitive damages, refusing medical treatment, South Los Angeles, suffocated, suffocated to death, tased, throat, thumb drive, wrongful death, wrongful death lawsuit

Family members of a man that died during an encounter with LAPD officers, say after their loved one was handcuffed,

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Lawsuit After Bungled No-Knock Raid Terrorizes Innocent Family

March 18, 2016 Asa J 2487 Views 18-month-old daughter, 7-year-old daughter, assault, assault and battery, attorney Hector Pineiro, battery, Civil rights, civil rights violations, compensatory damages, copblock, copblock.org, emotional distress, excessive force, Hector Pineiro, Informant, intentional infliction of emotional distress, Joshua Matos, Justice System, lawsuit, loss of wages, marianne diaz, Massachusetts, massachusetts state police, medical bills, mental duress, Naked, No-knock raid, nude, Police State, search warrant, Shane Jackson, swat, swat raid, Swat raid on naked woman, swat team, trespassing, Worcester, Worcester city police, worcester police department, worcester superior court

A Worcester, Massachusetts family has filed a lawsuit after being held at gunpoint during a no-knock SWAT team raid on their apartment looking

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$3.6 Million Awarded In Flash-Bang Grenade Maiming Of Baby Bou Bou

February 28, 2016February 28, 2016 Asa J 10176 Views Accountability, affidavit, Alecia Phonesavanh, Attorney Bill McKinnon, Baby Bou Bou, board of commissioners, Bounkham Phonesavah, Civil rights, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, Cornelia, Cornelia Police Department, deputy Charles Long, Deputy Nikki Autry, false information, flash bang grenade, fourth amendment, Georgia, Grady Memorial Hospital, Habersham County, Habersham County police, Habersham County Sheriffs Department, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, lawsuit, medically induced coma, NCIS, Nikki Autry, No-knock raid, Police State, probable cause, providing false information, Rabun County, search warrant, search warrant affidavit, settlement, Stephens County, swat team, unreasonable searches and seizures

The parents of a baby injured by a flash-bang grenade during a no-knock multi-agency task force raid in Georgia, will be awarded $3.6

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Lawsuit After Video Shows Baton Beating Of Hawaiian Man Praying For Seal

January 6, 2016 Asa J 1943 Views Accountability, assault and battery, baton beating, broken bones, broken hand, Brutality, Chief Louis Kealoha, Civil rights, civil rights violations, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, emotional distress, excessive force, False imprisonment, federal lawsuit, film the police, Hawaii, Honolulu, Honolulu Hawaii, honolulu police department, Jamie Kalani Rice, lawsuit, monk seal, Nanakuli Beach, Negligence, officer Ming Wang, Police brutality, Police State, ritual prayer, seal, Update, video

In an update to a story shared in December, a federal lawsuit has now been filed by a native Hawaiian man that

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