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Lawsuit After Video Shows Cop Snatch Protestor’s Phone, Concoct Charges Against Him

September 18, 2016 Asa J 341 Views ACLU, ACLU of Connecticut, actual damages, checkpoint demonstration, checkpoint protest, Connecticut, Connecticut State Police, copblock, copblock.org, creating a public disturbance, Dishonesty, dui checkpoint, false charges, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, first amendment, fourth amendment, grudges, gun permit, Interstate 84, john barone, john jacobi, lawsuit, michael picard, officer John Barone, officer John Jacobi, officer Patrick Torneo, open carry, open carry activist, Park Road, Patrick Torneo, pistol permit, police accountability, police accountability activist, protest, punch a number, punitive damages, retaliation, Right Against Warrantless Seizure of his Property, Right to Receive and Memorialize Information, U.S. District Court, use of a highway by a pedestrian, West Hartford

In a federal lawsuit filed against three Connecticut state police officers, an avid police accountability and open carry activist is

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CT State Troopers Caught Lying on Video About Man Open Carrying While CopBlocking

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 Ademo Freeman 834 Views Accountability, Connecticut State Police, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, double-standards, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, jeff jalbert, john barone, john jacobi, Justice System, michael picard, new britain, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, strike the root, video

The video above is NOT the first submission to CopBlock.org from Michael Picard, who’s an experienced CopBlocker and advocate of personal

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My Police Abuse Incident in Connecticut

October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 484 Views 911, Accountability, assault, assaulted by a state trooper, Civil rights, Connecticut State Police, cop block, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, cover his ass, cruising speed, dashcam, Dishonesty, doing 57 in a 55 zone, exit 44, formal complaint, hands on the trunk, Harassment, I-84 East, idiot, Justice System, kelly patterson, License, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Registration, rights, summer of 2007, Supervisor Staff Sergeant Brennan, Traffic stop, who do you think you are passing me

The following post was submitted by Raul Santiago, via the CopBlock.org Submissions page. Date of Incident: Summer of 2007 Officer

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Man Dies After Being Drugged, Tased During Medical Disturbance Call

August 8, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 499 Views Accountability, autopsy, Civil rights, Connecticut, Connecticut State Police, copblock, copblock.org, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, excessive force, forcibly medicated, Hartford, Hartford Connecticut, Hartford Hospital, hartford police, Hartford State's Attorney's Office, Homicide, Kelsey Street, man dies from police taser, man tasered for putting out fire, Matthew Russo, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, police, police abuse, rights, taser, Western District Major Crime squad

A Hartford, Connecticut man is dead after an officer used a taser on him and EMS personnel forcibly sedated him

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