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Chicago Cop (Only) Fired for Shooting Sixteen Times at the Victims of a Drive By Then Lying About It

February 25, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1188 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, chicago police department, Chrysler, civilian review board, Cook County, cop block, copblock.org, Dishonesty, double-standards, drive-by shooting, excessive force, hearing officer, IL, Illinois, independent police review authority, innocent bystander, IPRA, James Fieweger, kelly patterson, Mitsubishi, Officer Francisco "Frank" Perez, oversight commission, police, police accountability, police department lawyer, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, surveillance video, top notch

Last week, the Chicago Independent Police Review Authority, one of those civilian oversight boards that are designed to make it

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Update: Chicago Cop Who Admitted Firing Gun While Driving Drunk Acquitted by Judge

January 4, 2017January 5, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1392 Views 111th Street, 22nd District, Accountability, acutely aware, aggravated battery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, assault, behaving aggressively, Buick, Charles Ostrowski, chicago, chicago police department, Chicago.CBS.Local.com, Civil rights, Cook County, cop block, cop shooting gun, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Dominic Dimaggio, double-standards, driving drunk, dui, dwi, excessive force, Firefighter, Ford F250, Harassment, IL, Illinois, Judge James Linn, Justice System, kelly patterson, Merrionette Park, Merrionette Park Police Department, military-type truck, Off Duty Cop, Officer John Gorman, police, police abuse, police accountability, Prospect Avenue, Pryor Avenue, Pulaski Rd, refused breathalyzer, rights, road rage, threatening manner, Update, warning shots, why are you driving like an asshole?

In spite of maintaining that he was “acutely aware” of the fact people are really tired of cops getting off

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Former Illinois Police Officer Charged With Stealing Over $65,000 From Elderly, Disabled Person

October 22, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1714 Views $65, 165 Shadowbend Drive, 836, Accountability, act forbidden by law, chicago, Civil rights, Cook County, Cook County state's attorney's office, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Disability, disabled person, Dishonesty, Elderly abuse, financial exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability, forgery, forgery and theft, grand jury indictment, IL, Illinois, illinois state police, iraq, Justice System, kelly patterson, knowingly committed, La Grange, La Grange Police Department, leave of absence, official misconduct, police, police accountability, position of trust or confidence, ptsd, Steven C. Kneifel, suicidal thoughts, sworn police officer, Theft, Wheeling

Steve Kneifel, a former officer with the La Grange (IL) Police Department, was charged with writing checks on the account

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Lawsuit: Cop Beat, Stuck Gun In Mouth Of Mentally Disabled Teen, Tried To Cover It Up

September 13, 2016 Asa J 2292 Views beating, chicago police, chicago police department, Chicago police officer, Cook County, Cook County jail, Cook County state's attorney's office, cop beats mentally disabled teen, cop beats teen, copblock, copblock.org, cops sticks gun in mouth, cover up, Dishonesty, electronic monitoring, emotional trauma, fake police reports, false reports, federal lawsuit, gun in mouth, independent police review authority, IPRA, lacerations, Matthew Jackson, mental impairment, mentally disabled, Mentally Disabled Teen, Mount Sinai Hospital, Nathaniel Taylor, officer Matthew Jackson, police abuse, police beating, police misconduct, Police State, Richard Dvorak, teen beating, walked across lawn, West Side

A Chicago police officer is being accused of beating and sticking his gun in the mouth of a mentally disabled

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Spotlighting A Black Site: Chicago-Local Officials Pass Resolution Calling For DOJ Probe Of Homan Square

February 24, 2016 Isiah Holmes 942 Views 2016, Accountability, america, assault, black site, blog, Brutality, chicago, chicago police, Civil rights, Cook County, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crimes, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, federal probe, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, homan square, illegal, Illegal search/entry, interrogation, Investigation, journalism, justice, Laquan McDonald, military cops, news, police, police abuse, police accountability, police killing, Police State, politics, prison industrial complex, rights, share, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance state, tourture, Transparency, undercover officers, Update, warrior cops, Washington, writing

County officials near Chicago recently upped the ante amidst a federal probe of the cities police. Their grievances, however, don’t revolve

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Justice Dept Launches Probe Into Chicago PD As Unions Attempt To Destroy Records

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 Asa J 1135 Views Accountability, Attorney Anita Alvarez, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, chicago, Chicago City Council, chicago police department, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, commander Jon Burge, Cook County, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, craig futterman, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, double-standards, Fraternal Order of Police, Freedom of Information Act requests, Harassment, Illinois, Illinois Appellate Court, Illinois Circuit Court, Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, Jamie Kalven, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Judge Peter Flynn, Justice System, Laquan McDonald, Mayor rahm emanuel, New York Times, Obstruction, officer George Hernandez, Officer Jason Van Dyke, Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Police State, police Torture, President Dean Angelo, Torture, uperintendent Garry McCarthy

The Chicago police department has been mired in controversy after footage was released late last month showing officer Jason Van

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No Charges For Chicago Cop Filmed Shooting Ronald Johnson In The Back – Family Allege “Cover-Up”

December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 Asa J 1651 Views #JusticeForRonnieman, Anita Alvarez, attorney Michael Oppenheimer, Chicago City Council, Chicago mafia, chicago police, chicago police department, conspiracy, Cook County, copblock, copblock.org, cover up, dash cam video, Dorothy Holmes, federal lawsuit, film the police, garry mccarthy, independent police review authority, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Justice for Ronnieman, Laquan McDonald, Mayor rahm emanuel, New York Times, officer George Hernandez, Officer Jason Van Dyke, Organized crime, police execution, police shoot man in back, police shot man running away in the back, press conference, rahm emanuel, Ronald Johnson, Ronnieman, running away, San Bernardino shooting, shot in the back, superintendent Garry McCarthy, video, wrongful death

The Chicago police department is in the spotlight again after Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said during a press

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Police Kill 95-Year-Old Man with Bean-Bag Rounds

July 30, 2013January 1, 2014 Kate 797 Views Advocate Christ Medical Center, blunt force trauma, Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Cook County Medical Examiner, excessive force, Homicide, Illinois, John Warna, Park Forest, Park Forest Police Department, Police brutality, rt, St. James Hospital

As reported by WorldTruth.tv: A 95-year-old Illinois man died in a violent confrontation with police on Friday after refusing to

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Show your support, Jury convicts a man for Filming, his sentencing is Sept 8

September 6, 2010September 6, 2010 CopBlock 648 Views Brutality, Civil rights, Cook County, Corruption, Double Standard, Filming police, Gregory Koger, Illinois, Photography, Police State, rob

To show your support and sign the petition Here or come to the sentencing hearing on September 8 (in the Chicago

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