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San Antonio Cop Caught Trying to Feed Shit Sandwich to Homeless Man Fired (Again) for 2nd Feces Related Incident

January 27, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1373 Views ABC, Accountability, appeal, Ben Sifuentes, bread, bullying of homeless, Chief William McManus, Civil rights, civilian review board, copblock, copblock.org, criminalizing homelessness, fecal sandwich, feces, Feeding the Homeless, Food Not Bombs, harassing the homeless, Harassment, indefinite suspension, internal affairs, kelly patterson, KVUE.com, lawyer, Mayor Ivy Taylor, MySanAntonio.com, Officer Matthew Luckhurst, police, police accountability, poo fetish, poop pranks, San Antonio, San Antonio Police Department, shit sandwich, stigma toward homelessness, targeting homeless, Texas, TX, video

In November, I posted about San Antonio Police Officer Mathew Luckhurst who had tried to feed a sandwich filled with

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Las Vegas Metro Police Department Conducted Raid on Homeless Camp Just Before Christmas

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1550 Views 24/7 Bail Bonds, Accountability, bail bonds agency, Civil rights, CMART, cold weather, Community-Oriented Policing Unit, Confiscation of Property, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, County Multi-Agency Response Team, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, Dishonesty, Donna Lieberman, double-standards, Harassment, homeless outreach, homelessness, Illegal search/entry, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, lvmpd, metro, Molasky Family Park, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Nevada, no victim no crime, not on my watch, NV, people without houses, police, police abuse, police raid, Police State, poverty, record cold temperatures, rights, Sergeant Ryan Cook, stealing blankets, Taylor Barton, winter

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Arkady Bukh, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. In addition, Bukh

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Days Before Christmas, the LVMPD Conducted Raids on Homeless People Stealing Blankets and Winter Shelter

December 31, 2016January 1, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2264 Views Accountability, Civil rights, CMART, cold weather, Community-Oriented Policing Unit, Confiscation of Property, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, COPS TV show, Corruption, County Multi-Agency Response Team, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, Dishonesty, double-standards, Food Not Bombs, Harassment, Help of Southern Nevada, homeless outreach, homelessness, housing instability, housing options, Illegal search/entry, jason nellis, Jazoof, Jonas Rand, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, lvmpd, metro, Molasky Family Park, Nevada, no victim no crime, not on my watch, NV, Park Police, people without houses, police, police abuse, police raid, Police State, poverty, record cold temperatures, rights, Sergeant Ryan Cook, stealing blankets, unapologetically positive attitude, UNLV, winter

The following post was written by Jonas Rand, a UNLV student and member of Food Not Bombs Las Vegas. It

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San Antonio Police Officer Matthew Luckhurst Fired for Trying to Feed Shit Sandwich to Homeless Man

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1270 Views ABC, Accountability, appeal, Ben Sifuentes, bread, bullying of homeless, Chief William McManus, Civil rights, civilian review board, copblock, copblock.org, criminalizing homelessness, fecal sandwich, feces, Feeding the Homeless, Food Not Bombs, harassing the homeless, Harassment, indefinite suspension, internal affairs, kelly patterson, KVUE.com, lawyer, Mayor Ivy Taylor, MySanAntonio.com, Officer Matthew Luckhurst, police, police accountability, San Antonio, San Antonio Police Department, shit sandwich, stigma toward homelessness, targeting homeless, Texas, TX, video

Officer Matthew Luckhurst of the San Antonio Police Department has been placed on indefinite suspension as the result of an

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Harassment by Police for Using a Public Park in King City Oregon

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1016 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, criminal trespass, criminalizing homelessness, Dishonesty, Filming police, freedom, harassing the homeless, Harassment, homelessness, Illegal Camping, Justice System, kelly patterson, King City, no victim no crime, OR, Oregon, police, police accountability, Police State, public park, public property, rights, Transparency, video

The following post and the video included with it were shared with the CopBlock Network by Theodore Pojman, via the

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“Justice” For The Wealthy, Law Enforcement For The Poor

April 19, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1841 Views 2008 financial meltdown, Accountability, America’s Divided Justice System, assault, attorney general, Barack Obama, Barclays, Bill Clinton, blocking pedestrian traffic, book review, broken windows, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, Collateral Consequences, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Covington and Burling, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, Department of Justice, deportation, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, draconian punishments, Drug war, dystopian reality, economic inequality, England, eric holder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, financial crimes, fishing with dynamite, fraud, freedom, gang of well-funded hedge fund managers, Goldman Sachs, graffiti, harassing the homeless, Harassment, Howard Safir, HSBC, Immigrant, indirect negative economic consequences, injustices, jail, James C. Wilson, JP Morgan Chase, Justice System, kelly patterson, late-night phone calls, Latin America, Lehman Brothers, low income, massive kidnapping industry, Matt Taibbi, Minorities, New York Police Commisioner, New York Press, nightmarish bureaucracy, no victim no crime, Patreon, people of color, phony accusations of a criminal activity, Playboy, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, ptutocracy, punishment, repost, rights, robo-signing, Rolling Stone, Rudy Giuliani, strike the root, The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, The Nation, threats, too big to fail, too big to jail, victimless crimes, wealthy offenders, zero tolerance

This post was written by James C. Wilson and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Jails and the “Justice” System Punish the Poor For Being Poor

April 9, 2016March 7, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 3246 Views Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, assault, black woman, Brutality, building alternative forms of dealing with crime, chris hedges, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, death in custody, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, fair and equal treatment, focus of rehabilitation, freedom, gofundme, harassing the homeless, Harassment, high-profile victim, Homicide, Independence, jail, Jeffery Pendleton, Justice System, kelly patterson, low income, marijuana, meaningless term, New Hampshire, New York Times, no victim no crime, outstanding fines, peaceful and creative ways, people of color, perverse incentives that treat individuals as a stream of revenue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, pre-detention centers, punishment, rights, Sandra Bland, strike the root, Texas, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Ohio Judge: There Will Be No Mentioning Of The Constitution Here

March 24, 2015March 24, 2015 Ademo Freeman 728 Views Accountability, anti-panhandling law, City Hall, constitution, constitutional law, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, criminalizing homelessness, Double Standard, film the police, Filming police, greene county herald, Judge Kathryn Barber, judge michael murray, Jury trial, OH, Ohio, ohio copblock, panhandling, pre-trial hearing, rights, TruthVoice.com, Update, virgil vaduva, war on the poor, Xenia Ohio, Xenia police

*Originally post at TruthVoice.com* Today in a pre-trial hearing, an Ohio judge casually agreed with a motion filed by a

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Department of Homeland Security in Portland Harasses and Violates the Rights of Homeless

September 19, 2013October 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 832 Views Aaron Edmonstone, Accountability, assault, Civil rights, cop block, cop watch, copblock.org, criminalizing homelessness, department of homeland security, DHS, don't tread on me, Edith Green/Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, film the police, freedom, FTP, Harassment, homeland security, homeless, Illegal search/entry, kelly patterson, Kolender v. Lawson, livestream, Mike Bluehair, mike smith, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, Portland City Hall, rights, strike the root, Supreme Court, Terry Schrunk Plaza, video, wikipedia

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by MikeBlueHair of ‘Film The Police Portland” (also known as “FTP

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