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Two Dozen Guns Vanish From D.C. Police Evidence Locker – Used In Other Crimes

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Asa J 2158 Views .357 revolver, .38 Special, 1st District Property, Accountability, assault on a police officer, carrying a pistol without a license, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, D.C., D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, database, Delonte Yate, Department of Forensic Sciences, DFS memo, Dishonesty, evidence locker, federal police agencies, Firearms and Toolmark Examination Unit, fitness for duty test, further investigation, Guns, internal memo, Maurice Lynch, metro, missing evidence, MPD, nefarious purposes, pistol, police, police officer’s firearm, Police State, police state daily, revolver, serial numbers, Special Police Officer, stealing evidence, stolen guns, Taurus, Teron Bridgett, Theft, Tri-Sec Investigative Service, U.S. Parks Police, Washington

It has been revealed that two dozen firearms have gone missing from an evidence locker at the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan

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Court Rules TSA Must Establish Rules For Virtual Strip Searches

October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 Asa J 1131 Views Administrative Procedure Act, body scanners, Civil rights, Competitive Enterprise Institute, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, court ruling, D.C., department of homeland security, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Federal Appeals Court in D.C., federal lawsuit, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, inspector general, John Whitehead, Marc Scribner, Police State, rights, Rutherford Institute, Secretary Jeh Johnson, Transparency, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., undercover inspector general investigation, Update, virtual strip search

The TSA has been conducting virtual strip searches on airline passengers for seven years with absolutely no rules or oversight

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DC Mayor: Body-Cam Footage Stays Private If Officer Charged With Crime

September 11, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1157 Views Accountability, body cameras, Body-cam footage, copblock, copblock.org, D.C., D.C. city council, D.C. police, D.C. police department, David Grosso, Deputy Mayor Kevin Donahue, Dishonesty, district of columbia, double-standards, film the police, Filming police, foia, FOIA exemption, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, the Washington Post, Transparency

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser initially proposed a blanket FOIA exemption in April prohibiting the release of police body-cam footage,

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