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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s “War On Drugs” is the Police State U.S. Policy Makers Dream Of

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1050 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, criminal cartels, Daryl Gates, DEA, Death Penalty, dehumanization, Donald Trump, drug czar, drug dealers, Drug Laws, drug profits, Drug war, drug warriors, ending the criminalization of drugs, excessive force, extrajudicial murder, foreign terrorists, freedom, genocide, George H.W. Bush, Governor Paul Lepage, guillotining of drug users on TV, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, lapd, maine, no victim no crime, peaceful market participants, Philippines, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, President Rodrigo Duterte, President Ronald Reagan, Propaganda, richard nixon, rights, Ryan Calhoun, strike the root, war on drugs, Why Duterte’s Drug War Can Happen Here and How To Stop It, William Bennett

This post was written by Ryan Calhoun and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title

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Update: Michael Slager Now Also Facing Federal Charges And Potentially Death Penalty

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1653 Views #blacklivesmatter, #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Anthony Scott, assault, body camera, Brutality, Chris Stewart, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Death Penalty, depriving someone of their civil rights under color of law, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, grand jury, Home Field Advantage, Homicide, intentional deliberate and/or illegal act, Judy Scott, Justice System, kelly patterson, michael slager, murder, North Charleston, north charleston police, obstructing justice in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, policeman's discount, rights, sc, south carolina, taser, unarmed person, Update, using a firearm in committing a crime of violence, video, violating civil rights laws, walter scott

Former Officer Michael Slager, the South Carolina cop who was caught on film murdering Walter Scott from behind as he

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Georgia Man Executed after Being Called a N****r by a Juror Who Convicted Him

May 4, 2016 Brian Sumner 1016 Views assault, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Death Penalty, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Execution. Capital punishment, Featured, freedom, Georgia, Juror neglect, Justice System, Kenneth Fults, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Racism, Racist Juror

Kenneth Fults was put to death Tuesday evening after being convicted of murdering his white neighbor in 1996. During an

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2015 Was a Record Year For Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1200 Views Arson, brooklyn, Cameron Todd Willingham, capital punishment, Cheese, chocolate chip cookies, committed doubters, controlled substance, criminal justice system, Death Penalty, death row, declared innocent, drug crimes, Drug war, exonerated, false conviction, false convictions, false guilty pleas, forensic arson investigation, freedom, Harassment, Harris County, Homicide, intellectually disabled, judicial misconduct, Justice System, juvenile, kelly patterson, la, Louisiana, Making a Murderer, mentally ill, mistaken for drugs, Mother Jones, MotherJones.com, National Registry of Exonerations, new orleans, New York, no victim no crime, no-crime crimes, non-violent, ny, Officer Misconduct, overrepresented on death row, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, prosecutor misconduct, radio program, Radley Balko, repost, rights, riven with errors and official misconduct, Serial, Texas, the war on some drugs, tortilla dough, University of Michigan Law School, victimless crime, washington post, wrongfull convictions

As originally reported by Mother Jones, a report from the University of Michigan Law School has declared that 2015 set

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Michael Slager is Attempting to Get Out on Bail Again (Plus Recent Related Developments)

December 10, 2015May 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1148 Views #blacklivesmatter, #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Andy Savage, Anthony Scott, assault, bloodstain analysis, body camera, Brutality, child death probe, Chris Stewart, Civil rights, Commerce Department, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, David Aylor, Death Penalty, depriving someone of their civil rights under color of law, Dishonesty, doctoring paperwork, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, fabricated confession, facebook post, film the police, forensic scientist, grand jury, Home Field Advantage, Homicide, intentional deliberate and/or illegal act, International Association for Identification, Judy Scott, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lowcountry, michael slager, Michele China, murder, North Charleston, north charleston police, obstructing justice in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, officers who pull the trigger, PBA, pending homicide case, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Benevolent Association, Police brutality, police shooting, Police Union, policeman's discount, PostAndCourier.com, rights, sc, shots fired, SLED, SLED Chief Mark Keel, south carolina, Southern States Police Benevolent Association, Special Agent Almon Brown, State Law Enforcement Division, taser, The Post and Courier, unarmed person, Update, using a firearm in committing a crime of violence, video, violating civil rights laws, walter scott

Michael Slager Requests Bail Again Michael Slager, the North Charleston, SC. cop who was caught murdering Walter Scott on video,

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Cory Maye finally free after a decade in prison

July 31, 2011July 31, 2011 CopBlock 984 Views Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Drug war, Gun rights, Justice System, Mississippi, No-knock raid, Prentiss MS, Prison, Self-defense

Cory Maye spent a decade in prison after killing a cop in self-defense.

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In defense of Bradley Manning

December 28, 2010December 28, 2010 Georgia Sand 855 Views Bradley Manning, Corruption, Death Penalty, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Prison, Terrorism

Several Cop Block readers have been appalled we would support Bradley Manning. At least one reader has stated that due

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Texas to hold death penalty hearing

December 20, 2010April 14, 2011 CopBlock 363 Views Death Penalty, Forensics, Homicide, Prosecutorial misconduct, Radley Balko, Texas

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Texas executes innocent man; no one held accountable

November 16, 2010February 3, 2011 Georgia Sand 961 Views Civil rights, Corruption, Death Penalty, Double Standard, Homicide, Texas

DNA testing recently revealed that Texas wrongly executed Claude Jones in 2000. Mr. Jones had always maintained his innocence and

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State governments eliminating the death penalty to cut costs

November 14, 2010April 14, 2011 CopBlock 328 Views Death Penalty, Homicide, Justice System, Maryland

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Confession coerced by police leads to death penalty

September 23, 2010September 22, 2010 Georgia Sand 2161 Views Arkansas, Civil rights, Coerced Confessions, Corruption, Death Penalty, Dishonesty, Police State, Prison, West Memphis AR

By C. Rutledge Wilson, contributor Seven days from now is an important moment for an Arkansas man named Damien Echols,

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