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Fake Police Department Fooled Pentagon Into Giving Them $1.2 Million Worth Of Weapons

July 25, 2017 Asa J 7934 Views 1033 Program, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Fake Cops, fake police department, Government Accountability Office, Government watchdog, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, military equipment, night vision googles, open the books, pentagon, pipe bombs, Police State, scopes, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, training rifles, Wayne McElrath, Zina Merritt

A government watchdog group that posed as fake cops and set up a fake police department were able to acquire

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Half Of U.S. Adults Already In Facial Recognition Database Study Shows

October 19, 2016 Asa J 1378 Views american civil liberties union, civil liberties, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, databases, department of defense, Department of Motor Vehicles, facial recognition, facial recognition database, facial recognition network, facial recognition software, FBI, freedom of information requests, fusion centers, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology, intelligence agencies, mugshot database, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Police State, Privacy, state police, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, Technology, West Virginia Fusion Center

A new study conducted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology shows that half of all U.S. adults are

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Articles Killer Cops

Innocent Man Killed By Cop From Armored Vehicle Gun Turret

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Asa J 1342 Views 1033 Program, Accountability, american civil liberties union, amphibious tanks, armored vehicle, attorney Brian Dunn, bearcat, Brian Dunn, California, Capt. Steve Katz, carjacking, carjacking suspect, Compton, copblock, copblock.org, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, department of defense, Donnell Thompson, drones, federal lawsuit, flash-bang, flash-bang device, Gun Turret, Homicide, innocent man, lawsuit, Los Angeles, los angeles sheriff's department, M4, M4 assault rifle, militarization of police, militarized police, militarized police vehicle, military hardware, police kill innocent man, police killing, police murder, police shooting, Police State, rubber bullets, swat, swat team, tragedy, unarmed man, War Comes Home

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has admitted that a deputy killed an innocent man after shooting him from a gun

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2015 And The Myth Of The War On Cops

January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 Asa J 2041 Views 1033 Program, Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Dishonesty, Drug war, fake war on cops, law enforcement support office, Myth Of The War On Cops, national law enforcement officers memorial fund, pentagon, police deaths, Police State, swat, swat raids, The Guardian, U.S. Government’s Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, War Comes Home, War on Cops

2015 saw several high-profile killings of officers around the county, leading police supporters and pundits the nation over to rail against a

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Military Facial Recognition Tech Now In The Hands Of Local Police

August 13, 2015November 28, 2015 Asa J 1677 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, biometric program, biometrics, boston, chicago, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, DNA profiles, facial recognition, facial recognition software, FBI, fingerprints, fourth amendment, intelligence agencies, iris scans, Lt. Scott Wahl, military, New York, New York Times, Next Generation Identification, Next Generation Identification biometric program, oakland, photographs, Privacy, privacy rights, san diego, San Diego police, software, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance state, Technology, voice identification records

According to a new New York Times report, facial recognition software utilized by intelligence agencies and the military is currently

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University of Minnesota Lied in Public Communications About Militarization of Campus Police

August 9, 2015August 8, 2015 Kate 1486 Views 1033 Program, Aberdeen, assault rifles, Chronicle of Higher Education, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, department of defense, Dishonesty, Double Standard, freedom, grenade launchers, Justice System, M14, M16, M79, Metro Transit Police Department, militarization of police, Minnesota Daily, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, rochester police department, Students United Against Police Brutality, SUAPB, UMPD, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Police Department, US Armys Rock Island Arsenal, washington police department

Pam Wheelock, Vice President of University Services for U of Minn, 612-624-3557 Questions Raised over UMPD Participation in 1033 Program

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Federal Takeover Of Police Underway In Baltimore

August 4, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1761 Views #BaltimoreRiots, 1033 Program, ACLU, Al Sharpton, american civil liberties union, Aspen Institute, ATF, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore Fed, Baltimore Maryland, baltimore riots, BFED, Boston bombing, bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, department of defense, DoJ, drug enforcement administration, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federalization of police, federalize police, Freddie Gray, gun confiscation, Homeland security and intelligence: Next steps in evolving the mission, House Permanent Select Committee, justice department, katrina, martial law, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Michael Chertoff, militarization of police, new orleans, Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, Salt Lake City Utah, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, secret service, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, swat teams, threat fusion centers, U.S. Marshals, Unified Police Department, War Comes Home

In wake of the death of Freddie Gray and the culminating Baltimore riots earlier this year, Al Sharpton became the

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The Transfer of Military Surplus to Domestic Police [Infographic]

October 25, 2014October 20, 2014 CopBlock 838 Views 1033 Program, bearcat, cop block, copblock.org, criminal justice degree hub, department of defense, drug prohibition, james madison, law enforcement support office, lenco, military surplus, mrap, mraps, paramilitarized police, Police State, Tyranny, war on drugs

Mike from CriminalJusticeDegreeHub.com created and shared the infographic below, which does an excellent job at making visible the growth of

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To Terrify and Occupy: How the Excessive Militarization of the Police Is Turning Cops Into Counterinsurgents

October 7, 2014June 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3005 Views 1033 Program, ACLU, Bou Bou Phonesavanh, cop block, copblock.org, counterterrorism, defense logistics agency, department of defense, department of homeland security, federal grants, habersham county sheriff, hobbs police department, incentives, institutionalized violence, Jason Westcott, justice department, matthew harwood, mrap, newport beach police department, norm stamper, personal responsiblity, pete kraska, police accountability, police militarization, Police State, Psychology, Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop, Security theater, Self-defense, swat, tampa bay, tampa police department, Terrorism, tomdispatch.com, war on drugs

Patti Silliman shared a link via CopBlock.org/Submit to a piece authored by Matthew Harwood, which opened by outlining the needless killing

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MRAPs – the “War on Terror” Brought to Your Community

November 10, 2013January 6, 2014 Pete Eyre 1529 Views badges don't grant extra rights, bae systems, ballot box, caiman, cartridge box, Coercion, crown point police department, defense logistics agency, department of defense, dyer police department, fear is the mindkiller, force maxx, griffith police department, hobart police department, ideas have consequences, Indiana, iraq war, Lake County, lake station police department, Lowell Police Department, merrillville, merrillville police department, mine-resistant ambush protected, mrap, munster police department, navistar, northwest indiana cop block, northwest indiana regional swat, patour2013, peace, police accountability, police accountability tour, schereville police department, Security theater, self-government, Self-ownership, taxes are theft, video, war on terrorism

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles manufactured for use in Iraq and Afghanistan at a cost of half a million dollars

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Boots on Campus

February 28, 2013January 1, 2014 Pete Eyre 1033 Views american enterprise institute, antiwar.com, big brother, boots on campus, center of excellence for operational neuroscience, coinitelpro, college, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, department of defense, dick cheney, henry giroux, heritage foundation, john gaddis, john stillman, joseph lieberman, kelley b. vlahos, lynn cheney, manhattan institute, militarization, military intelligence, nathalie batraville, new haven, Police State, reserve officers training court, rotc, stanley mcchrystal, surveillance state, the grand strategy program, the huffington post, the yale herald, washington institute for near east policy, yale daily news, yale medical school

Boots on Campus: Yale Flap Highlights Militarization of Academia was originally posted to antiwar.com by Kelley B. Vlahos on February

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Good Stranger: DoD Records Citizens’ Encounters with SFPD

July 2, 2012 CopBlock 781 Views artifical intelligence, big brother, brian lande, civil liberties, cop block, copblock.org, darpa, defense advanced research projects agency, department of defense, Featured, fred noland, geoffrey king, good stranger, jacob crawford, kate conger, michael andraychak, military, Privacy, san francisco police department, Surveillance

Planning on chugging down icy brews in Dolores Park this weekend? Recent crackdowns by the San Francisco Police Department have

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