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Cop’s False Testimony Sent Teen to Prison for 9 Years, Despite Real Killer’s Confession Weeks After Sentencing

June 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1987 Views Accountability, affidavit, Civil rights, conviction overturned, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, credibility, Davontae Sanford, Deputy Police Chief James Tolbert, detailed diagram of the crime scene, detective, detroit, detroit police department, Dishonesty, Dykema Gossett, false confession, false conviction, false testimony, Flint, Flint Police Department, freedom, Heidi Naasko, Hitman, Homicide, Judge Brian Sullivan, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kwame Kilpatrick, lawsuit, location of the victims’ bodies, MI, Michigan, Michigan Innoncence Clinic, Michigan State Appellate Defender's Office, michigan state police, murder, Northwestern Center for the Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Odell Godbold, police, police abuse, police accountability, quadruple homicide, rights, Scandal, second degree murder, Strippers, suspended from practicing law, Tamara Greene, Vincent Smothers, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

On Tuesday, a Detroit man who had been in prison since the age of fourteen, due to false testimony by

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NPW16 Good Cop of the Day: Barron Morgan

May 16, 2016May 14, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1717 Views Accountability, Barron Morgan, Civil rights, cold case murder, confession, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, demotion, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, good cops, graveyard shift, Harassment, Homicide, Innocence Project, internal investigation, Justice System, Kentucky, kentucky state police, lawsuit, LMPD, Louisville, louisville metro police department, lying cops, murder, narcotics, national police week, night patrolman, NPW, NPW16, police, Police Week, retaliation, rights, Susan King, video, violating the chain of command, whistleblower, wrongful conviction

This is the third article in a series for National Police Week Our second Good Cop of the Day is

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Update: New Jersey Cop Pleads Guilty to Sexting Teenage Girls

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1452 Views 14 year old girl, 17 year old, Accountability, assault, chris voluntaryist, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, creepy text messages, detective, Dishonesty, endangering the welfare of a child, Erik Reamy, failure to make the required disposition of property, Glen Rock, glen rock police, guilty plea, Harassment, inappropriate behavior, Justice System, juvenile, juvenile detective, kelly patterson, New Jersey, NJ, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, selling guns, sex crimes, sexting teens, stealing evidence, toxic cops, underage girls, Update

Back in August CopBlock Network contributor Chris Voluntaryist posted about Erik Reamy, a Glen Rock, NJ police officer who was

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Officer Previously Arrested For Attempted Murder, Arrested Again For Choking Girlfriend

October 16, 2015October 15, 2015 Steven Thomas 1260 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Hurst, Justice System, murder, nypd, officer, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Robert, Robert Hurst, Second-Degree, suspended

An eleven year veteran with the New Orleans Police Department has been placed on ‘emergency suspension without pay’ after being

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Attention All CopBlockers: You Can Help Get This Dangerous Cop Off The Streets

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 Steven Thomas 1578 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, LeBert, ma, Massachusets, Medford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Stephen, Suicide, threat, threatening, threats, video

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Medford (MA) Police Detective Stephen LeBert. He faced an Internal Affairs

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Update: Pocatello Detective Caught Assaulting Man on Video Has Resigned

October 1, 2015October 15, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1620 Views Accountability, assault, assaulted for filming, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, film the police, id, Idaho, james, kelly patterson, Pocatello, Pocatello Police, Pocatello Police Department, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Rutherford, steven, Update, video, Westfall

In July, CopBlock Network Contributor Steven Thomas posted the dash cam video of Pocatello Idaho Detective Steven Westfall smashing his

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Mentally Unstable, Road-Raging Police Officer, Has A History of Mental Instability

August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 Steven Thomas 2680 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, Justice System, LeBert, Medford, Officer Stephen LeBert, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Department, Police State, rights, Stephen, steven, Steven LeBert, video

“I’ll put a hole right through your f—ing head” – those are the words shouted by a mentally unstable police

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Update: Pistol Whipped Cop Was Afraid of Making Headlines

August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 CopBlock 1285 Views Accountability, Alabama, burglary suspect, bystanders, departmental policy, detective, fight, FOP President Heath Boackle, law enforcement, less than lethal, oversight, pictures, pistol whipped, protocol. cry wolf, public scrutiny, racist cop, social media, solutions, taunting, Twitter, unconscious, use of force

This is an update to the story I brought to you earlier in the week about the Alabama officer that

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Man Jailed On Bogus Murder Charge Because He Embarrassed A Cop

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 Steven Thomas 1552 Views Accountability, Brian Rodriguez, CCTV, City of New York, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Falsified, Harassment, Homicide, identification, Lied, Line Up, nypd, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, Surveillance, video

In 2011, Bronx native Brian Rodriguez was arrested for robbery and his case went to trial. The arresting officer, Detective

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I Was Raped—and the Police Told Me I Made It Up (REPOST)

August 1, 2015July 31, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1288 Views assault, blaming the victim, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cranberry, Cranberry Township Police Department, detective, Dishonesty, frank evanson, Harassment, Justice System, Pennsylvania, police, police abuse, Police State, rape, rape kit, rights, robbery, sara reedy, sexual assault, strike the root, Theft, Transparency, trial, vice, wilbur brown

*The following post was published at VICE.com by Natalie Elliott* If you think India is the only place where cops treat

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Police Officer Charged After Assaulting Detained Man on Video

July 24, 2015October 1, 2015 Steven Thomas 1516 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, film the police, id, Idaho, james, Pocatello, Pocatello Police, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Rutherford, steven, video, Westfall

A Pocatello Police officer has been charged with assault. Detective Steven Westfall is on paid administrative leave and is charged

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Miami-Dade Police Detective Accused of Robbing Drivers During Traffic Stops

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 CopBlock 1580 Views Accountability, arrested, bad apple, chris voluntaryist, cop block, copblock.org, cops steals from drivers, Corruption, dea sting, detective, Dishonesty, FBI, Featured, fl, Florida, hernandez, Homestead Police Department, Illegal search/entry, indictment, john rivera, karel rosario, martinez, Miami Dade police, police, police abuse, police accountability, police robbed drivers, rights, stealing jewelry, stolen jewelry, traffic stops, video, william kostopoulos

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player From Florida’s Local 10: A Miami-Dade police detective was indicted Thursday on charges of using