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Chicago Mayor Proposes Scrapping Police Accountibility Board For Civlian Investigative Agency

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Isiah Holmes 694 Views Accountability, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, chicago, Chicago mayor, chicago police, Civil rights, civilian ran police accountability, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, filiming the police, Film, film the police, Harassment, homan square, Investigation, journalism, Justice System, lies, malpractice, news, no victim no crime, police accountability, police reform board, Police State, police the police, poltiics, rights, strike the root, writing

Media pressure on police has hit Chicago PD particularly hard, ignited by the Laquan Mcdonald shooting. Everything’s starting to hang

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Class Warfare

May 4, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1696 Views Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, class warfare, classism, cocaine, Colorado, crack, crack vs cocaine, DoJ, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, drug war propaganda, economic discrimination, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, Human rights, incentives, law enforcement against prohibition, LEAP, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Matthew Fogg, meth, Methamphetamine, methamphetamine crisis, Occupational licensing, Oregon, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, pseudoephedrine, Racism, sentencing disparities, state-sanctioned class warfare, unintended consequences, victimless crimes, war on drugs, wealth redistribution, working class

This is the fourth and final article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape,

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

April 19, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1504 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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Federal “Investigations” Only Enable Local Police Departments’ Abuses

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1092 Views Accountability, assault, Baltimore, baltimore police department, broken police department, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, Cleveland, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, counterproductive, Department of Justice, detroit, Dishonesty, DoJ, Double Standard, enabling abuse, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal civil rights probe, Federal Monitor, ferguson, Freddie Gray, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, indifferent to injustice, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, Los Angeles, National Guard, new orleans, newark, pittsburgh, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Police Unions, political calculation, reforms, rights, strike the root

The following post was originally posted at NationalInterest.org by Timothy Lynch under the title “Washington Can’t Fix Broken Policing.” It addresses

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

April 9, 2016March 7, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 3076 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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Building More Prisons is Not the Solution to Prison Riots

April 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1821 Views Accountability, AL, Alabama, Alabama.com, anarchism, assault, Brutality, building more prisons, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, commentary, Common Justice, Community Works West, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, degrading conditions, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, excessive force, force, freedom, Governor Robert Bentley, Harassment, Holman Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, lockdown, meditation, Minorities, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison overcrowding, prison riots, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, restorative justice, rights, strike the root, Suicide, System, Timothy Jason Jones, transformative, WHNT 19 News, WKRG News

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

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The P.R. SNAFU’s: DOJ forced to investigate it’s own after agent holds Madison teens at gunpoint

March 8, 2016March 9, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1084 Views Accountability, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, blog, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, cop holding people at gunpoint, copblock.org, Corruption, DCI agent, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, doj investigation, double-standards, email, excessive force, fake cop, film the police, freedom, gunpoint, Harassment, hidden information, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, madison police, madison police chief, news, open records request, police, police abuse, police accountability, police brutality 2016, Police Chief, police privilage, protecting police, punishment, red and blue, rights, share, sources, strike the root, Surveillance, teen drivers, teenagers, thin blue line, Traffic stop, Transparency, traumatic experience, Undercover, undercover car, writing

A Department Of Justice (DOJ) agent caught their employer a ridiculous case of the P.R. SNAFU’s following a renegade traffic

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Shifting Prisoners to New “State of the Art Facilities” Won’t Eliminate Prison Abuse

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1852 Views abolish prisons, Accountability, AL, Alabama, anarchism, assault, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson, Christianity, Civil rights, commentary, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, easily reintegrate into another prison, excessive force, force, forced conversion, freedom, Harassment, Julia Tutwiler State Women's Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Lovelady Center, Minorities, Montgomery, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, rights, sex abuse, sexual assault, strike the root, System, Tutwiler Prison

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

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US Army Soldier Mourns Loss Of Cousin, Killed By Police In Muskego Wisconsin

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 Isiah Holmes 2119 Views 2016, 2016 police killing, Accountability, administration, america, army veteran, ARTICLE, assault, blog, Brutality, car chase, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, facebook, Featured, film the police, Fox, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, interview, Investigation, journalism, Justice System, media, memorial, milwaukee, mourning, new, no victim no crime, patrol, police, police abuse, probe, redaction policy, sad, Sherif, strike the root, Transparency, walworth county sheriff's department, Wisconsin, writing

A consistent disconnect persists throughout our collective conversation on police, and their relationship with the heavily policed. For many minority groups–including

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Spotlighting A Black Site: Chicago-Local Officials Pass Resolution Calling For DOJ Probe Of Homan Square

February 24, 2016 Isiah Holmes 810 Views 2016, Accountability, america, assault, black site, blog, Brutality, chicago, chicago police, Civil rights, Cook County, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crimes, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, federal probe, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, homan square, illegal, Illegal search/entry, interrogation, Investigation, journalism, justice, Laquan McDonald, military cops, news, police, police abuse, police accountability, police killing, Police State, politics, prison industrial complex, rights, share, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance state, tourture, Transparency, undercover officers, Update, warrior cops, Washington, writing

County officials near Chicago recently upped the ante amidst a federal probe of the cities police. Their grievances, however, don’t revolve

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A Touch Of Dystopia: Milwaukee Police Hid Stingray Use From Courts, Says ACLU

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1515 Views 7th circuit court of appeals, Accountability, ACLU, america, american civil liberties union, American police culture, amicus brief, blog, Brutality, cell phone data, Civil rights, comment, constitution, cop block, copblock.org, cops, Corruption, courts, data collection, Department of Justice, discuss, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, dystopia, Ed Flynn, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, encouraging police to prey on the people, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal probe, federal program, freedom, fugitive, Harassment, illegal, Illegal search/entry, insanity by definition, intelligence cop, jail, journalism, judge, Justice System, milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, milwaukee police, monitoring, MPD, news, no victim no crime, nondisclosure agreement, oddly vague language, orwellian, overuse, phone tracking, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police industrial complex, Police State, politics, PR event, prison industrial complex, rights, scrutinous pressure, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, share, stingrays, streamlining convictions, strike the root, subverting the courts, Surveillance, surveillance state, sustainable democratic models, Transparency, undisclosed Stingray use, unethical, Update, warrantless data collection, Warrior Cop, wi, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

Scrutinous pressure continues to bury Milwaukee’s police department despite its recent DOJ-sponsored public forum. Days later, the ACLU blasted the

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Justice Department Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against the City of Ferguson

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Brian Sumner 2200 Views Accountability, ArchCity Defenders, assault, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Darren Wilson, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Executive Director Thomas Harvey, Featured, ferguson, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, lawsuit, mike brown, Missouri, MO, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, thinkprogress.org, Update

(ANTIMEDIA) — In response to Ferguson City Council requesting amendments to a consent decree, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it will “aggressively”

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