Downtown Archives - Cop Block

Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops

Man Beaten by Las Vegas Police For Not Moving Fast Enough Awarded $31,500 Settlement (Update)

April 15, 2016April 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2002 Views abuse, Accountability, arrestable offense, assault, beaten for not moving fast enough, beating, Brutality, caught on camera beating an innocent man, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Attorney, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crime scene, Diabetic, diabetic shock, did not rise to the level of misconduct, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, Dominic Gennerino, Double Standard, double-standards, Downtown, Downtown Las Vegas, drunk driving, DTLV, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Fremont East, Fremont Street, Gennarino, Harassment, heavy-handed police tactics, Henderson, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas attorney, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas suburb, lied in police reports, lies, lvmpd, meaningful repercussions, metro, Metro policies, misconduct, Nevada, nevada cop block, nightstick, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock.org, obstructing a public officer, Obstruction, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, official story, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, Qualified Immunity, reforms, rights, stabbing, Stephen Stubbs, steve wolfson, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, use of force board, Vanguard Lounge, video

About a year and a half ago, Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs submitted a story to the CopBlock Network about

Read more

Andrew Henderson Meets with Minn. Chief Over Previous Police Intimidation For Filming

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2681 Views Accountability, Ademo Freeman, andrew henderson, andrew j henderson, bill of rights, Chief Tom Smith, Civil rights, constitution, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, courts, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Downtown, Featured, film the police, Filming police, first amendment, Freedom of speech, Harassment, illegally detained, Investigation, kelly patterson, lies, Minnesota, minnesota copblock, MN, no victim no crime, Officer Alba-Reyes, Officer Armando Abla-Reyes, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, ramsey county sheriff's office, rights, Saint Paul, Saint Paul Police, St. Paul, st. paul police department, Supreme Court, the drewks, Transparency, Update, video, video taping, Youtube

Recently, Ademo posted about an interaction Andrew Henderson, a CopBlocker from the St. Paul area in Minnesota, had with a

Read more

Game Over for Insert Coins’ and Their Abusive Bouncers (Update)

July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1844 Views abuse, Accountability, assault, Beauty Bar, bias, bill of rights, brutal assault, Brutality, Carlos Miller, chalk, chalk block, chalk the police, choking, Chris LaPorte, Civil rights, clark county, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Downtown, excessive force, Fremont Street, game over, Griffin, Harassment, Insert Coins, kelly patterson, las vegas, lvmpd, Nevada, no victim no crime, nvcopblock, photography is not a crime, pinac, security guards, Southern Nevada Watchdogs, Stephen Stubbs, Update, Uso, Vanguard Lounge, video, video taping, Youtube

Apparently, Downtown Las Vegas bar-hoppers aren’t quite as quick to back abusive bouncers as Chris LaPorte, the owner of Insert

Read more

Happy (Belated) Third Birthday to Nevada Cop Block!

June 14, 2015June 13, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1809 Views abuse, Accountability, chalk, Civil rights, clark county, cop block, cop block affiliates, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, crime, Downtown, first amendment, Freedom of speech, Harassment, henderson police, jesus arevalo, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nvcopblock, Pete Eyre, police, Police brutality, police shootings, Sheriff Doug Gillespie, Southern Nevada Watchdogs, Stanley Gibson, Stephen Stubbs, sunset activist collective, video taping

June 4th is what I would consider to be the three year anniversary of the founding of Nevada Cop Block,

Read more

St. Paul, MN Police Launch Investigation into if Sidewalks are Public or Private Property

May 29, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2492 Views Accountability, andrew henderson, bill of rights, Civil rights, constitution, copblock.org, courts, Downtown, first amendment, Freedom of speech, Harassment, illegally detained, Investigation, kelly patterson, lies, Minnesota, MN, Officer Armando Abla-Reyes, police, St. Paul, st. paul police department, Supreme Court, Update, video taping

Recently, a post on CopBlock.org detailed how Andrew Henderson, a CopBlock member from St. Paul, Minnesota, was detained and harassed

Read more

Dance, Dance Revolution Protest at Insert Coins Las Vegas- Feb. 26, 2015 (Update)

February 26, 2015October 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1610 Views abuse, Accountability, bouncers, chalk, Civil rights, copblock.org, cover up, crime, Dance Dance Revolution, Downtown, Downtown Las Vegas, DTLV, Freedom of speech, Fremont Street, Insert Coins, join us, kelly patterson, las vegas, Nevada, nvcopblock, press release, protest, security guards, Southern Nevada Watchdogs, Stephen Stubbs, sunset activist collective, Tasha Heath

The following press release is being issued by Nevada Cop Block, Southern Nevada Watchdogs, and the Sunset Activist Collective in

Read more

Featured Video Play Icon

Insert Coin(s) Las Vegas Bouncers Beat Man and Obstruct Witness Trying to Film

February 20, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2104 Views abuse, Accountability, Beauty Bar, bias, bill of rights, brutal assault, Brutality, choking, Chris LaPorte, Civil rights, clark county, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Downtown, Fremont Street, Griffin, Harassment, Insert Coins, kelly patterson, las vegas, lvmpd, Nevada, no victim no crime, nvcopblock, security guards, Southern Nevada Watchdogs, Stephen Stubbs, Tasha Heath, Uso, Vanguard Lounge, video, video taping, Youtube

This post was originally published on the Nevada Cop Block website and while it doesn’t specifically deal with abuses by

Read more

Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops

Las Vegas Police Promise “Fundamental Policy Changes” after Dominic Gennarino Beating UPDATE

January 7, 2015April 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1835 Views abuse, Accountability, assault, beating, Brutality, Civil rights, clark county, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, double-standards, Downtown, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Gennarino, Harassment, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, lies, lvmpd, metro, Metro policies, Nevada, nevada cop block, no victim no crime, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, reforms, rights, Stephen Stubbs, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, Vanguard Lounge, video

**This is an update to a previous post on the Nevada Cop Block website, which was entitled, “LVMPD Beat Man

Read more

Las Vegas Police Agree That You Should Film Them

October 16, 2014October 15, 2014 Kelly W. Patterson 2266 Views 8 News Now, abuse, Accountability, bill of rights, cbs, Civil rights, clark county, constitution, Corruption, Downtown, Fifth Amendment, film the police, flyer, interview, Joe Bartels, join us, kelly patterson, know your rights, las vegas, las vegas police, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nevada cop block, nvcopblock, police, Stephen Stubbs

Note: This was written by Kelly W. Patterson and originally posted at the Nevada Cop Block site. About a month

Read more

Police Violence and Gentrification in Las Vegas

September 30, 2014February 4, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1518 Views abuse, Accountability, Ballentine, Bryan Yant, chalking sidewalks, cover up, Downtown, Erik Scott, jesus arevalo, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, lvmpd, metro, murder, Nevada, nvcopblock, police, Police brutality, police shootings, rondha gibson, Seattle Free Press, Stanley Gibson, Sunset 4, sunset activist collective, Trevon Cole, Zappos

Note: This was originally posted by John Jacobsen at the Seattle Free Press on January 30, 2013 and subsequently reposted

Read more

Monthly First Friday Outreach & Downtown CopWatch in Las Vegas

September 4, 2014October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1240 Views abuse, Accountability, clark county, Copwatch, Downtown, DTLV, film the police, first amendment, First Friday, flyer, Fremonst Street, gang activity, Harassment, join us, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nvcopblock, outreach, video taping

This was originally posted at the Nevada Cop Block site. Downtown Informational Flyering and Outreach As the residents of Las

Read more