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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 1073 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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Fifty-Eight Correctional Officers, Cops Arrested, Convicted In GA, NC Drug Rings

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Asa J 2030 Views Adrienne Moody, Alaina Sue-Kam-Ling, Alphonso Ponton, Bribery, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, correctional officers, Corruption, Cory Jackson, Curtis Boone, Department of Corrections, Drug Laws, drug trafficking, Drug war, FBI, Georgia, Georgia Correctional Facilities, Ikeisha Jacobs, Jason Boone, Jimmy Pair Jr., Kavon Phillips, Lann Tjuan Clanton, Mexican cartel, Mexican drug cartel, North Carolina, Northampton County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Investigations and Compliance, Ricky Myrick, sheriff Jack Smith, Thomas Jefferson Allen II, Wardie Vincent Jr.

In yet another example of how drug laws create perverse incentives for the very ones meant to enforce them, 58 correctional officers

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Mass. Police Department Says It Will No Longer Arrest Drug Addicts

May 12, 2015January 14, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1994 Views Addison Gilbert, Chief Campanello, detox, drug addiction, drug equipment, Drug Laws, Drug war, Gloucester, heroin, Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, nasal narcan, recovery, stigma

A police department in Massachusetts says it’s changing its approach when it comes to drug addiction. Instead of filling the

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Marijuana: From Full Prohibition To Total Legalization in Ohio

April 5, 2015April 4, 2015 Chuck U Farley 846 Views Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Drug Laws, drug prohibition, Drug war, election, freedom, from full prohibition to full legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, no victim no crime, OH, Ohio, police, recreational use, Responsible Ohio, ResponsibleOhio, rights, The Stoners Cookbook, voting

Ohio could be the first state to go from full prohibition to full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. According

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One in 25 Americans Was Arrested in 2011

August 8, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 823 Views 2011, Americans, arrests, Drug Laws, FBI, Featured, huffington post, mass incarceration, over-criminalization, Radley Balko, stop and frisk, violent crimes

This post by Radley Balko was originally published at www.HuffingtonPost.com. We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about mass incarceration,

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Tip To All Cops: If You Feel Like Murdering Someone, Be Sure To Do It On Duty And In Uniform

January 2, 2012January 26, 2017 Georgia Sand 1111 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug Laws, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police corruption, police murder, Police State, rights, strike the root

In the past couple of years, CopBlock has covered a wide range of stories involving police murder. John Williams, a

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