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Sgt. Stephen Matakovich Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Court For Assaulting Sports Fan

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 Steven Thomas 2103 Views Accountability, arrested, assault, attorney, Blaine Jones, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, department, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, falsification of records, FBI, Featured, Federal Civil Rights case, felony, film the police, fired, football playoffs, Gabriel Despres, grand jury, Harassment, Heinz Field, illegal to get assaulted by a cop, indicted, Justice System, pa, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, pittsburgh police department, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, proactive in his actions, rights, sergeant, Stephen Matakovich, Update, video, willful deprivation of civil rights, WPIAL

Earlier this year, a district judge dismissed assault and official oppression charges against Sgt. Stephen Matakovich. Officer Matakovich, who is

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Cops Not Charged In 96 Percent Of Federal Rights Violation Cases

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 Asa J 1559 Views 96 percent, Accountability, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Dena Iverson, Double Standard, double-standards, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, Federal Rights Violation Cases, justice department, Justice System, misconduct, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, police accountability, Police State, rights violation, Rights Violation Cases, U.S. Attorney's Office

Over the last 20 years, charges have not been brought against United States police officers in 96 percent of federal cases involving alleged

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Update: Woman Beaten by LVMPD Officer For Littering Has Filed Civil Rights Lawsuit

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1606 Views Accountability, Amanda Vizcarrondo-Ortiz, ap, assault, Associated Press, authoritah, battery, body camera, Brutality, CA, Cal Potter, California, civil rights lawsuit, coffee, Contempt of Cop, cop block, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, COs, Dishonesty, excessive force, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, federal lawsuit, film the police, grand jury, Harassment, justice department, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Strip, littering, loitering, Los Angeles, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, NV, Officer Laura Meltzer, Officer Richard Scavone, permanent injury, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police spokesperson, profiling, Prostitution, ride-along, rights, Southern California, street justice, Travis Buechler, unconstitutional use of law banning loitering for prostitution, Update, us district court, video, violent attack

In January, I posted about former LVMPD Officer Richard Scavone, who was caught on camera assaulting a woman. The immediate

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Las Vegas Cop Faces Federal Civil Rights Charges Over Beating of Woman For Littering

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1758 Views Accountability, assault, battery, body camera, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, excessive force, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, film the police, grand jury, Harassment, justice department, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, littering, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, NV, Officer Richard Scavone, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, video

Former Officer Richard Scavone of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was indicted by a federal grand jury on civil

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Jury Finds D.C. Police Framed Man For Rape, Murder After 27 Years In Prison

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Asa J 1604 Views 27 years in prison, Accountability, Attorney Peter Neufeld, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, civil rights settlement, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, D.C. police, D.C. police department, D.C. police framed man for murder, D.C. Superior Court, Dishonesty, Donald E. Gates, exonerated by DNA testing, fabricated confession, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, federal lawsuit, framed, Framed for rape and murder, Georgetown University, Informant, Justice System, life in prison, perjury, Police State, right to a fair trial, Rock Creek Park, U.S. Attorney's Office, withholding evidence, wrongful incarceration

Sixty-four year-old Donald E. Gates was sentenced to life in prison in 1982 for the Rock Creek Park rape and

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Chicago Police Corruption and Their Enablers: Prosecutors and Judges

May 24, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 503 Views chicago police, City of Chicago, David Syfczak, falsified documents, Federal Civil Rights case, Lisa Eitel, Michale Chavelier

Rick Pandolfi writes, via CopBlock.org’s submit page: On April 2, 2010 Chicago Police Officers Lisa Eitel and David Syfczak broke

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