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Lawsuit Moves Forward After Judge Calls Paralyzed Man’s Jail Cell “Burial Crypt”

July 24, 2016 Asa J 1260 Views Accountability, autopsy, blunt force trauma, broken neck, Burial Crypt, Capt. Tommy Fike, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, copblock, copblock.org, Dehydration, deliberate indifference, died in jail cell, Dr. Stephen Harnish, Elliot Williams, federal judge, federal lawsuit, indifference, inhumanity, inmate dies in jail, John Dowdell, Judge John Dowdell, Justice System, lawsuit, Medical care, medical emergency, mental health, mental illness, Oklahoma, Owasso, paralyzed, police abuse, Police State, Sgt. Doug Hinshaw, Sheriff Stanley Glanz, surveillance video, Tulsa County, Tulsa jail, U.S. District Court, video

A federal judge ruled Wednesday, that a lawsuit filed on behalf of a paralyzed mentally ill man who died after

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Federal Judge Becomes First To Throw Out Warrantless Stingray Evidence

July 13, 2016July 17, 2016 Asa J 849 Views ACLU, cell phone surveillance, Cell phones, cell-site simulator, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Department of Justice, drug trafficking, Drug war, federal judge, Judge William Pauley, Maryland appeals court, Nathan Freed Wessler, Police State, Raymond Lambis, Stasi, Stingray, Surveillance, surveillance state, U.S. District Court, unreasonable search, warrantless search, Washington Heights

A federal judge has became the first to suppress evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a

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Two Ohio Police Officers Use “Blue Privilege” To Get Off Easy On DUI Charges

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1177 Views above the law, Accountability, appear to violate the law, blue privilege, Civil rights, clerk of courts, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, court fines, dealt with swiftly and appropriately, debtor's prison, Dishonesty, Double Standard, driver intervention program, driving under the influence, drunk driving, dui, entirely corrupt governments, essay, federal judge, Findlay Municipal Court, first degree misdemeanor, Fostoria, Fostoria Police Department, Fostoria-Tiffin Municipal Court, hidden in plain view, illegal court proceedings, jail time, Judge David Katz, Judge Dwight Osterud, Justice System, kelly patterson, license supension, little to no consequences, M1, M4, magic suit, maximum criminal misdemeanor, minimum criminal misdemeanor, Officer Cory Brian, officer found guilty, Officer Justin Kiser, OH, Ohio, one-sided story, ovi, Perrysburg Municipal Court, police, police accountability, policeman's discount, pre-trial hearing, rant, reckless operation, rights, shiny badges, slap in the face, slap on the wrist, the Advertiser-Tribune, Tiffin, toledo, truth, U.S. District Court, victim impact program, William (Kia) D.K. Jones, Wood County Jail

The following post (rant) was shared with the CopBlock Network by William (Kia) D.K. Jones, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page.

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Within Scope Of Their Duties: Las Vegas School Police Got Teens Drunk, Covered It Up After Deadly DUI

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1575 Views 8 News Now, Accountability, Angela Peterson, Angela Peterson Scholarship Fund, beer pong, Captain Jim Ketsaa, ccsd, CCSD Police Department, Chief Phil Arroyo, Civil rights, Clark County School District, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, dispatcher, double-standards, driving while drunk, dui, Erik Aldays, federal judge, Frank Peterson, Judge Larry Hicks, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kevin Miranda, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, lawsuit, Linda Peterson, liquor, looking at the wall, Mark Cook, Nevada, NV, Officer Cynthia Ruelas, Officer Mark Robbins, Officer Tina Zuniga, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Union, Rebecca Wamsley, School, school cop, settlement, shots, sprang into action, student, teen, Transparency, underage drinking, video, within the scope of their duties

It was announced this week that the Clark County School District Police Department had settled a lawsuit in a case

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Cops Pepper-Sprayed Students For “Back Talking, Challenging Authority”

October 4, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 892 Views Accountability, Alabama, Birmingham City Schools, Birmingham Police, Birmingham Police Department, Chief A.C. Roper, Civil rights, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, cops pepper sprayed students for backtalking, excessive force, federal judge, federal lawsuit, Freeze +P, Judge Abdul Kallon, no victim no crime, pepper spray, pepper sprayed for backtalking, pepper sprayed for talking back, resource officers, U.S. District Court, Woodlawn High School

A federal judge in Alabama ruled Wednesday that a policy authorizing officers to pepper-spray students in Birmingham City Schools for

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What is Jury Nullification and Why is it Important?

April 8, 2013October 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3987 Views 5-4 decision, 629 F. 2d 439 - Court of Appeals 6th Circuit 1980, A History of Jury Nullification, Accountability, Civil rights, Civil War, Common Law principle of Jury Nullification, cop block, Copblock submissions, core principles of liberty, Corruption, cronyism, Dishonesty, fascist food, federal crimes, federal judge, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 23(b), FIJA, freedom, Fugitive Slave Act, Fully Informed Juror, fully informed jury association, Georgia v. Brailsford, guilty verdict, gut-check, Harassment, illegal everything, inherent right to nullify, john stossel, jury duty, Jury nullification, Justice System, kelly patterson, largest prison population in the world, Law, Lawmall.com, lawyers, Layman's Guide to Jury Nullification, LibertyForLife.com, no sympathy for the government's position, no victim no crime, not required to inform jurors, nutrition nazis, officer of the court, overzealous and tyrannical prosecution, police, Police State, Prison, prison industrial complex, reasonable distribution of jurisdiction, rights, SCOTUS, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Sparf v. United States, Station 6 Underground, strike the root, taxes, The Straight Dope, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. v. Krzyske, U.S. v. Moylan, undisputed power of the jury to acquit, uninformed public, United States v Dougherty, United States v. Wilson, victimless crimes, video, What is Jury Nullification?, wikipedia

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Captain Six, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. It was originally

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Federal judge finds that NYPD wrongfully mass-arrested 700 people

July 12, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 353 Views Big Apple, Brooklyn Bridge, bull horn, constitutional rights, defendants, Ethan I. Solomon, federal district court, federal judge, Jed S Rakoff, lawsus, Manhattan, marches, New York City, nypd, occupy wall street, officers, police, police misconduct, protests, unnecessary violence, wrongful arrests

I know we don’t all agree with the Occupy movement, but I think it’s important to document any and all

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