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Deputies Convicted Of Beating Mentally Ill Inmate and Covering It Up

May 17, 2016 Asa J 924 Views Accountability, Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Fox, Brandon Fox, Brutality, Bryan Brunsting, California, Civil rights, conspiracy to violate civil rights, cops beat mentally ill inmate, Corruption, corruption probe, cover up, deprivation of civil rights, deprivation of civil rights under color of authority, Deputy Bryan Brunsting, Deputy Jason Branum, Dishonesty, excessive force, falsifying records, federal prison, federal probe, infirmary, Joshua Sather, jurors, Justice System, Los Angeles County, los angeles county sheriff's department, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, pepper spray, Phillip Jones, police abuse, police beating, Police State, trial, Twin Towers Correctional Facility

Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies face up to 40 years in federal prison after being convicted on Monday for the beating

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Praised DEA Agent At The Center Of FBI Probe Into Drug Task Force

March 23, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1589 Views abolish DEA, Accountability, advocate, America 2016, american police, anonymous sources, ARTICLE, blog, Brutality, charges, Civil rights, copblock.org, cops, cops selling drugs, Corruption, criminal justice system, daily mail, DEA, DEA 2016, DEA Agent, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug decriminalization, drug distribution, drug informant, drug legalizaition, Drug Task Force, Drug war, drugs, email, excessive force, FBI probe, Federal investigaiton, federal probe, film the police, freedom, Harassment, hit list, illegal police activity, Illegal search/entry, Intimidation, journalism, journalist, judge, Justice System, louisiana cops, marijuana, militarized police, news, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, regulation and taxation, snitch, Surveillance, veteran cop, writing

A federal probe of a drug task force has lead to the scrutinization of one of the DEA’s finest. Once

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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 882 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 1716 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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Pandora’s Cop Box: Woman’s Video of Harassment Shows Why LA Sheriffs And Deputies Face Federal Charges

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1073 Views abuse of power, Accountability, America 2015, Articles, assault, bank fraud, bribes, Brutality, brutality in jail, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, FBI, FBI investigation, Featured, Federal Court, federal probe, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, LA Times, LASD, LASD crimes, Lee Baca, Los Angeles Metro Blue Line, los angeles sheriff's department, NPR, Obstruction, Operation: Pandora's Box, Photography, police abuse, police accountability, Reporting, scot free, secluded pocket of YouTube, Sheriff, Sheriff Baca, sources, steep punishment, strike the root, surveying a police operation, Transparency, Tri County Sun Times, video, viral video, Youtube

A thread– another not so viral video tucked away in some secluded pocket of YouTube. For myself, when it came

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