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Update: Did Tosa PD Claim To Not Have Ex-Detective Document They Already Released?

January 25, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1113 Views Accountability, America 2016, article journalism, assault, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, documents, Double Standard, excessive force, foia request, Freedom of information, freedom of the press, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, independent media, investigative report, jay anderson wauwatosa, Justice System, lawsuit settlement, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, open records request, open records violations, police documentary, police intimidation, police reform, politics, reporters committee for freedom of the press, robin schumacher wauwatosa, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, wauwatosa detective sexual harassment claims, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, Wauwatosa Police Department, wauwatosa police harassment, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa robin schumacher lawsuit, wauwatosa wisconsin, writing

A day after Cop Block’s last article on the Wauwatosa (Tosa) PD Robin Schumacher case, the department emailed back. In

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Off Duty Arkansas State Trooper Accosts Man Legally Open Carrying; Has Him Arrested After Complaint is Filed

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2140 Views @ARStatePolice, Accountability, AR, Arkansas, arkansas state police, assault, Bald Knob, CHCL, Civil rights, concealed carry, Concealed Handgun Carry License, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drew Tanner, foia request, freedom, gun policy, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lieutenant Paulette Ward, no victim no crime, obstructing governmental operations, Obstruction, off-duty, Office of Professional Standards, open carrying, out of uniform, police, police accountability, Police State, rights, Searcy, Searcy Police Department, Surveillance, Trooper Kurt Ziegenhorn, video, Walmart

The following post and accompanying video were shared with the CopBlock Network by Drew Tanner, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page.

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Retired Chicago Cop, “Medal of Valor” Winner, Arrested for Burning Homeless Man’s Tent and Belongings

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1171 Views 1300 block of Dartford Court, Accountability, activist, Arson, artificial knees, assault, Award Winning cop, Charles Dobra, chicago, chicago police department, Chicago Tribune, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, devotion to duty, Dishonesty, double-standards, fl, Florida, foia request, freedom of information act request, good cop, Harassment, Heroism, homelessness, IL, Illinois, Judge Liam C. Brennan, kelly patterson, Key Colony Beach, Medal of Valor, Naperville Sun, personal courage, police, police accountability, political protester, retired cop, Scott Huber, Sergeant James R. Povolo, summer home, targeting homeless, winter home

A man who was arrested for arson after he burned the tent and personal belongings of an area homeless man

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Grand Forks (ND) Police Tried to Destroy Evidence in Police Shooting of Unarmed Man

October 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2049 Views (701) 328-2210, Accountability, assault, BCI, body camera, Brutality, Chief Eric Plummer, Chief Mike Nelson, Civil rights, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dash camera, David James Elliott, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug trafficking, Drug war, excessive force, Federal Court, film the police, foia request, Grand Forks, Grand Forks Police Department, HOLMSETH v. CITY OF GRAND FORKS ET AL, Justice System, kelly patterson, Murder Inc., ND, north dakota, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Officer Heather Hopkins, Officer Jerad Braaten, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, Police State, public records request, RICO, rights, Sheriff Bob Rost, strike the root, Surveillance, The United States District Court, unarmed man shot by police, UND, UND intern, UNDPD, University of North Dakota, University of North Dakota Police Department, video, written reprimands

The following post and video were shared with the CopBlock Network by Timothy Holmseth, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. Date

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Madison, Alabama Police Department Spending 50K To Protect Top Cops; Crucifying Others

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1259 Views Accountability, AL.com, ARTICLE, Brian White, Brutality, Captain Terrell Cook, chief Larry Muncey, Civil rights, Contempt, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Councilman Mike Potter, DCI agent, defense attorney, defense fund, Department of Justice, DoJ, DOJ probe, double-standards, Drug war, ensuring officers don’t use force unnecessarily, excessive force, Filming police, foia request, freedom of information act request, Harassment, held at gunpoint, Illegal search/entry, indefinite administrative leave, India, journalism, Judge Madeline Haikala, Justice System, Larry Barclay, lawsuit, legal fees, Madison, Madison PD, Madison Police Department, misconduct cover up, misdemeanor assault, news, obligation to avoid city lawsuits, Officer Eric Parker, paid leave, paid vacation, Police brutality, Police Chief, police cover-up, report, rights, Robert Tuten, Sgt. Anderson, SNAFU, strike the root, superbly tight lipped, Sureshbahi Patel, Surveillance, surveying the courthouse, suspiscious man, Traffic stop, Transparency, us district court, use of force inquiry, video, within policy, writing

After a series of FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests, AL.com learned of the hefty legal fees Madison, Alabama spent to defend

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Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Asa J 1250 Views 1033 Program, Adam Andrzejewski, airplanes, Arizona, armored vehicles, bayonets, California, copblock, copblock.org, Dept. of Defense, executive order, foia request, freedom of information act request, helicopters, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, M14 rifles, M16 rifles, militarization, militarization of police, military gear, military surplus equipment, mine detectors, mrap, open the books, pentagon, Police State, police state daily, President Obama, Tennessee, Texas, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, Virginia, Working Group

The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since

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What We Learned From Wauwatosa PD’s Previously Unreleased Annual Reports

May 9, 2016May 9, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1534 Views Accountability, America 2015, ARTICLE, Censorship, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, data, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, drug crackdown, drug use, Drug war, foia request, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, marijuana, milwaukee, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, police reports, Police State, report redaction, research, SOG, Statistics, Stingray, Surveillance, teen drug use, teenagers, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa police, wisconsin police, withheld reports, writing

From 2004-2011, the Wauwatosa Police Department released yearly annual reports on its activities. The protocol wasn’t unusual, police normally provide

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Videos 

NYPD Says Brooklyn Man Killed by Cop While Legally Crossing Street Was at Fault Because He “Assumed Risk”

March 31, 2016April 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1388 Views Accountability, Andrew Levine, assault, assumed the risk, Broadway, brooklyn, Brooklyn Spanish teacher, Brutality, car accident, cell phone, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crosswalk, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive speed, failure to yield, Felix Coss, foia request, head injuries, Homicide, Hooper Street, Justice System, kelly patterson, New York, No criminality and no traffic-law violations are suspected, nypd, Officer Paula Medrano, pedestrian, police, police accountability, police-involved traffic crashes, Reckless driving, rights, spanish, StreetsBlog NYC, Surveillance, teacher, video, violent impact, williamsburg

Felix Coss, a 61 year old Brooklyn Spanish teacher, was killed in 2013 by an NYPD officer, who was making

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Breaking Update: Chicago PD Threatened Laquan McDonald Witnesses; Fabricated Statements

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 994 Views #16Times, 16 times, Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, chicago police, Chicago Police brutality, chicago police department, Chicago’s Southwest Side, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, dash cam, dash cam video, dash camera, dash-cam footage, dashcam footage, dashcams, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, film the police, first-degree murder, foia, foia request, Freedom of Information Act, Homicide, Illinois, Jason Van Dyke, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, officer invloved shooting, Officer Jason Van Dyke, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, police terror, prosecutorial, rights, Surveillance, systematic police abuse, Update, video, witness statements

Three witnesses to the Laquan McDonald murder in Chicago have come forward stating that they were intimidated and threatened for

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Chicago Police Release Burger King Video of Laquan McDonald Shooting – Minus 80 Minutes

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1533 Views #16Times, 16 times, Accountability, assault, Brutality, chicago, Chicago City Council, chicago police, Chicago Police brutality, chicago police department, Chicago’s Southwest Side, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, dash cam, dash cam video, dash camera, dash-cam footage, dashcam footage, dashcams, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, film the police, first-degree murder, foia, foia request, Freedom of Information Act, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Jason Van Dyke, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, officer invloved shooting, Officer Jason Van Dyke, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, police terror, prosecutorial, rights, Surveillance, systematic police abuse, Update, video

After the Chicago Tribune filed a Freedom of Information Act request, the Chicago police released surveillance footage from a Burger

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Las Vegas Police Make It Very Clear They Don’t Understand the First Amendment at Chalk Protest

September 25, 2015September 27, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1589 Views #BlueLiesMatter, 1st amendment audit, Accountability, Basketball, CCDC, chalk, chalk block, clark county detention center, constitutional rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Dishonesty, Downtown Las Vegas, DTLV, film the police, first amendment, foia request, free speech, Harassment, jail, Jaywalking, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metro police, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, lvmpd, LVMPD Gang Task Force, murder, Nevada, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock, old timey jailhouse keys, paid vacation, police, police accountability, Police State, protest, rights, sunset activist collective, the biggest gang in America, video

On September 9th, members of Nevada Cop Block and the Sunset Activist Collective were doing a chalk protest at the

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Bethlehem Parks Department Enacts Police State Rules

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 CopBlock 1077 Views 4th amendment, Accountability, Bethlehem, Bethlehem City Hall, Bethlehem Parks Department, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Dishonesty, Filming police, foia, foia request, fourth amendment, Freedom of Information Act, Harassment, Justice System, Lehigh Valley, lehigh valley copblock, litter, no victim no crime, pa, Pennsylvania, police, police accountability, Police State, press pass, public park, public property, Ralph Carp, rights, Safety, Sean Dobson, Severin Freeman, video

The City of Bethlehem is turning into a police state I have had a long history with the in Bethlehem

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