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Tosa Officer Joseph Mensah Reassigned To Detectives After Anderson Shooting

January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 Isiah Holmes 3431 Views Accountability, america 2017, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, blog, breaking, Brutality, cell phone surveilance, conflict of interest, copblock, copblock.org, cops investigating cops, Corruption, cover up, david clarke and trump, Detectives, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, E, excessive force, facist govenment trump, foia, freedom, Harassment, hiding documents, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, Jay Anderson murdered, Jay Anderson's family, Joseph Mensah Wauwatosa, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, milwaukee police, missing dash footage, news, open records request, open records violation, police accountability, police empolyee file, press release, silence, strike the root, surveillanc, Surveillance, tampering with evidence, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa PD documentary, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police Jay Anderson shooting, wauwatosa police shooting 2015, wauwatosa police shooting 2016, writing

Cop Block contributors recently obtained Officer Joseph Mensah’s employee file, from the Wauwatosa Police Department. WPD’s silence largely spared Mensah

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POLICE FAIL – Saving People from Tickets/Arrest

October 12, 2016October 13, 2016 CopBlock 1635 Views Accountability, Chrysler 300, Civil rights, coercion of the state, cop block, copblock, Corruption, craft the narrative, Dishonesty, double-standards, driving without a license, extortion, film the police, Filming police, foia, foia requests, Harassment, jackson cop block, Jackson County, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Justice System, Liberty Is For Everyone, low speed limit, low traffic area, MI, Michigan, no victim no crime, painter, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, road pirate, speed trap, Traffic Management 3, Traffic stop, veteran activists, video

Two liberty activists with Liberty Is For Everyone have shown in a new video (above) that it is easier than

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Man Killed By Wauwatosa Officer Was “Shot In The Head Four Times” With Hands Up, Says Parents

August 24, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1755 Views Accountability, assault, Barry Weber, Body-cam, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, DA office, dash cam, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, Drug war, Ed Flynn, excessive force, Filming police, foia, free information, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, jay anderson killing, journalism, Justice System, madison park shooting, militarization, milwaukee, milwaukee police, Milwaukee riots, news, no victim no crime, police abuse, police accountability, politics, Stingray, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police killing, Wisconsin, writing

Two months. It’s nearly been two months since an unidentified Wauwatosa officer shot 25 year old Jay Anderson in his

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Wauwatosa Chief Denounces Body Cam’s In 2014, Department Suppresses Killing In 2016

August 13, 2016August 14, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1803 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, apathy, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, Body-cam, Brutality, CA, California, cautious and informed approach, Chief Barry Weber, Civil rights, comic, Corruption, Dan Moore, dash cam, denouncing police reforms, descrimination, Dishonesty, dismissing issues, documentary, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, evidence, excessive force, Filming police, foia, Freedom of Information Act, full scientific study, Gun, Hart Park, head stuck in sand, ignoring issues, ignornace, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, Jon Olson, journalism, Justice System, kelly patterson, knee-jerk reaction, malpractice, milwaukee, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, peaceful protests, Police Chief, police crimes, Police Lies, police misconduct, police reforms, politics, Post Crescent, quota, Race Relations, racial malpractice, racial profiling, rialto, Rialto Police Department, rights, segretation, shooting investigation, Speak Friend And Enter, Stingray, strike the root, suburb, supicious, Surveillance, Texas, Tosa, Transparency, undercover police, undisclosed information, unidentified killer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Chief Barry Weber, wauwatosa drug crackdown, Wauwatosa East High School, wauwatosa fort crackdown, wauwatosa killing, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police shooting, wi, Wisconsin, WPD, writing, young journalism

The tragic slaying of 25 year old Jay Anderson, if nothing else, highlights Wauwatosa PD’s lack of transparency. It’s been

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Confirmed: Footage Of Wauwatosa Shooting Exists, Police Silence Deepens

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1892 Views Accountability, Activism, Anderson family, ARTICLE, assault, black lvies matter, blog, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas sniper shooting, dash cam, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, email, excessive force, foia, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, journalism, lies, march, milwaukee police, milwuakee wisconsin, misinformation, no victim no crime, police killing, police lying DA office, police sergeant, police shooting, police shooting investigation, police silence, poltician, protest, racist police, strike the root, Surveillance, thin blue line, Update, video, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police shooting, wauwatosa wisconsin, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

Recently, the parents of a man killed by Wauwatosa officers were allowed to view just 20 seconds of captured footage.

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Protesters March Through Wauwatosa Following Tosa PD Killing, Shutting It Down

July 11, 2016July 11, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1522 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, annual reports, ARTICLE, Barry Weber, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Corruption, dash cam, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Film, Filming police, foia, free information, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, journalism, Justice System, mayfair mall, milwaukee, no victim no crime, officer shooting, police accountability, police killing, press, protest, scott walker, share, social media, strike the root, Surveillance, tosa police, Transparency, unarmed man dead, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa police, Wisconsin, writing

The family of a man killed by Wauwatosa officers is far from quiet on the slaying. Still, they cry out to

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Tosa PD Highlights It’s Pattern Of Denying Transparency With Recent Shooting

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1684 Views Accountability, Activism, annual report, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, black panthers, Brutality, Chief Barry Weber, Civil rights, coffee with a cop, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, documentary, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, drugs, empty media events, excessive force, Filming police, foia, forts, Harassment, illegal police practice, Illegal search/entry, illegal searches, Intimidation, journalism, Justice System, madison park shooting, milwaukee, milwaukee police, MPD, news, no press conference, no victim no crime, P.R. apparatus, police documentary, police hiding informtion, police killing, police misconduct, police report, police shooting a black man, Police State, politics, public appeasement, public information, redaction policy, shadowing, Speak Friend And Enter, Special Operations Group, Stingray, strike the root, Surveillance, teens, Tosa PD, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police need reform, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, WPD, writing, youtube documentary

Tragedy struck a family near Wauwatosa Wisconsin, after one of the suburb’s officers gunned down a man in his car.

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No Duty to Protect in Fairfax; the Hatchet Man and the Helicopter Pilot

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2109 Views car accidents, domestic violence, Elena Norfolk, failure to protect, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Police Department, foia, foia requests, Freedom of Information Act, Joel Burris, lawsuits, no duty to protect, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COPBLOCK, Officer Douglas Middlebrooks, sunshine week, Transparency, Virginia

This is the second of two Sunshine Week articles highlighting some of the things Northern Virginia Cop Block uncovered using

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Fun with FOIA — John Geer, Natasha McKenna, and Why Can’t FCPD Cops Drive?

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1602 Views Accountability, Adam Torres, Ashley McIntosh, assault, Brutality, car accidents, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, David Bulova, Dishonesty, Ed Long Jr, Fairfax Ad Hoc Commission, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, foia, foia requests, Freedom of Information Act, John Geer, Justice System, Ken Plum, lawsuits, Marcus Simon, NATASHA MCKENNA, Nicholas Beltrante, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COPBLOCK, police, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, Scott Surovell, Sharon Bulova, Sheriff Stacey Kincaid, sunshine week, Surveillance, Tim Hugo, Transparency, Update, video, Virginia, washington post

This is the first of two articles for Sunshine Week, an annual event which promotes open government and freedom of

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SB 552: The Dawn of Virginia’s Secret Police

February 22, 2016February 23, 2016 Lorelei McFly 3076 Views Accountability, foia, FOIA Requirements, Freedom of Information Act, government transparency, India Kager, open gov, open goverment, police accountability, Police State, political graft, SB 552, secret police, Sen. Chap Petersen, Sen. Dick Black, Sen. John Cosgrove, Senate, Senate Bill 552, The Virginian-Pilot, Virginia, War on Cops, war on police

We’ve been hearing a lot about criminal justice reform, a movement with support from both republicans and democrats who acknowledge

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

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1196 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 1815 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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