Freedom of Information Act Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Cop Block

At Least 2,000 Baltimore Cases Being Reviewed For Improper Electronic Surveillance

September 5, 2015October 15, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1595 Views 4th amendment, Accountability, Anthony Todd, Baltimore, cell phone, cell tower, cell-site simulators, Civil rights, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Courtney Frazier, Det. John L. Haley, Dishonesty, double-standards, electronic surveillance, evidence, Faraday Cage, Featured, Florida Circuit Court, foia, fourth amendment, freedom, Freedom of Information Act, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Judge Barry G. Williams, Judge Frank Sheffield, Justice System, kelly patterson, Maryland, md, NDA, Non Disclosure Agreement, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police surveillance, public records request, RFID, rights, spying, Stingray, Sulu Kelley III, Surveillance, surveillance video, video, warrantless surveillance

This post was submitted by Sulu Kelley III, via the CopBlock.org submissions page. Along with the submission, Sulu states: If

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Bethlehem Parks Department Enacts Police State Rules

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 CopBlock 1192 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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NYPD Ordered to Release Pantaleo’s Misconduct Record

July 24, 2015July 25, 2015 Brian Sumner 1207 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Chokehold, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Daniel Pantaleo, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Eric Garner, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Harassment, Homicide, Justice Alice Schlesinger, Justice System, Legal Aid Society, Lynching, New York, New York State Supreme Court, ny, nypd, NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Update

A New York state court has ruled that the NYPD must release the misconduct records for Officer Daniel Pantaleo. State

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DC Mayor: Body-Cam Footage Stays Private Unless You Give Us $1.5M

June 24, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1231 Views body cameras, copblock, copblock.org, D.C. Council, D.C. police, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, Privacy, seattle, Transparency, Washington D.C., washington post

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser threatened Tuesday that if members of the D.C. Council reject her request to keep body

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VA State Trooper McKenney Sues VA Cop Block Founder Nathan Cox for $1.35 Million

June 20, 2015 Kate 1085 Views 1st Amendment Rights, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Memorial day weekend, nathan cox, Richmond, va, virginia cop block, virginia state police, Virginia State Trooper Melanie McKenney

This article was written by Nathan Cox and originally published at VirginiaCopBlock.org. In March of 2014, local Richmond media (along with Virginia Cop

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Records Show DEA Has Tripled Use Of Wiretaps Over Last Decade

June 4, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1190 Views copblock, copblock.org, DEA, DEA Spokesman Joseph Moses, DEA surveillance, DHS, drug enforcement administration, Drug war, eavesdropping, electronic eavesdropping, electronic surveillance, electronic wiretaps, FBI, Freedom of Information Act, illegal surveillance, LA Times, marijuana, Michele Leonhart, President Obama, Reuters, sex parties, special operations division, Stasi, surveillance state, usa today, war on drugs

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration has more than tripled its use of electronic wiretaps over the past decade, largely

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Officer Admits To Perjury, Destroying Evidence – No Charges, No Disciplinary Action

March 31, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1367 Views Accountability, Anita Alvarez, Brutality, catinella, chicago police departmen, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, felony, Filming police, Freedom of Information Act, Harassment, Prison

A Chicago civil rights attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department for continually refusing to comply with

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New Jersey Man Sues Over Tinted Windows – Wins $21,500 in Legal Fees

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Chuck U Farley 4095 Views Accountability, bussiness as usual, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, foia, foia request, Freedom of Information Act, Harassment, lawsuit, legal fees, no victim no crime, North NJ, north NJ Cop Block, open records request, OPRA, police, police accountability, Police State, revenue generation, rights, Roxbury NJ, suit, tinted windows, U.S.S.A., window tint

Original Daily Record article, here. A man in Roxbury NJ sued the city for failing to fulfill his open records

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Want to Play Cop? Oakley, MI Police Chief Will Sell You a Badge and a Gun Permit

November 10, 2014November 8, 2014 CopBlock 1638 Views cop block, copblock.org, david lamontaine, dennis bitterman, deputy sheriff's association of michigan, Freedom of Information Act, herschel fink, jason fox, lifestyle lift, matthew nestle, michael s. kent, Michigan, michigan commission on law enforcement, oakley, oakley police department, oakley village, reserve police officers, robert reznick, shannon bitterman, vocativ, waterloo township

This content was written and shared by Matthew Nestle. It was published to Vocativ.com on October 23, 2014. Kudos to

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Union Square Park ‘Free Speech’ False Arrest by NYPD Employees

September 21, 2014September 17, 2014 CopBlock 631 Views commission to combat police corruption, copblock, copblock.org, foia, Freedom of Information Act, internal affairs, mental illness, new york police department, nyfd, nypd, rocco iannacchino, southern district court of new york, union square

The information below was shared by Rocco Iannacchino via CopBlock.org/Submit about a less-than-savory interaction he had with NYPD’s “finest” in

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An Update from Oklahoma

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 Pete Eyre 1399 Views Arkansas, brian clarkston, canadian county sheriff's office, chad strand, cheyenne and arapaho tribal tribune, cop block, copblock.org, custer county sheriffs office, david deckard, death by cop, el reno police department, federal bureau of investigation, foia, Freedom of Information Act, james fagans, joseph bradley, little rock, Luis Rodriguez, mah-hi-vist goodblanket, Moore Police Department, murrah building, Oklahoma, oklahoma city bombing, oklahoma city police department, oklahoma department of wildlife conservation, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, oklahoma state bureau of investigation, open records request, Pete Eyre, police accountability, ryan minard, terrance yeakey, tyler howser, Warren Theater

I just rolled into Arkansas from Oklahoma. My time in the latter was productive and fulfilling, spent largely focused on

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Brady Cops

January 1, 2014 Pete Eyre 4625 Views brady cop, brady list, brady v maryland, cop block, copblock.org, double-standards, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Laurie list, state v laurie, testilying, Transparency

Self-proclaimed “authorities” dictate that it’s a crime for you to lie to a police employee, but it’s permissible for that

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