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Mom Files Lawsuit In Police Killing Of Unarmed Jordan Baker

December 4, 2015 Asa J 873 Views Antoine, assault and battery, attorney David Owens, Civil rights, Civilians Down, copblock, copblock.org, Deric Muhammad, excessive force, failure to provide medical care, federal lawsuit, film the police, Harris County, Harris County grand jury, hoodie, Houston police, houston police department, Janet Baker, Jordan Baker, municipal liability, Officer Juventino Castro, police kill unarmed man, Police State, profiling, surveillance footage, West Little York, wrongful death

The mother of an unarmed man shot and killed by Houston police in an incident last year, filed a federal

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Innocent Man Says Cops Suffocated, Beat Him Unconscious During Burglar Hunt

July 12, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1097 Views attorney Randall Kallinen, concussion, copblock, copblock.org, excessive force lawsuit, eyeball hemorrhages, federal lawsuit, headaches, houston, Houston federal court, Houston police, houston police department, Houston Texas, innocent man, muscle spasms, Nicolas Watson, Police brutality, suffocation, Texas, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes, unconscious

A Texas man is alleging in a excessive force lawsuit filed in Houston federal court, that Houston police officers assaulted

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Man Dead After Officers Fire 10+ Shots Into Car They Thought Had Child Inside

April 17, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 978 Views Andrea Espino, Castlegory Road, Chris Shephard, Chrysler 300, Frank Ernest 'Trey' Shephard, Frank Shephard, Harris County, Harris County Texas, houston, Houston police, Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland, Houston Texas, Lushondra Glover, police chase, police shooting, Texas, unarmed man

A police chase in Harris County, Texas ended with the fatal shooting of the suspect, Wednesday. Police say the chase

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Houston Police Officers Used Ticket Scheme to Earn Overtime Pay

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 CopBlock 1166 Views Houston police, Houston Police Officer's Union, internal affairs, John Cannon, Kenneth L. Bigger, Matthew L. Davis, Police Chief Charles McClelland, Ray Hunt, Sgt. Paul S. Terry, Steven L. Running, traffic tickets

The Houston Chronicle shared the following. Four veteran Houston police officers who collected nearly $1 million in overtime pay combined since

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Houston Police Arrest Woman for Holding a Paper Sign, June 2012

August 21, 2012January 6, 2014 CopBlock 438 Views Houston police, Houston TX, Natalie Plummer, obstructing justice, speed trap, video, wrongful arrest

Houston, Texas – In June 2012, Natalie Plummer was arrrested for “obstructing justice” for holding a paper sign warning motorists of

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Houston Police Department A Texas Size Disgrace

February 16, 2012February 14, 2012 Ademo Freeman 1067 Views a texas badge in question, charles mclelland, choice, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, crimes, freedom, Houston police, Houston TX, police abuse, taxes, Theft, TX, victims

The Houston Police department might have just won the award for most hypocritical police force in the nation. According to “A

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Houston Police Erect Tent to Conceal Police Actions

December 13, 2011January 1, 2014 Ademo Freeman 334 Views abuse, copblock.org, Houston police, occupy houston, police accountability, Police State, taxes, Transparency

A video posted to YouTube shows Houston Police erecting a tent to place over demonstrators. Ironic that police will destroy

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Do you have this much job security?

April 5, 2011January 1, 2014 CopBlock 553 Views copblock, Double Standard, Houston police, job securtity, rob, unaccountability

Ten Houston Police Department officers have amassed 370 violations of HPD regulations over their careers, a laundry list of major and minor complaints that critics say illustrate how police can make mistakes repeatedly and still not lose their jobs.

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