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Jails and the “Justice” System Punish the Poor For Being Poor

April 9, 2016March 7, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 3365 Views Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, assault, black woman, Brutality, building alternative forms of dealing with crime, chris hedges, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, death in custody, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, fair and equal treatment, focus of rehabilitation, freedom, gofundme, harassing the homeless, Harassment, high-profile victim, Homicide, Independence, jail, Jeffery Pendleton, Justice System, kelly patterson, low income, marijuana, meaningless term, New Hampshire, New York Times, no victim no crime, outstanding fines, peaceful and creative ways, people of color, perverse incentives that treat individuals as a stream of revenue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, pre-detention centers, punishment, rights, Sandra Bland, strike the root, Texas, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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In Ferguson and Independence, Police Accountability Advocates Having Impact

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 Pete Eyre 945 Views Bryce Masters, canfield copwatch, cop block, copblock.org, deann smith, decentralization, ferguson, ferguson police department, film the police, grant bissell, Independence, independence police department, kctv5, ksda, Michael Brown, Missouri, mo/ks cop block, nathan vickers, police accountability, Police brutality, tim reynolds, toni bones, Transparency, we copwatch

From DeAnn Smith and Nathan Vickers of KCTV5.com on September 21, 2014: Rally seeks more police accountability KCTV5 Related Content

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Culture of Speeding in Independence, Ohio

October 16, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 314 Views badges don't grant extra rights, double-standards, Independence, Independence OH, independence police department, Ohio, police speeding

DEO shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Here is another video I shot of an Independence, Ohio officer who thinks

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