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Reynoldsburg Ohio Officer Fired For Racist Facebook Posts

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 Alia Atreides 1645 Views bad taste, City of Reynoldsburg, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, culture of racism, discrimination complaint, double-standards, facebook, Featured, fired, Institutional racism, Joshua H, Katherine Mielke, OH, Ohio, police, Racism, Reynoldsburg, Reynoldsburg Police Department, rights, SNAT, social media, video, WBNS-10TV

A Reynoldsburg Police officer has been fired after complaints from her community about racially insensitive posts on Facebook. According to

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Baltimore Burns – Revolution Is A Messy Business

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 Alia Atreides 1452 Views #BaltimoreRiots, #BaltimoreUprising, #blacklivesmatter, American Revolution, anti-police protest, apathy, Baltimore, Baltimore City Police Department, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Constitutionally protected freedoms, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, demonstration, destruction, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, Freddie Gray, freedom, Gaspee Affair, History, institutional brutality, Institutional racism, institutional violence, Joshua H, Justice System, liberty, Looting, Martin Luther King Jr., Maryland, md, No Justice No Peace, peace, peaceful demonstration, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, protest, Psychology, Racism, revolution, rights, riots, Sons of Liberty, Tyranny, violence

The brutal murder by police of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland has led to a cornucopia of craziness. As Baltimore

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Race, Crime & Perception in Iowa City, Iowa

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Alia Atreides 1607 Views Adam Carros, burglary, chicago, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Coralville, crime, disparity, double-standards, Featured, housing projects, Institutional racism, Iowa, iowa city, Janet Lyness, John Zimmerman, Johnson County, Joshua H, KCRG, mugshots, photos, police, Racism, rights, The Gazette, unintended consequences, University of Iowa, welfare, wrestlers

UPDATE: Read Adam Carros response to this article. Recently some Iowa news sources were accused of racism as the result

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Knowing the Difference Between Allowed and Not Permitted

March 14, 2014March 21, 2014 Georgia Sand 528 Views Accountability, amadou diallo, Brutality, Civil rights, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Institutional racism, Kim Nguyen, police abuse, police rape, Racism, rape, sean bell, Sexism, violence

Submitted by guest writer, Keith Killian What happens when the law makers become the law breakers? What happens when the

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