Authoritarians and activists both operate on a fatal premise, which is that vengeance is justice. Vengeance culture permeates every aspect of American life these days. The solution to every problem comes down to making someone pay! From the wretched legal institutions that are focused entirely on punishment rather than reform, to those who protest those institutions […]
The Police Are Just Regular People Who Make Mistakes
We always seem to hear how “the police are just regular people who make mistakes”. We hear this because it’s an easy way to get the public to turn a blind eye to reality. However, if they are “just regular people”, why do they get the free pass on their mistakes when they rarely allow even […]
“F*ck Your Badge” Sign Destroyed by CopSuckers at Republican National Convention (VIDEO)
On July 4th of this year I burned a “Thin Blue Line” flag (see video at end of post) as a statement to police to stop working for the government, stop protecting bad cops and to offer their service of protection directly to the consumers (us) instead. Of course many people were unable to hear the […]
A Manifesto: The True Menace To American Security (It’s Not Cops)
I have been writing for Cop Block since 2010, and as such, have been keenly aware of police abuse issues and the manner in which the American system of laws often prevents justice from being served. While most Americans have been calling for more government, policing, and surveillance to combat crime and terrorism, Cop Block […]
Asian-Americans Protesting Liang Conviction Are Misguided And Racist
Rookie NYPD police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in Brooklyn. On November 20, 2014, he was engaged in what is called a “vertical patrol” with his partner Shaun Landau. Mr. Gurley, a father of a 2-year-old girl, walked into a stairwell. Lighting was purportedly […]
My Letter to Deo Odolecki, Who’s Now Caged for Filming The Police
Douglas “Deo” Odolecki is now caged in Parma, Ohio. Though he’s surrounded by people who deem themselves “upholders of justice” it is Deo who is on the correct side of justice. To be clear, Deo is not guilty of aggression against person or property. He is caged because he sought to introduce transparency into the […]
Amidst A Deadlock: Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fourth Amendment Protections Against Illegal Searches
Amidst grounding itself, a post-Scalia supreme court stands compromisingly deadlocked. Before its remaining justices sits a case which, if lost, could further weaken Fourth Amendment protections. The now decade old battle, however, gives the court a chance at redemption from a questionable history. It’s a choice of a generation, similar to the daunting task of replacing […]
Spotlighting A Black Site: Chicago-Local Officials Pass Resolution Calling For DOJ Probe Of Homan Square
County officials near Chicago recently upped the ante amidst a federal probe of the cities police. Their grievances, however, don’t revolve around the slaughter of yet another unarmed citizen, which provoked initial inquiry. Instead, Cook County officials have united in an effort to highlight Chicago PD’s controversial detention facility– Homan Square. Despite the scale of crimes […]
Prison Industrial Cancer: Former NYPD Crime Lab Researchers Sue State Police, Claim Intimidation And Supression
“It’s a sad day” doesn’t adequately describe when scientific fact is devoured and vomited back up by the prison industrial complex. Like cancer, or plague, the systematic subversion of justice for profit appears all encompassing, vast, parasitic. Ironically, an anecdote might come in the form of a lawsuit filed by a small group of persecuted […]
You Don’t Have to be American to Understand Police Brutality
While protesters took to Mall of America effectively “ruining” the day for people who buy things they don’t need and creating their own debt hell, a similar event in the United Kingdom has also “ruined” the day of some English shoppers. Last December, over 600 protesters laid on the floor in a West Field Shopping Mall […]
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