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Asian-Americans Protesting Liang Conviction Are Misguided And Racist

March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 Georgia Sand 51 Views 0 Comments #blacklivesmatter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Akai Gurley, Asian-American, badge, black lives matter, brooklyn, Bystander, Chinese, Compunction, Conviction, crime scene, Crying, Guilty, Gun, hero, Ian Birk, injustice, innocent, jay cicinelli, John Williams, jury, justice, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, macho, Manny Ramos, manslaughter, Michelle Butler, Minorities, New York, nypd, Opression, Penal Code, Peter Liang, Race, Racism, Reckless, Selective Justice, Shaun Landau, Testify, trial

Rookie NYPD police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of  second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in

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Book Review: Urban Yogini, A Superhero Who Can’t Use Violence

January 20, 2016February 2, 2016 Georgia Sand 113 Views 0 Comments Activism, assault, Authoritarianism, Banking System, Bretigne Schaffer, Children's Books, Civil rights, Comic Book, cop block, Corruption, Crackhead, democracy, Democratic Values, Elijah Espada, Filming police, Graphic Novel, Illustration, injustice, justice, Kelly Thomas, Metaphors, obstruction of justice, occupy, peaceful protest, Police brutality, police tactics, police violence, politics, Purple octopus, Raw milk, Santi Biondolillo, Sheeple, Social Ills, superhero, swat, swat raids, Talking Cat, Urban Yogini, Villain, Yoga

Urban Yogini, a comic series written by Bretigne Schaffer, chronicles a young lady’s adventures, and ultimately activism, in a growing

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$4.9 Million Settlement Reached in Kelly Thomas Lawsuit

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Dylan Donnelly 132 Views 1 Comment Accountability, Brutality, California, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, Fullerton, Fullerton CA, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Ron Thomas, video

Ron Thomas, Kelly Thomas’ father, settled his wrongful-death civil suit against the city of Fullerton and former and current police

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An Open Letter to Cops, Their Families, and the Average Statist

August 27, 2015August 9, 2016 Sean Gruber 200 Views 64 Comments Accountability, assault, benefit of the doubt, Blind loyalty, Brutality, Carson City, Carson City Sheriff's Department, cigarette taxes, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, corporate media, Corruption, cult of statism, Deputy Carl Howell, Dishonesty, double-standards, enforcers, Eric Garner, Erik Scott, excessive force, fallen brethren, flag draped coffin, founding fathers, george orwell, get out of jail free cards, Harassment, Kelly Thomas, Knavish Yapping Little Dogs, little yappy dogs, loosie cigarettes, Loyalists, Nevada, Nuremberg, NV, outright intimidation methods, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shoot unarmed man, Police State, political speech, politically correct, Red Coats, rights, Rodney King, sad bag pipe music, scare tactics, Sean Gruber, shooting dogs, sometimes cops NEED to get shot, Standing Army, status quo

(Recently, Sean N. Gruber, the Author of this Article – had a close family member targeted for both Physical/Actual and

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Internal Affairs Report Sheds Light on Kelly Thomas Beating

August 26, 2015November 3, 2015 Dylan Donnelly 269 Views 57 Comments Accountability, ACLU of Southern California, Brutality, California, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, excessive force, Fullerton, jay cicinelli, Joseph Wolfe, Kelly Thomas, manuel ramos, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Transparency, video

According to a previously sealed internal affairs investigation report completed in April, 2012, three of the four Fullerton cops involved

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“Chalk the Police State” with the CopBlock Network on July 18th

July 9, 2015May 17, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 120 Views 16 Comments Accountability, assault, Associated Press, Brutality, chalk, chalk the police, Civil rights, copblock, copblock network, copblock.org, Corruption, danielle willard, Dishonesty, Eric Garner, Erik Scott, excessive force, facebook, Featured, Filming police, first amendment, free speach, freedom, graffiti, Harassment, Homicide, Instagram, John Crawford, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kelly Thomas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Nevada, lvmpd, manchester 8, Manuel Diaz, Miantonio zambrano-montes, michael nida, national chalk the police day, Nevada, nevada cop block, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, protest, public sidewalks, rights, sidewalk chalk, Stanley Gibson, sunset activist collective, Tamir Rice, Twitter, walter scott, Youtube

Time for the Third Annual “Chalk the Police State” Day is fast approaching on July 18th. Like previous years, Nevada

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Music~ Helping Spread the Message About Police Brutality

April 14, 2015 Danny 88 Views 5 Comments 7 pillar productions, Akai Gurley, artist, Badges Do Not Grant Extra Rights, band, Beast Inside Beats, Brutality, can't be a murderer, canada music, canadian artists, canadian musicians, Chris Golden, copblock, copblock.org, Corey CoMo, Don't Shoot, donations, Eric Garner, film the police, Filming police, Gnarlstarz, Golden, golden the first, Hands Up, hands up dont shoot, justice for, Kelly Thomas, Mic Gutz, mike brown, Music, musicians, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, rights, songs, soundcloud, Tony Mazz, toronto, walter scott, YBS Frack, Youtube

These songs were submitted through the CopBlock.org Submission Tab by their respective artists. CopBlock.org wishes to help spread information and

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On People’s Blind Eye and Deaf Ear For Injustice Committed By Police

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Georgia Sand 140 Views 44 Comments Accountability, assault, Barron Bowling, Brian Wood, Brutality, Civil rights, Corruption, DEA Agent, Destruction of Evidence, Double Standard, double-standards, freedom, Homicide, Kansas CIty Police, Kelly Thomas, Lamestream media, Laura Schook, mainstream media, media, Police State, Propaganda, Qualified Immunity, Ron Thomas, Sheriff, sniper, SWAT, swat raid, Timothy McCue, Utah, violence, William Lawrence

Police do not suffer the legal consequences of their actions in the manner ordinary people do. For police to suffer legal

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When Police Abuse and Kill People, Whose Fault Is It?

March 7, 2015March 9, 2015 Georgia Sand 177 Views 55 Comments Absolute immunity, Aiyana Jones, assault, Brutality, chicago, Civil asset forfeiture, cop block, Corruption, Drug war, Eurie Stamps, Falsified Evidence, Featured, freedom, Jon Burge, judge, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, Lamestream media, Legal Barriers, mainstream media, Manny Ramos, media, Patriotism, personal responsibility, prosecutor, Qualified Immunity, security, Statute of Limitations, swat raid, taxes, the system

When police unjustifiably abuse or kill people, Americans tend side with the police. Occasionally, when the abuse is horribly egregious

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Videos 

Are Police Body Cameras The Solution?

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 Pete Eyre 117 Views 37 Comments badges don't grant extra rights, berkeley copwatch, California, coercive monopoly, complaints, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Copwatch, dash cams, Featured, film the police, fusion centers, incentievs, injustice system, Kelly Thomas, peaceful streets project, perceived legitimacy, police accountability, police body cameras, Police brutality, rialto, Rodney King, strike the root, video

The push for police body cameras is just the latest attempt to salvage public opinion and perceived legitimacy. Such an

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“Kelly” (Thomas) – Music Video by Surrogates

February 7, 2015November 2, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 78 Views 11 Comments assault, Blood Drunk Records, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock.org, Filming police, Harassment, Homicide, I Made You Something, Indie Rock, Justice System, Kelly, kelly patterson, Kelly Thomas, murder, Music, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Surrogates, video, Youtube

An anonymous reader shared the content below, featuring a music video with a police brutality theme (specifically the murder of

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My Beef with Cops… (Video Submission)

February 2, 2015November 2, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 108 Views 23 Comments Accountability, Albuquerque NM, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Corruption, double-standards, Eric Garner, Filming police, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, James Boyd, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kelly Thomas, Luis Rodriguez, no victim no crime, nypd, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, video

A reader, who uses the pseudonym “That Guy T” on YouTube, shared the video content below, via the Cop Block

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