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Update: Body Cam Videos Show No Original Cause for Stop in Racial Profiling Case by LVMPD Saturation Team

June 12, 2017December 15, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1309 Views Accountability, assault, body camera footage, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, Filming police, GoPro, Harassment, Hiibel, Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada 542 U.S. 177 (2004), Illegal search/entry, Jaywalking, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lt Connell, lvmpd, LVRJ, Minorities, Nevada, nevada cop block, no victim no crime, NV, Officer Legraves, Officer Unrich, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, poor neighborhoods, rights, Saturation Teams, Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Soloman Galloway, Stephen Stubbs, strip search, Summerlin NV, Surveillance, targeting minorities, Transparency, Update, video

In May of 2016, I reported on the case of Solomon Galloway, a Las Vegas man who was illegally detained,

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After Man With Knife Attacked Woman at Las Vegas Protest, LVMPD Arrested Those Who Defended Her

June 9, 2017December 15, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2875 Views Accountability, assault, black lives matter, Blake Agpar, BLM, Brown-Farmer, Brutality, Casino, choke hold, Civil rights, clark county, cop block, copblock, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Homicide, hotel, It's Going Down, ItsGoingDown.org, kelly patterson, knife, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Strip, lvmpd, LVRJ, MAGA hat, metro, murder, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, Officer Kenneth Lopera, peaceful protest, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, racist, rear naked choke, Tashii Brown, Tashii Farmer, the Washington Post, Trump supporter, Venetian, video, white supremacist

NOTE: this post was originally published at NVCopBlock.org under the title “Tashii Brown Protest: Woman is Attacked by Racist Man

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Update: Las Vegas School Cop Who Assaulted, Pulled Gun on Teen Victim During DUI Reinstated With Back Pay

April 7, 2017April 8, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1394 Views Accountability, assault, battery, bb gun, Brutality, CCDC, Clark County School District, Clark County School District Police Department, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Down Syndrome, drawing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner, driving under the influence, drunken crime spree, drunken rampage, dui, dwi, failure to obey a traffic signal, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, lvmpd, LVRJ, Nevada, nevada highway patrol, NHP, NV, off duty cop attacks, Peter Liriano, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Officers Association, Police Union, possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol, red-light, School Police Officer, Sgt Anthony Russo

In October of 2015, I posted about Sgt. Anthony Russo of the Clark County School District Police Department. Russo was

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Nevada Transportation Authority Promoted Officer Involved in Hit and Run to Supervisor in Spite of Three Previous DUI’s

February 25, 2017February 26, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1254 Views Accountability, AG's office, Carson City, cop drunk driving, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, dui, dwi, Hit and Run, Justice System, kelly patterson, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, Lyft, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, nevada highway patrol, Nevada Transportation Authority, NHP, NV, police, police accountability, prescription medication, ride share, Robert Reasoner, Soma, Uber

Apparently, four times is a charm for Robert Reasoner and the Nevada Transportation Authority. It was during his fourth DUI

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Wife of Henderson Police Lieutenant Arrested For Forgery, Stealing From Las Vegas College, and Drug Charges

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1406 Views Accountability, administrative assistant II, Bad Apples don't fall far from the tree, burglary, CCDC, clark county detention center, CO, College of Southern Nevada, copblock, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, CSN, CSN police, Dishonesty, Downtown Las Vegas, Drug war, DTLV, forgery, Heidi B. DeVaney, Henderson, Henderson Police Department, K.C. Brekken, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lt. John C. DeVaney, LVRJ, magic suit, Nevada, no victim no crime, NV, petit larceny, police, police accountability, policeman's discount, possession of drug paraphernalia, temporary classified employee, the war on some drugs, Theft, Transparent Nevada, war on drugs, West Charleston

Apparently, while Lieutenant John DeVaney of the Henderson (Nevada) Police Department’s Corrections Division was out throwing drug addicts and thieves

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Las Vegas Judge Continues Bizarre, Out of Control Behavior; Throws Family of Murder Victims Out of Court; Threatens to Arrest Reporter

August 17, 2016August 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1009 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update

Previously, I’ve done a number of stories (see related posts section below) on the train-wreck that Judge Hafen, a soon

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Family of Abel Correa Files Federal Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Police Over 2015 Fatal Shooting

August 13, 2016August 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1460 Views 6900 block of Berkshire Place, Abel Correa, Accountability, assault, body camera footage, Brutality, Civil rights, clark county, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, de-escalation, disabled, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, fact-finding review, film the police, Gilberto, Homicide, in dire need of mental health services, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, lawsuit, lvmpd, LVRJ, Maria, mental disability, mental illness, metro, Metro Police, Moises, negligent infliction of emotional distress, Nevada, NV, Officer Eli Prunchak, Officer Glen Taylor, officer-involved shooting, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, Rainbow Boulevard, Ricardo, rights, Sheriff Lombardo, survival action, Tropicana Avenue, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill, Update, use of force policy, video, violating civil rights through policies procedures and training, wrongful death

One year ago, in August of 2015, two officers from the LVMPD shot Abel Correa, who was hiding in a

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Las Vegas School Cop Accused of Assaulting Student and Staff Looked “a Little Bit Crazy-Like” While Swinging Baton

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1147 Views baton, bench trial, broken finger, ccsd, Clark County District Attorney, Clark County School District, Clark County School District Police Department, co-worker, department policy, diabetic shock, disturbance, face first into a concrete wall, food service supervisor, Gloria Henyard-Hall, heated altercation, Henderson, inconsistent with training, Jack Campbell, las vegas, Las Vegas area police departments, Las Vegas Review Journal, looked “a little bit crazy-like”, lunchroom, lvmpd, LVRJ, Monique Hawkins-Wells, Nevada, north las vegas, NV, office assistant, Officer James Lescinsky, police supervisors, Reasonable, school cop, school maintenance worker, school police, steve wolfson, Tarika Rushing, trained to kick people in the head, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey, videotaped murder, waiving a jury trial, within the scope of their duties

Officer James Lescinsky, who I reported on in June, has begun his trial for assault against a student and a

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Contempt Charge Against Defense Attorney Who was Handcuffed in Court by Las Vegas Judge Dismissed

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1296 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Amy Cheline, capriciously and arbitrarily, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Court, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Daniel Fernandez, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, disorderly contemptuous or insolent behavior, District Judge Gloria Sturman, Dominic Gentile, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, jury box, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, larceny, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, listen to arguments not silence them, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, Nick Crosby, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update, zealous defense

On August 2nd, a contempt of court charge filed by Judge Hafen, a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace, against

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Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Who Sent Dick Pics to Dispatcher Denied Reinstatement

July 9, 2016July 10, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1558 Views above reproach, Accountability, appeal, artist's rendering, burden of proof, Captain Kirk, Civil rights, conscious voluntary decision, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, creepy actions, dick pics, Dishonesty, dispatcher, egregious conduct, employment termination appeal, freedom, Harassment, it was cold, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, looking for love in the wrong place, LVRJ, Nevada, Nevada Highway Patrol Sergeant Kenneth Twiddy, Nevada State Hearing Officer, NHP, nude pictures, NV, obscene photos, on duty, Paul Lychuk, police, police accountability, supervisor, termination, Transparency, Trooper

(Note: The image above is an artist’s representation of what those photos may have looked like and possibly might not

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Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed Defense Attorney During Trial Taught Lesson by Voters

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1052 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen, who created an uproar last month when he ordered a defense attorney to be

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Las Vegas Police Jailed Paraplegic for Two Weeks; Accused of Robbery Where Suspect Ran Away

June 10, 2016June 11, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1938 Views Accountability, Antwine Hunter, assault, Brutality, burglary, CA, California, CCDC, cell phone, Civil rights, clark county, clark county detention center, Compton, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, defense attorney, Detectives, Dishonesty, double-standards, Downtown Las Vegas, DTLV, Elana Graham, excessive bail, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Herbert Hutson, Judge Eric Goodman, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, larceny, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, lawsuit, leg braces, logic, lvmpd, LVRJ, metro, Nevada, NV, Palm Pizza, paralyzed from the waist down, paraplegic, photo lineup, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prosecutor, rights, robbery, Roy Nelson, scanner, settlement, slammed to ground, taxpayers, UPS, video, warrant, wheelchair, wrongfully arrested

On May 21st, Antwine Hunter was assaulted by an officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and slammed onto

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