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Las Vegas School Cop Charged With Assaulting Student and Staff Member With Baton Enters Plea

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1458 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, ccsd, CCSD Police Department, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County School District, Clark County School District Police Department, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, excessive force, falsifying police reports, federal indictment, Fox 5 Las Vegas, grand jury, Justice System, kelly patterson, KVVU, las vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Sun, LVRJ, Nevada, north las vegas, NV, Officer James Lescinsky, police, police abuse, police accountability, police baton beating, Police brutality, policeman's discount, rights, school police, school staff, student, US Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen, video, witness tampering

In May, Officer James Lescinsky became the latest in a growing number of Las Vegas school cops to be implicated

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Update: Shooting Nevada Inmates With Birdshot Banned by New NDOC Director (For Now)

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 4265 Views Accountability, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Commissioner, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, Dana Liebelson, Department of Corrections, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Governor Brian Sandoval, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, huffington post, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, interview, James Dzurenda, Justice System, kelly patterson, KNPR, las vegas, lawsuit, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, Nevada, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, Nevada's "unique" prison culture, New York, NV, nvcopblock, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, radio, rehabilitation, reintegration, rights, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotguns, State of the Nevada podcast, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, unauthorized use of force, Update, use of force, use of guns in prison, Victor Perez, video

As I’ve reported here on CopBlock.org in several posts over the past year, the use of shotguns loaded with birdshot

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An Open Letter to Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed A Defense Attorney in Court

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1843 Views Accountability, Allison Jackson, Ancient Rome, Caesar, Cicero, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Fort Bend County, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Mark Antony, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, Texas, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Last week, I posted about a judge in Las Vegas who had ordered a public defender to be handcuffed in

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Las Vegas Protesters “De-Arrest” Innocent Bicyclist After LVMPD Harassment on May Day

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2614 Views #TrueStory, Accountability, assault, bambuser, bicyclists, black flag, bloody pig face, Civil rights, community event, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cyclist, de-arrest, Dishonesty, double-standards, Downtown Brown, Downtown Las Vegas, DTLV, film the police, Food Not Bombs, freedom, Fremont Street, Harassment, illegal arrest, illegal detention, Jaywalking, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Let her go!, lvmpd, May Day, metro, Nevada, no victim no crime, NV, Officer Brown, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, protest, riding a bike in the street, rights, strike the root, video, wedding chapel

During the 2016 annual May Day march in Las Vegas, officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department began bullying

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Las Vegas Judge Has Defense Attorney Handcuffed During Trial to “Teach Her a Lesson”

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2670 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, D.C. public defender, D.C. Superior Court, 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, lead public defender, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, NV, Phil Kohn, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Stephen Cooper, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, washington post

On Monday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen ordered Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary to be handcuffed and

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Las Vegas Metro Police Illegally Search; Sexually Assault Innocent Man to Justify Bullshit Arrest

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2653 Views Accountability, assault, back the blue rally, Brutality, Civil rights, coffee with a cop, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, Filming police, Harassment, Hiibel, Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada 542 U.S. 177 (2004), Illegal search/entry, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Lt Connell, lvmpd, 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, sexual assault, Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Soloman Galloway, Stephen Stubbs, strip search, Summerlin NV, Surveillance, targeting minorities, Transparency, video, Yelp

The video accompanying this post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Solomon Galloway, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. It

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Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs: “Stand Up and Tell the Truth” – Why #PoliceLiesMatter

May 19, 2016May 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1828 Views A Few Bad Apples, Accountability, assault, Boulder City, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Dominic Gennerino, double-standards, Downtown Las Vegas, DTLV, excessive force, Filming police, freedom, good cops, Harassment, Henderson, Illegal search/entry, internal affairs, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, las vegas metropolitan police department, Lieutenant Yatomi, lvmpd, LVMPD Gang Task Force, metro, Nevada, nevada highway patrol, no victim no crime, NV, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, Sgt. Yesemia Yatomi, Stephen Stubbs, strike the root, Transparency, Update, video

This video was recently submitted to me by Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs so it could be shared with the

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“Decorated” Las Vegas Cop Charged With Arson And Fraud After Burning His Own Vehicles

April 30, 2016January 19, 2018 Kelly W. Patterson 2947 Views 4 wheeler, Accountability, Arson, Attorney General Adam Laxalt, ATV, Award Winning cop, Clark County Fire Department, committed to safeguarding, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, decorated veteran, Dishonesty, enforcing laws and protecting the public, firefighters, four wheeler, Fox 5 Las Vegas, increased premiums, insurance fraud, integrity of the insurance system, Jeffrey Lynn Harper, k-9, kelly patterson, Keystone Fuzion, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Review Journal, lvmpd, LVRJ, metro, Nevada, NV, Pahrump, police, police accountability, protecting Nevada’s consumers, Razor 90, Toy Hauler

Earlier this week, Officer Jeffrey Lynn Harper of Las Vegas was charged with several crimes related to burning a “four-wheeler”

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Nevada Prison Guard Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)

April 24, 2016April 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2147 Views Accountability, Alexis Plunkett, Andrew Arevalo, assault, Brutality, Cal Potter, Carlos Perez, Civil rights, Clark County Coroner, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Correctional Officer Isaiah Smith, Correctional Officer Jeff Castro, correctional officers, Corrections Department Director Greg Cox, corrections officer, Corruption, COT Ramos, cover up, CPR, declared deceased, disciplinary report, discovery, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, failing to report repeated, false statements, Fox 5 Las Vegas, gladiator like scenario, Governor Brian Sandoval, gurgling on his own blood, HDSP, High Desert State Prison, Homicide, incident reports, Indian Springs, inmate, inmate abuse, Inmate Death, inmates, insubordination, internal reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, lack of medical care, las vegas, lawsuit, led to an inmate’s death, multiple gunshot wounds, murder, NDOC, negative media attention, neglect of duty, Nevada, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Government, NV, nvcopblock, personnel issue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, prior security breaches, Prison, Prison Correctional Officer, prison death, prison guards, proper staffing, protective custody, report, rights, segregation unit, Senior Correctional Officer Mumpower, shotgun, Solitary Confinement, summary judgement, the hole, Trainee Raynaldo J. Ramos, trauma room, unauthorized use of force, unbecoming conduct, Update, use of force, vast amounts of blood everywhere, Victor Perez, video

I’ve posted several times over the past year about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State

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Former Boulder City NV Police Chief Takes Plea Deal on Charges Related to Animal Cruelty Scandal (Update)

April 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1852 Views Accountability, animal abuse, animal control, Animal Control Officer, animal control supervisor, Animal cruelty, animal shelter, Ann Inabnitt, biker rally, Boulder City, Boulder City Justice Court, Boulder City Police Department, Boulder City Review, Brutality, Chief Bill Conger, Civil rights, contrary to the form, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, criminal investigation, deliberate harassment, Detective David Olson, Dishonesty, Double Standard, euthanize, failure to perform a duty, felony animal cruelty, force and effect of statutes, forced to resign, frivolous lawsuit, grand jury testimony, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kristen Corral, las vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, Mary Jo Frazier, misdemeanor, Nevada, Nevada Political Action for Animals, NV, pets, poker chip, police, police accountability, retired leo, Sgt. Aaron Johnson, Stephen Stubbs, Thomas Finn, Tom Pitaro, Update

As I posted about late last week, a former police chief in Boulder City, Nevada was charged with “failure to

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Former Boulder City Nevada Police Chief Charged Over Animal Cruelty Cover-UP (Update)

April 16, 2016April 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2077 Views Accountability, animal abuse, animal control, Animal Control Officer, animal control supervisor, Animal cruelty, animal shelter, Ann Inabnitt, biker rally, Boulder City, Boulder City Justice Court, Boulder City Police Department, Boulder City Review, Brutality, Chief Bill Conger, Civil rights, contrary to the form, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, criminal investigation, deliberate harassment, Detective David Olson, Dishonesty, Double Standard, euthanize, failure to perform a duty, felony animal cruelty, force and effect of statutes, forced to resign, frivolous lawsuit, grand jury testimony, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kristen Corral, las vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, Mary Jo Frazier, misdemeanor, Nevada, Nevada Political Action for Animals, NV, pets, poker chip, police, police accountability, retired leo, Sgt. Aaron Johnson, Stephen Stubbs, Thomas Finn, Tom Pitaro, Update

Back in January, I posted about the resignation of Boulder City, NV Police Chief Bill Conger in the wake of

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Man Beaten by Las Vegas Police For Not Moving Fast Enough Awarded $31,500 Settlement (Update)

April 15, 2016April 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3167 Views abuse, Accountability, arrestable offense, assault, beaten for not moving fast enough, beating, Brutality, caught on camera beating an innocent man, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Attorney, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crime scene, Diabetic, diabetic shock, did not rise to the level of misconduct, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, Dominic Gennerino, Double Standard, double-standards, Downtown, Downtown Las Vegas, drunk driving, DTLV, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Fremont East, Fremont Street, Gennarino, Harassment, heavy-handed police tactics, Henderson, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas attorney, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas suburb, lied in police reports, lies, lvmpd, meaningful repercussions, metro, Metro policies, misconduct, Nevada, nevada cop block, nightstick, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock.org, obstructing a public officer, Obstruction, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, official story, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, Qualified Immunity, reforms, rights, stabbing, Stephen Stubbs, steve wolfson, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, use of force board, Vanguard Lounge, video

About a year and a half ago, Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs submitted a story to the CopBlock Network about

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