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Texas Judge Abel Limas Casually Discusses Accepting Bribes During Recorded Phone Calls

December 24, 2016January 5, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 315 Views 1 Comment Accountability, Agent Mark Gripka, Brownsville, Cameron County, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, District Attorney Armando Villalobos, double-standards, FBI, gambling trips, Judge Abel Limas, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, lawsuits, murder, police, pre-trial rulings, Surveillance, Texas, The Poor & Unknown, TX, video, wiretaps

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by a reader who goes by the pseudonym “The Poor &

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Woman Dies Serving 30 Day Jail Sentence After Medical Requests Ignored Lawsuit Says

November 15, 2016 Asa J 157 Views 0 Comments 30 Day Jail Sentence, Accountability, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, federal lawsuit, jail guards, Jennifer Meyers, Justice System, lawsuits, Macomb County, Macomb County jail, medical attention, Medical Requests, medical staff, Michigan, nurses, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, Robert Ihrie, sepsis, virus, woman dies in jail

A young Michigan woman serving a 30 day sentence at the Macomb County jail died after guards and medical staff

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The Many Ways That Police Brutality Payouts Cost Taxpayers

September 28, 2016March 16, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 164 Views 0 Comments 2 percent raise, Accountability, assault, Brazil, Brutality, casino licensing fee, city managers, city schools, Civil rights, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, cost to taxpayers, dailygazette.com, deductible levels, direct complicity, Dishonesty, double-standards, evaluating police merit, excessive force, freedom, general fund, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, lawsuits, Martha K. Huggins, misconduct liability insurance, municipal government, New York, ny, officer base pay, overtime, payout, PBA, pension, pension indebtedness, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Benevolent Association, Police brutality, Police Brutality Raises Costs to Taxpayers, police civil rights abuses, police salaries, Police State, police violations of human rights, police-related liability insurance, premiuims, private attorneys’ fees, professor, public education, Public safety, rewarding police violence, rights, risk-manage, Schenectady, Schenectady City Council, Schenectady Police Department, scholar of Brazil, settlements, taxes, taxpayer costly, taxpayers, The Daily Gazette, Transparency, Tulane Professor Emerita, Tulane University, Union College

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Martha K. Huggins, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. The post

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DOJ Probe Reveals Unconstitutional Strip, Cavity Searches By Baltimore Cops

August 15, 2016 Asa J 219 Views 0 Comments Accountability, anus, Baltimore, baltimore police department, BPD Central District, BPD Eastern District, broken headlight, cavity search, complaints, copblock, copblock.org, courts, Department of Justice, Department of Justice probe, doj investigation, fourth amendment, Harassment, illegal strip searches, internal affairs, latex gloves, lawsuits, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, public cavity search, public strip search, unconstitutional, unconstitutional search

The findings of a Department of Justice probe into the Baltimore police department has reveled “many instances in which BPD

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Must We Choose Between Mob Justice And The Police State?

April 22, 2016January 27, 2017 Georgia Sand 172 Views 0 Comments accountable, African Americans, aggression, Bretigne Shaffer, community, competition, confrontation, Crack Alley, crime, crime prevention, Crime Reduction, criminal justice, dale brown, david friedman, detroit, Detroit Threat Management Center, DTMC, Guns, Ida B. Wells, landlord, law enforcement, lawsuits, Lynching, mob justice, murder, Murders By Police Officers, murray rothbard, Non-Violent Crimes, obedience, peace, Peaceful Resolution, police violence, Prison, private security, Psychological Bridge, Racism, rape, Resolution, state, threat, thugs, Tuskeegee Institute, victims, violence, voluntaryist

By Bretigne Shaffer On May 25, 1911, Laura Nelson, her baby daughter and her teenaged son were kidnapped from a jail

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No Duty to Protect in Fairfax; the Hatchet Man and the Helicopter Pilot

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Lorelei McFly 180 Views 0 Comments car accidents, domestic violence, Elena Norfolk, failure to protect, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Police Department, foia, foia requests, Freedom of Information Act, Joel Burris, lawsuits, no duty to protect, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COPBLOCK, Officer Douglas Middlebrooks, sunshine week, Transparency, Virginia

This is the second of two Sunshine Week articles highlighting some of the things Northern Virginia Cop Block uncovered using

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Fun with FOIA — John Geer, Natasha McKenna, and Why Can’t FCPD Cops Drive?

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Lorelei McFly 163 Views 0 Comments Accountability, Adam Torres, Ashley McIntosh, assault, Brutality, car accidents, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, David Bulova, Dishonesty, Ed Long Jr, Fairfax Ad Hoc Commission, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, foia, foia requests, Freedom of Information Act, John Geer, Justice System, Ken Plum, lawsuits, Marcus Simon, NATASHA MCKENNA, Nicholas Beltrante, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COPBLOCK, police, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, Scott Surovell, Sharon Bulova, Sheriff Stacey Kincaid, sunshine week, Surveillance, Tim Hugo, Transparency, Update, video, Virginia, washington post

This is the first of two articles for Sunshine Week, an annual event which promotes open government and freedom of

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Why People are Still Protesting in Chicago

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 Lorelei McFly 156 Views 2 Comments Accountability, chicago, chicago black site, Chicago Police brutality, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, excessive force, Filming police, homan square, Jason Van Dyke, John Burge, Laquan McDonald, lawsuits, officer invloved shooting, police abuse, Police State, police terror, prosecutorial, rahm emanuel, rights, systematic police abuse, Transparency, Update, video

Last week the video of the Laquan McDonald shooting was finally released to the public, following 13 months of pressure

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Chicago City Council OKs 700,000 Dollar Settlement for 2 Police Abuses

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Brian Sumner 165 Views 0 Comments Accountability, chicago, Chicago City Council, chicago police, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, edward burke, excessive force, Jane Notz, Joe Moreno, Justice System, lawsuits, police accountability

Yesterday a Chicago city council put the green light on a $700,000 payout in two cases of police brutality. Regardless

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Pasco Police Who Shot Antonio Zambrano-Montes While His Hands Were Up Won’t Be Charged

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 187 Views 0 Comments Accountability, antonio zambrano-montes, assault, attorney general, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Double Standard, excessive force, Featured, franklin county, Governor Jay Inslee, Homicide, immmigrant, Justice System, kelly patterson, Latino, lawsuits, Mexico, Officer Adam Wright, Officer Adrian Alaniz, Officer Ryan Flanagan, paid leave, paid vacation, Pasco Police, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Prosecutor Shawn Sant, U.S. Attorney General's Office, Update, video, WA, Washington

The prosecutor for Franklin County, Washington announced on September 9th that none of the three Pasco Police officers, who shot

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Education Alone Isn’t Enough To Solve The Problems With Policing

August 27, 2015August 31, 2015 Georgia Sand 207 Views 7 Comments Accountability, arrest, assault, attorney, black, Brian Stevenson, Brutality, Civil Immunity, Civil rights, Confederate Flag, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Deadly Weapon, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Georgia, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Harassment, Immunity, Innocent Deaths, jail, Justice System, lawsuits, Middle East, obama, police, police abuse, politically correct, Prison, Race, Race Relations, Racism, rights, Sensitivity Training, Statistics, Task Force, The Guardian, threat, training, Training Sessions, video

From The Guardian comes a video by Civil Rights Attorney Brian Stevenson: Mr. Stevenson has a compelling story to tell about

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Copwatching and Its Impact On Policing, Law, and Justice in the California Law Review

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 Georgia Sand 194 Views 16 Comments Accountability, black panthers, Brutality, California Law Review, cameras, Civil rights, Class, community policing, cop blocking, copwatching, Corruption, court, Deterrence, Deterring Police Abuse, Disrespect, double-standards, facebook, Filming police, first amendment, Foul Language, fourth amendment, Jerome Skolnick, Jocelyn Simonson, Law, lawsuits, Legal Analysis, Legal Meaning, Legal Scholars, Litigation, Neighborhood, New York University, New York University School of Law, Organizations, Race, social change, social justice, social media

Jocelyn Simonson, Assistant Professor of Lawyering at New York University School of Law, reached out to Cop Block contributors late

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