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Retired New York Jail Guard Treated Like “Just Another Black Dude” by Brothers in Blue

December 8, 2016December 10, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 493 Views 1010 WINS, Accountability, assault, Brothers in Blue, Brutality, CBS 2 News, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Fred Brewington, garden city, Garden City Police Department, Harassment, hero, huffington post, I'm one of you, just another black dude, Justice System, kelly patterson, long island, Mineola, New York, newsday.com, no victim no crime, ny, police, police abuse, police academy, police accountability, Police brutality, racial profiling, rights, Ronald Lanier, secret handshake, shoplifter, supermarket, treated like a slave, video

“I kept trying to tell them I’m one of you, but…” Ronald Lanier, a retired New York corrections officer, cried

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NYPD Cop in Charge of Vetting Character of Recruits Arrested for Pulling Gun on Woman in Road Rage Incident

November 19, 2016November 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 591 Views Accountability, assault, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, fit of rage, Harassment, kelly patterson, long island, menacing, New York, New York Daily News, new york police department, ny, NY Daily News, nypd, NYPD's Character Assessment Section, Officer Donald Vale, officer pulled gun, paid suspension, paid vacation, police, police abuse, police accountability, rights, road rage, Sagtikos Parkway, slap on the wrist, Southern State Parkway, vetting new recruits

After a woman accidentally cut NYPD Officer Donald Vale off in Long Island he chased after her and then pulled

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Man Shot Twice By Cop After Being Mistaken For Robber Receives $1.5M

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 Asa J 596 Views $1.5 million settlement, Accountability, assault, attorney William V. Ferro, battery, civil rights violations, cop shoots innocent man, copblock, copblock.org, False arrest, False imprisonment, federal lawsuit, Henry Morales, Huntington Station, lawsuit, long island, Mistaken For Robber, New York, New York Avenue, Officer Luis Mangual, Pizza Hut, Police State, shot in the stomach, spleen, Suffolk County, Suffolk County legislature, Suffolk county police, Suffolk County police department, Taco Bell

Taxpayers are on the hook for $1.5 million after a Long Island, New York man was shot in the stomach

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The Police Have No Duty to Protect You: Joseph Lozito’s Story

September 16, 2015November 3, 2016 Pete Eyre 694 Views alfred douglas, balistreri v pacifica police department, Castle Rock v. Gonzales, deshaney v winnebago county, good samaritan, joseph lozito, legaland, long island, maksim gelman, Manhattan, manhunt, margaret chan, New York City, nypd, tamara taylor, terrance howell, the police have no duty to protect you, video, warran v district of columbia

“But we need the police to protect us!!” cry some people. Yet time and time again, as Joseph Lozito found

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Man Says Cops Tried To Delete Video Showing Woman Knocked Unconscious

August 6, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 957 Views 911 call, Attorney Ken Mollins, Center Moriches, copblock, copblock.org, film the police, Harassment, long island, New York, obstructing governmental administration, Obstruction, photography is not a crime, Police brutality, police delete video, resisting arrest, Suffolk County, Suffolk county police, suicidal man, Thomas Demint

A New York man says Suffolk County police in Long Island tackled him to the ground and attempted to delete

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