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LAPD Cop Caught on Video in “Horrific” Beating of Suspect Quietly Given Slap on Wrist

August 11, 2016September 7, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 468 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, california highway patrol, caree harper, Chief Charlie Beck, Civil rights, civilian review board, Clinton Alford Jr., cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, discount code, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Ezell Ford, federal lawsuit, Harassment, horrific beating, Justice System, kelly patterson, LA Times, lapd, Los Angeles, los angeles police department, Los Angeles Times, Mac Shorty, Officer Richard Garcia, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policeman's discount, rights, slap on the wrist, South Los Angeles, strong message, time of increased scrutiny, video, Watts, Watts Neighborhood Council

Video of an October 2014 beating by LAPD Officer Richard Garcia was so bad that a Los Angeles police official

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Black Lives Matter Protester Jasmine Abdullah Given Same Sentence For “Lynching” as Stanford Rapist

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 460 Views #blacklivesmatter, abuse of discretion, Accountability, activist, African American studies, assault, black dissent, black lives matter, Brock Allen Turner, Brutality, CA, California, California-based activists, Civil rights, CNN Newsroom, collective safety, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal statute, Dan A. Turner, Detainee, Dishonesty, disparity, double-standards, Dr Angela James, excessive force, extraordinary sentence, felony, forcible rape, Free Speech Radio News, freedom, FSRN.org, good behavior, Harassment, high profile case, Imprisonment, inconveniencing the police, Jasmine Abdullah, Jasmine Richards, Jerry Brown, Judge Aaron Persky, Justice System, kelly patterson, LA Times, legal name, lenient sentence, Los Angeles Times, Lynching, Maile Hampton, matter of life and death, mistrust, no victim no crime, outside the norm, Pasadena, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police impunity, Police State, political dissent, political profiling, Professor Michele Dauber, prominant university, race based murders, Racism, rape, recall, rights, Sacramento, safe and unharmed and alive, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Sex Crime, sexual assault, standard sentence, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Law, Steve Cooley, twenty minutes of action, Twitter, uproar, video, vigilantes, white male privilege, white men from wealthy backgrounds

Yesterday, a protester with the Black Lives Matter movement was sentenced for the charge of “felony lynching” after being convicted

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California Cops Attempt To Bar Video Release Of Unarmed Man Killing

June 29, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 350 Views bicycle, bloomberg, California, California Police Chiefs’ Association, California State Sheriffs’ Association and California Peace Officers' Association, civil rights lawsuit, copblock, copblock.org, CVS, dash-cam footage, Eutiquio Acevedo Mendez, Gardena, Gardena police, Los Angeles Times, police kill unarmed man, public information laws, Redondo Beach Boulevard, Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino, The Associated Press, the Los Angeles County Police Chief’s Association, Western Avenue

Police organizations in L.A. County and elsewhere in California are attempting to thwart the release of dash-cam footage showing Gardena

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