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“What Happened in Vegas” Isn’t Staying in Las Vegas; Documentary on Police Brutality Premiers at Cinequest

March 16, 2017December 15, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 3288 Views Accountability, AR-15, assault, bill scott, Brutality, Bryan Yant, CA, California, cancer, Cinequest Film Festival, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, costco, Disability, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, Erik Scott, excessive force, film editor, Filming police, Gulf War, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Internal Affairs Investigation, Iraq war veteran, jesus arevalo, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Los Angeles, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, Officer Jared Casper, Officer Joshua Stark, Officer Kyle Frett, Officer Mark Belanger, Officer Thomas Mendiola, Officer William Mosher, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, ptsd, Redwood City, rights, san jose, Stanley Gibson, strike the root, Surveillance, Trevon Cole, true crime dramas, video

Last week on March 4th, “What Happened in Vegas” had its world premier to rave reviews at the Cinequest Film

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False Imprisonment: Its Increasing Frequency and the Huge Cost It Imposes on Society

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1399 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, chicago, choke hold, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, class-action lawsuit, Cleveland, CO, Colorado, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, Denver, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dna evidence, double-standards, Drug war, Eric Garner, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, homan square, Homicide, IL, illegal arrest, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Innocence Project, James Bain, Jon Burge, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, Making a Murderer, Netflix, New York, ny, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rape, rights, Robert Graham, settlements, Tamir Rice, Texas, Toy gun, TX, U.S. Supreme Court, wrongful death

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously by a reader, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. If you

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Protests in Anaheim After Incident in Which Off Duty Police Officer Shot Gun During Dispute with Young Teens

February 23, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1442 Views @frankjtristan, @GustavoArellano, Accountability, anaheim, assault, battery, CA, California, Christian Dorscht, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Don't shoot our kids!, double-standards, excessive force, Filming police, Frank John Tristan, fuck pigs, get off my lawn, Harassment, junior high students, kelly patterson, Killer cops off our streets!, LA Riots, lapd, Los Angeles, los angeles police department, making criminal threats, No Justice No Peace, Off Duty Cop, Officer Kevin J Ferguson, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, protest, rights, teens, video

A dispute on Tuesday that apparently started when off-duty cop Kevin J. Ferguson became angry at a group of teens

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy PIT Maneuvers Tom Zebra; Pretends to Cut Him a Break

February 2, 2017 Brian Sumner 3722 Views Brian David Sumner, Brutality, CA, California, Christopher Varela, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cyclist, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, FreeFRESNO, Harassment, Los Angeles, los angeles sheriff's department, milton olin jr., police abuse, Police State, Rodney Anderson, Tom Zebra, video

Tom Zebra has been filming the police in Los Angeles for over a decade. When I traveled south to interview

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California Officer (Only) Demoted for Driving Drunk; Texting During Hit and Run in Police Vehicle

January 12, 2017January 13, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1390 Views Accountability, airbags, California, car accident, Chad Milby, collision report, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, department policy, Deputy Michael Vasquez, Dishonesty, doing donuts, double-standards, driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, hands free device, Hero In Blue, Hit and Run, hit parked car, incident reports, Justice System, kelly patterson, leaving the scene of an accident, Los Angeles, Mahlon Vail Road, no victim no crime, personal errands, police, police accountability, police spokesperson, Press-Enterprise, reasonable minor detour, redacted, Riverside police department, Riverside Sheriff's Department, semi truck, swerving all over the place, take-home car, Temeculah, texting and driving, under the influence of alcohol, undercover car, Vehicle Code, victimless crime, Wolf Store Road

I’ve finally found a victimless crime that police are unwilling to enforce. Of course, by some odd coincidence that crime

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Cop Blocker Nasty Nathanial Threatened with Arrest for Filming LA Police Station on New Year’s Eve

January 6, 2017February 12, 2018 Kelly W. Patterson 1783 Views 1st amendment, Accountability, Butt Hurt, CA, California, Cholo, Civil rights, Compton, Compton Police Department, Compton Sheriff's Station, constitutionally protected right to film in public, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dealing drugs, Dishonesty, Filming police, first amendment, freedom, Harassment, High Desert Community Watch, Internal Affairs Investigation, kelly patterson, LA County Sheriff's Office, Long Beach, Long Beach police, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, missing drugs, Nasty Nathanial, New Years Eve, no victim no crime, official police vehicles, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, strike the root, tax paying citizens, Teen For Justice, threatened with arrest for filming, thuggish cops, Torture, video, witchcraft

The following post was shared with Nevada Cop Block  by Nasty Nathanial Thomas, a frequent contributor to Cop Block, via

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Some of the Many Ridiculous Reasons Why Police Have Killed Unarmed/Innocent People

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1068 Views Accountability, All the Ways You Can Comply and Still Die During An Encounter with Police, assault, at the mercy of law enforcement, atlanta, Baltimore County, Battlefield America: The War on the American People, bb gun, Bettie Jones, bilingual guide, broken tail light, Brutality, building trust and cooperation, California, cell phone, choking hands, Civil rights, compliance is not enough, comply or die, conceal carry, constitution, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cross post, Daniel K. Harris, defensive posture, Deravis Caine Rogers, disabling electrified darts, Dishonesty, Donnell Thompson, double-standards, Douglas Zerby, Drug war, elderly war veteran, excessive force, flash bang grenade, flying fists, freedom, Georgia, Guide to Interacting with Police, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, indoctrinated, Jeremy Mardis, John W. Whitehead, john wrana, Justice System, Keith Childress, Keivon Young, kelly patterson, killing bullets, kristian williams, las vegas, Los Angeles, lvmpd, M4 rifle, misguided training, no victim no crime, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Philando Castile, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, public urination, Quintonio LeGrier, revenue collectors with weapons, Right to remain silent, rights, rights of the citizenry, routine traffic stop, scissors, serve and protect, shoehorn, shooting stance, specialists in violence, strike the root, Terence Crutcher, The Rutherford Institute, unarmed homeless man, US marshals, vape pen, we the people

The following post was written by John W. Whitehead and was originally published at the Rutherford Institute under the title,

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Vallejo Man Beaten by Gang Member Cops Awarded $450,000 in Excessive Force Lawsuit

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 Brian Sumner 1544 Views acting under color of law, assault, Bad apples, black lives matter, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, CA, California, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, elite officers, Eric Jensen, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, fl, Florida, Jaquezs Berry, Jason Deocampo, Jason Potts, Jesus Grant, Judge Kim Wardlaw, Jump-Out Boys, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Miami, monetary damages, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police gangs, police misconduct, Police State, Police State. Vallejo, pre-bankruptcy debts, rights, secret clique, SF Gate, skull holding a gun, tattoo, thin blue line, Vallejo, video

Thursday a federal appellate court ruled that Jason Deocampo was entitled to $50,000 in monetary damages, as well as reimbursement

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VIDEO: LAPD Officer Kicks Surrendering Man in Head During 2014 Arrest

August 28, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 666 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, California, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, excessive force, lapd, Los Angeles, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, video

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Newly released video shows LAPD officer Richard Garcia kicking Clinton Alford shortly after he surrenders to

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Los Angeles Cop Who Beat Girlfriend and Set Her Hair on Fire to Serve just Six Months in Jail (Update)

August 25, 2016August 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 997 Views ABC7, Accountability, aggravated assault, Alejandro Flores, asa j, assault, assault with a force likely to produce great bodily injury, Brutality, Buena Park, CA, California, Civil rights, Cop Block Network, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal threats, Deputy Alejandro Flores, Dishonesty, dissuading a witnesses, domestic battery with corporal injury, domestic violence, double-standards, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, held to a higher standard, Hero In Blue, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, los angeles county sheriff's department, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputy Alejandro Flores, magic suit, Maria, officer sets womans head on fire, ongoing pattern of abuse, orange county, Orange County prosecutors, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policeman's discount, protect and serve, the fix was in, Update, victim impact statement, video

As CopBlock Network Contributor Asa J described in a post last year, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Alejandro Flores viciously attacked

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Video of 2012 Wrongful Death by LAPD Officers – Which Cost Taxpayers $2.85M – Released

August 19, 2016 Ademo Freeman 1435 Views Accountability, Brutality, cop block, copblock.org, Irene Rowe, Juan Romero, killer cops, lapd, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station Jail, ProPublica.com, Richard Fox, Topher Sanders, Transparency, Update, Vachel Howard, video, wrongful death

*This story was originally published at ProPublica.com by Topher Sanders. It has been partially posted below and links back to

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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 1309 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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