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Retired Chicago Cop, “Medal of Valor” Winner, Arrested for Burning Homeless Man’s Tent and Belongings

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1323 Views 1300 block of Dartford Court, Accountability, activist, Arson, artificial knees, assault, Award Winning cop, Charles Dobra, chicago, chicago police department, Chicago Tribune, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, devotion to duty, Dishonesty, double-standards, fl, Florida, foia request, freedom of information act request, good cop, Harassment, Heroism, homelessness, IL, Illinois, Judge Liam C. Brennan, kelly patterson, Key Colony Beach, Medal of Valor, Naperville Sun, personal courage, police, police accountability, political protester, retired cop, Scott Huber, Sergeant James R. Povolo, summer home, targeting homeless, winter home

A man who was arrested for arson after he burned the tent and personal belongings of an area homeless man

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Articles Police Abuse

Trooper Filmed Shooting Unarmed Man Grabbing License Pleads Guilty

March 15, 2016March 18, 2016 Asa J 1684 Views Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, assault, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, battery, Broad River Road, Casey Manning, Circle K, Circuit Judge Casey Manning, columbia, cop shoots unarmed man, copblock, copblock.org, cops pleads guilty to felony, dash cam, dash-cam footage, drivers license, excessive force, felony, film the police, Highway Patrol's Medal of Valor, Leroy Smith, Levar Jones, Medal of Valor, police shooting, Police State, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, ptsd, SC Insurance Reserve Fund, Sean Groubert, settlement, south carolina, South Carolina Department of Public Safety, South Carolina state police, Traffic stop, trooper shoots unarmed man, unarmed man

A South Carolina state highway patrolman recorded by his dash-cam shooting an unarmed man after he asked him to retrieve

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