A woman living in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson has resorted to plastering her house with signs alerting the police to the fact that her son is autistic after he was previously assaulted by the police when a neighbor called them. As well as placing signs taped to the walls, Judy McKim also painted […]
Family of Abel Correa Files Federal Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Police Over 2015 Fatal Shooting
One year ago, in August of 2015, two officers from the LVMPD shot Abel Correa, who was hiding in a closet inside his mother’s house after a neighbor had called police to report that he had been damaging property outside the home. Correa was suffering from mental illness, along with other medical issues, and according […]
False Arrest and Assault at Menards After Refusing Search
The following post and video was shared with the CopBlock Network by Charles M. Waters, via the Cop Block Submissions Page. Along with the video description, Charles states: I would love if everyone could spread, embed, and post my video. I am also trying to get a crowd funding campaign going to pay for my […]
Non-Verbal Autistic Man Killed in “Scuffle” With Fairfax County Virginia Police
The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously, via the CopBlock Submissions Page. It refers to the killing of a mentally disabled man by four police officers in Fairfax County, Virgina after he had wandered away from a group home in April of this year. (Note: This case was discussed in an earlier […]
Utah Police Arrest Disabled Woman For Failure To Give Animal Control Her Name
This post was submitted by Andrea Daynes, via the CopBlock.org submission page. I have a TBI (traumatic brain injury) due to an auto-pedestrian accident and am disabled. I have permanent brain damage, as a result. Please excuse the grammar and I hope this isn’t too long. Andrea describes, in pretty good grammar and a not […]
Las Vegas Metro Police Release Body Cam Footage Of Fatal Shooting Of Mentally Disabled Man
Las Vegas Metro Police have released the body cam footage showing two officers shooting and killing a mentally disabled man. Twenty-four year old Abel Correa was at his mother’s house when she called police. Instead of helping Correa, who the officers personally knew, he was executed on the spot. Though the body cam footage doesn’t show […]
