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Inmate Locked In Hot Shower Until Skin “Slips” Off – Death Ruled Accidental

January 25, 2016 Asa J 2544 Views Accountability, ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, CPR, Dade Correctional Institution, Darren Rainey, Florida, hot steam, Howard Simon, inmate, inmates skin melts off, Justice System, mental illness, miami dade, Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office, Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, Police State, psychotic episode, schizophrenia, shower, skin melts off, U.S. Department of Justice

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled that being locked in a steaming hot shower for two hours until his skin “slipped”

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San Jose Jury Awards $11.3 Million to Man Shot in Back by Police Officer

December 23, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1305 Views Accountability, assault, assault on a police officer, Brutality, CA, California, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, Helen Anderson, Hung Lam, john burris, Justice System, kelly patterson, lawsuit, mental illness, Officer Dondi West, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, san jose, San Jose Poilce Department, San Mateo County Sheriff's Deputy, suicidal, Vietnamese

On Monday, a jury awarded $11.3 Million to a man who was shot in the back and rendered a paraplegic

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Articles Police Abuse 

Police Officer Breaks Man’s Arm (Video); City Officials Take Second Look at Charges

December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1173 Views Accountability, assault, bipolar disorder, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Hawaii, hawaii police, Hawaiian monk seal, HNN, huffpost hawaii, Jamie Kalani Rice, Justice System, mental illness, Michael Green, ming wang, monk seal, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, strike the root, Transparency, video

The family members of Jamie Kalani Rice state that he has a history of mental illness (particularly bipolar disorder) and

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Study: People With Mental Illness 16 Times More Likely To Be Killed By Police

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 Asa J 1000 Views Accountability, ACLU, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, deadly force, excessive force, Homicide, John Snook, Justice System, Mental health experts, mental illness, mentally ill, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, police training, psychiatric services, rights, severe mental illness, training, Treatment Advocacy Center

In a new study that further reveals the necessity to properly train police officers to deal with people with mental

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Jesus Arevalo, the LVMPD Cop Who Murdered Stanley Gibson, Ends Up in Jail (For 10 Days)

October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 3337 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Catherine Arevalo, chris collins, contempt of court, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Death Threats, Dishonesty, Double Standard, ex-wife, excessive force, film the police, Gulf War, Harassment, Homicide, jesus arevalo, Judge Heidi Almase, Justice System, kelly patterson, Killer's Bonus, las vegas, Las Vegas Municiple Court, las vegas police protective association, LVPPA, mental illness, murder, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, paid administrative leave, paid vacation, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Union, protection orders, ptsd, Sheriff Doug Gillespie, Stanley Gibson, stay away order, Steve Delao, unarmed, Update, veteran, video

The former Las Vegas cop, who in December of 2011 fired the shots that killed Gulf War vet Stanley Gibson

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Police Release Video of Natasha McKenna in Custody Death

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 Steven Thomas 1534 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, excited delirium, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Featured, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, mental illness, mentally ill, NATASHA MCKENNA, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, rights, Surveillance, Update, va, video, Virginia

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office has released the video footage showing the events surrounding Natasha McKenna’s death . McKenna, who

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Outsider Music: Sex Crazy Cop and Other Songs You Gotta Hear

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 Alia Atreides 1355 Views Call the Cops On Me, Chicago Policeman, Daniel Johnston, folk art, Gangsta Rabbi, Harry Burgess, Icy Spicy Leoncie, illinois state police, Irwin Chusid, Joshua H, mental illness, new york state police, Outsider Music, police in music, police in outsider music, Randy Duck, Sex Crazy Cop, Steve Lieverman, thin blue line, Wesley Willis

‘Outsider Music’ was a term created by music journalist Irwin Chusid to describe music made outside of the systems and

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The Cruel Jailhouse Death of Jamycheal Mitchell

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Lorelei McFly 1481 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, copsuckers, Corruption, double-standards, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, incarceration, jail deaths, Jamycheal Mitchell, Justice System, mental illness, petty crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, police apologists, portsmouth, rights, va, video, Virginia, virginia cop block

This weekend I was given a glimpse into the heart and soul of a cop apologist, and my god was it

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Depressed Man has Very Active Day While Police Engage in Ten Hour “Standoff” at His Empty House

August 21, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1932 Views aerosal can, aresol cans, botched raid, Channel 12 Action News, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, depression, dynamite, fireworks, freedom, Justin Holloway, kelly patterson, mental health hold, mental illness, Milltown, Owega, pa, paramilitary, pellet gun, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team, police, Police State, possession of drug paraphernalia, rights, Robert Packer Hospital, Satire, Sayre, shotgun, standoff, standoff with empty house, swat, Tannerite Powder, video, WBNG

According to Justin Holloway’s ex-boss, he had recently quit his job and was making statements about being depressed over his

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Police Kill Unarmed OK Man With Mental Illness In His Home

August 15, 2015August 15, 2015 Alia Atreides 1923 Views Accountability, Ardmore, ardmore police department, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Eric Tompkins, excessive force, Illegal search/entry, Joshua H, killed by police, mental illness, no victim no crime, officer-involved shooting, OK, Oklahoma, Patricia Tompkins, pneumonia, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rat poison, rights, Submissions, unarmed

The following story was submitted to us by Patricia Tompkins, the mother of a mentally and physically ill man who

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Family of Mentally Ill Teen Killed While Holding Drill Files Lawsuit

August 15, 2015August 15, 2015 Alia Atreides 1988 Views Accountability, assault, bi-polar, black drill on black drill crime, Brutality, CA, California, cop block, copblock.org, cordless drill, Corruption, Diana Showman, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, Homicide, James Showman, Joshua H, Justice System, lawsuit, mental illness, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, san jose, San Jose Poilce Department, Santa Clara District Attorney's Office, Victoria Caulfield-Showman, Wakana Okuma

A lawsuit was filed on Friday August 14, 2015 by the family of Diana Showman one year after she was

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Lawsuit Alleges Body-Cam Contradicts LAPD Claims In Skid Row Killing

August 7, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1477 Views attorney Dan Stormer, autopsy, Body-cam footage, Body-cam video, Cameroon, Cameroonian national, Charly Keunang, Chuck Wexler, civil lawsuit, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, homeless, homeless man killed by police, lapd, Los Angeles, Los Angeles California, Los Angeles Superior Court, mental illness, mentally ill, mentally ill man killed by police, negligent supervision, officer Chang Syed, officer Daniel Torres, officer Francisco Martinez, officer Joshua Volasgis, Police Chief Charlie Beck, Police Executive Research Forum, police lawsuit, police training, prison mental hospital, skid row, the LAPD, washington post, wrongful death, wrongful death lawsuit

A civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday claims that police body-cam footage contradicts LAPD officer accounts regarding

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