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Innocent Man Killed By Cop From Armored Vehicle Gun Turret

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Asa J 1293 Views 1033 Program, Accountability, american civil liberties union, amphibious tanks, armored vehicle, attorney Brian Dunn, bearcat, Brian Dunn, California, Capt. Steve Katz, carjacking, carjacking suspect, Compton, copblock, copblock.org, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, department of defense, Donnell Thompson, drones, federal lawsuit, flash-bang, flash-bang device, Gun Turret, Homicide, innocent man, lawsuit, Los Angeles, los angeles sheriff's department, M4, M4 assault rifle, militarization of police, militarized police, militarized police vehicle, military hardware, police kill innocent man, police killing, police murder, police shooting, Police State, rubber bullets, swat, swat team, tragedy, unarmed man, War Comes Home

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has admitted that a deputy killed an innocent man after shooting him from a gun

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Opportunists Using Police Deaths to Further Own Agendas

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Carrollton Speed Tax 1042 Views Accountability, Aurora, Carrollton Speed Tax, Chief David Brown, Civil rights, cooling off period, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, david brown, Double Standard, double-standards, film the police, flag desecration, freedom, greg abbott, john cornyn, Justice System, mass shootings, militarization of police, no victim no crime, orlando, police, police accountability, police apologists, Police State, protected class, Pulse Nightclub Shooting, san bernardino, Texas

It seems pretty clear where the country stands when it comes to the police. They are held in high regard

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Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Asa J 1354 Views 1033 Program, Adam Andrzejewski, airplanes, Arizona, armored vehicles, bayonets, California, copblock, copblock.org, Dept. of Defense, executive order, foia request, freedom of information act request, helicopters, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, M14 rifles, M16 rifles, militarization, militarization of police, military gear, military surplus equipment, mine detectors, mrap, open the books, pentagon, Police State, police state daily, President Obama, Tennessee, Texas, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, Virginia, Working Group

The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since

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Where The Hell Are We?

February 6, 2016February 8, 2016 Scott Gregory 1167 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, child sexual assault, citizen journalists, citizen run database, Civil asset forfeiture, convential wisdom, cop block, copblock.org, cops, Corruption, CSI, decentralized, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, free thought project, Glick decision, good cops, Harassment, Hoover Institution, impunity, internal investigation, iraq war, jingoism, Joseph McNamara, Jury nullification, just laws, Kansas City, killed by cops, land of the free, militarization of police, Missouri, MO, Murdered by police, National Drug Strategy Network, paint balls, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police militarization, Police State, prisonpolicy.org, pro police, prohibitions, san jose, simmunition, special operations soldier, Stanford University, swat, SWATing, war on drugs, war on terror, warrior games, washington post

I’m not the only one looking around in wonder. Not long ago I was a very pro police jingoist. Then

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Washington Post Investigates Killer Police, Hits Roadblock When Agencies Release Insufficient Details

December 30, 2015December 29, 2015 Georgia Sand 1157 Views Accountability, assault, Bankruptcy, Brutality, Civil rights, conflict of interest, Corruption, education, Fatal Shootings, Immunities, Independent Investigation, internal affairs, Investigation, Justice System, law enforcement agencies, Manuel Diaz, militarization of police, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Public Funding, reform, Shootings, Tamir Rice, tanks, Target Practice, taxation, training, washington post

A recent Washington Post article observed that for the more than 50 police officers involved in fatal shootings this year,

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This Is What Thanksgiving Looks Like In A Police State

November 26, 2015November 23, 2016 Asa J 1447 Views Arizona, Arkansas, arkansas state police, bomb-sniffing dogs, California, Checkpoints, chief James O'Neill, Col. Tracy Trott, Connecticut, Critical Response Command, distracted drivers, Eating out our substance, Emergency Service Unit, heavy body armor, helicopters, Macy's Thanksgiving day parade, Manhattan, Michigan, militarization of police, military style rifles, Missouri, mobile cameras, NC Interstate Challenge Campaign, New Mexico, New York City, new york city police, new york city police department, new york state police, North Carolina, nypd, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Operation Hang Up, Paris terrorist attacks, police checkpoints, Propaganda, radiation detectors, revenue generation, Rhode Island, Ricky Adams, Security theater, Sgt. Chris Waters, sniper rifles, sobriety checkpoints, Tennessee, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Texas, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving holiday, The Interstate 40 Challenge, traffic enforcement, unmarked police cars, Virgina, west virgina

In a show of security theater that exemplifies the further acclimation of the public to the mounting draconian police presence

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Austin Petersen, Libertarian Presidential Candidate, On Policing Issues

October 5, 2015October 4, 2015 Georgia Sand 1961 Views 8th Amendment, Accountability, andrew napolitano, Austin Petersen, Big Government, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cruel and unusual punishment, Executive, film the police, free market, freedom, Institute for Justice, john stossel, Judge Napolitano, Justice System, Leadership, libertarian, libertarianism, Love Gov, militarization of police, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, president, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Rhetoric, prison system, private prisons, privatization, Surveillance, taxes, The Libertarian Republic, victimization

Austin Peterson, Editor-in-Chief of The Libertarian Republic, has announced his plan to run for President as a Libertarian candidate. He

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University of Minnesota Lied in Public Communications About Militarization of Campus Police

August 9, 2015August 8, 2015 Kate 1404 Views 1033 Program, Aberdeen, assault rifles, Chronicle of Higher Education, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, department of defense, Dishonesty, Double Standard, freedom, grenade launchers, Justice System, M14, M16, M79, Metro Transit Police Department, militarization of police, Minnesota Daily, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, rochester police department, Students United Against Police Brutality, SUAPB, UMPD, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Police Department, US Armys Rock Island Arsenal, washington police department

Pam Wheelock, Vice President of University Services for U of Minn, 612-624-3557 Questions Raised over UMPD Participation in 1033 Program

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Federal Takeover Of Police Underway In Baltimore

August 4, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1618 Views #BaltimoreRiots, 1033 Program, ACLU, Al Sharpton, american civil liberties union, Aspen Institute, ATF, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore Fed, Baltimore Maryland, baltimore riots, BFED, Boston bombing, bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, department of defense, DoJ, drug enforcement administration, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federalization of police, federalize police, Freddie Gray, gun confiscation, Homeland security and intelligence: Next steps in evolving the mission, House Permanent Select Committee, justice department, katrina, martial law, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Michael Chertoff, militarization of police, new orleans, Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, Salt Lake City Utah, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, secret service, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, swat teams, threat fusion centers, U.S. Marshals, Unified Police Department, War Comes Home

In wake of the death of Freddie Gray and the culminating Baltimore riots earlier this year, Al Sharpton became the

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NYPD Requests 450 More Cops For Counterterrorism

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 Alia Atreides 1349 Views america, Commissioner William Bratton, counterterrorism, expansion, fearmongering, isis, Islamic State, israel, Joshua H, militarization, militarization of law enforcement, militarization of police, nypd, police militarization, Police State, war on terror

As if the War on Terror wasn’t terrifying enough, thrusting our military into an unjustifiable war that cannot be won,

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Five Solutions To Reign In The Police State

September 1, 2014September 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1048 Views Accountability, armed rebellion, assault, body cameras, body cams, boston, Boston bombing, Boston Marathon, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, evolution, film the police, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, ideas, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, ma, martial law, Massachusetts, militarization of police, militarized police, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, revolution, Revolutionary War, rights, strike the root

The post below was shared with the CopBlock Network by “Jeremy,” via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. It discusses abuses by

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Police And Military Same Difference

Police and Military Are The Same, Neither Protects Freedom

May 28, 2014 Christopher Cantwell 1401 Views Christopher Cantwell, ChristopherCantwell.com, cop block, copblock.org, freedom, government, militarization of police, militarized police, military, police, police abuse, police and military, police militarization, soldiers becoming police officers, United States

This content was originally published at ChristopherCantwell.com. Yesterday I posted an article to the Cop Block Facebook page that was

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