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How Teenagers Got Police to Back Down and Remove Military-Grade Weaponry From Their High Schools

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Brian Sumner 1217 Views Alternet.org, assault, Augustus F Hawkins High School, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Bryan Cantero, CA, California, Chief Steven Zipperman, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, demilitarization, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, ferguson, Fight for the Soul of the Cities, film the police, freedom, grenade launchers, Labor Community Strategy Center, LASPD, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles School Police Department, Los Angeles Unified School Board, M-16, militarized police, militarized police force, mine-resistant ambush protected, Monique Jones, mrap, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, public schools, repost, Sarah Lazare, So Cal, video, weapons of war

Last month students in the Los Angeles School District won a two year battle to have military grade police equipment

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DOJ Lawyers Head to MPLS to Investigate Clark Shooting

November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Brian Sumner 794 Views arresting peaceful protesters, assault, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Encampment, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, Jamar Clark, Justice System, Mace, militarized police, militarized police force, Minnesota, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police attack, Police brutality, Police State, protest, protesters, rights, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update

Multiple DOJ Attorney’s will be arriving in Minneapolis today to probe the shooting of Jamar Clark. Their main focus will be

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Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012 Annual Report on the Extrajudicial Killings of 313 Black People by Police, Security Guards, and Vigilantes

April 30, 2013May 9, 2013 CopBlock 656 Views Arlene Eisen, dark-skinned, Extrajudicial killings, Featured, Floyd et al v New York City, Malcolm X Solidarity Committee, militarized police force, nypd, Operation Ghetto Storm, stop and frisk

Joe shared the following article, originally posted at MXGM.org, via CopBlock.org’s ‘submit‘ page. View report here. Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012

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SWAT Cops to Ask for IDs From Everyone in Arkansas Town

December 17, 2012December 17, 2012 CopBlock 953 Views Arkansas, Mayor Mike Gaskill, militarized police force, Paragould, Police Chief Todd Stovall, SWAT, the daily press

The following article, submitted by Matthew Dolloff, was originally posted at RT.com. Would police officers in your area having the “guilty

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