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American Cities Pushing To Regulate, Spotlight Unchecked Police Surveillance

May 3, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1135 Views Accountability, ARTICLE, cell-site simulator, Civil rights, copblock, Corruption, DAPL, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, erik prince blackwater, excessive force, freedom, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, michael wood jr., militarized police, military equipment police, milwaukee police stingray, news, no victim no crime, police, police accountability, Police State, police surveillanc regulation, police surveillance, police surveillance stingray, police tower dumping, politics, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance at Standing Rock, surveillance state, the fifth column news, The Intercept, Tiger Swan DAPL surveillance, Transparency, Veterans Stand, wauwatosa police surveillance, writing

For years, excess military equipment has trickled down to state and local agencies. For police departments nationwide, this influx doesn’t

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Militarized Police Sporting Trump Bumper Stickers Raid DAPL Protest Camp

February 3, 2017February 3, 2017 Isiah Holmes 954 Views Accountability, Activism, america 2017, amy goodman, ARTICLE, assault, big oil, Brutality, clean water, climate action, climate change, climate shift, conflict, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crimes against american citizens, DAPL contractor with AR15, DAPL contractor with dogs, DAPL EMAC, Dishonesty, dog attacks democracy now, Drug war, eff, enviorment, enviormental activism, excessive force, facebook live stream, facisim, fake news, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, journalism, Justice System, Justin King, live stream blocked DAPL, Militarized Authorities Raid DAPL Camp, militarized police, militarized zone DAPL, military, milwaukee, misconduct, mrap, native american culture, native american history, news, no victim no crime, north dakota morton county, oil, oil company, orwell, planes overhead DAPL, police, police military vehicle, Police State, police surveillance, police troop carrier, police violence, police water cannon, poltics, pontiac tribune, protest, revolution, Sport Trump Stickers, Standing Rock, Start Fires, stingray police, strike the root, Surveillance, The Fifth Column, Transparency, Trump, trump and cops, trump bumper stick, Update, war, water, water protector, writing

This article was originally published on the Pontiac Tribune under the title “Militarized Authorities Raid DAPL Camp, Start Fires, Sport

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Dakota Access Activists Fearlessly Confront Militarized Police Like Epic Cop Blockers

October 25, 2016November 29, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1360 Views #NoDAPL, Accountability, amy goodman, assault, bravery, Brutality, Civil rights, climate change, climate change activism, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, dakota access, dakota access pipe line, DAPL protests, democracy now dakota access, Dishonesty, double-standards, drones, Drug war, enviormental destruction, excessive force, Featured, film the police, fracking, freedom, Harassment, internet access blocked by police, journalism, journalists arrested, Justice System, militarized police, military-style raid Dakota access, native american land, native americans, news, no victim no crime, Photography, police abuse, police accountability, police and cell phone data, spray planes dakota access, state intimidation, Stingray, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance planes, swat, The Fifth Column, Transparency, Update, video, water protectors, writing

Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline have endured for nearly a year, intensifying by the day. Native American water protectors,

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Articles Killer Cops 

Innocent Man Killed By Cop From Armored Vehicle Gun Turret

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Asa J 1285 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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How Teenagers Got Police to Back Down and Remove Military-Grade Weaponry From Their High Schools

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Brian Sumner 1266 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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Los Angeles Teen Activists Push To Disarm School Police Of Military Weapons, And Win!

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1288 Views Accountability, Activism, ARTICLE, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, DOD, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, freedom, grassroots movement, Harassment, high school, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, lapd, LASPD, Los Angeles, militarized police, military equippment, military weapons and police, no victim no crime, police accountability, police are not soldiers, police shooting, Police State, prison industrial complex, school and the cops, school board, School Officer, school to prison pipeline, successful activism, teenagers, teens and the cops, Transparency, writing

If you’re one of those citizens who feels as though activism and protest is irrelevantly ineffective, check this out. Recently,

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Articles Original Content 

To the Police, You Are The Enemy

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 CopBlock 1828 Views ACLU, Brutality, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, criminal law reform, Drug war, excessive force, freedom, militarized police, military, police, Police State, Transparency

There are a couple reasons why the United States military is not used to police its own citizens. Some of

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Articles Killer Cops Original Content Toxic Cops 

Stamford Connecticut Police Open GoFundMe Campaign to Buy a Bearcat

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3490 Views Accountability, armored clown cars, assault, bearcat, body cams, Brutality, Conn, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, ct, Dishonesty, Drug war, excessive force, federal grants, freedom, gofundme, Harassment, Homicide, Iwo Jima, John Wayne, keene, kelly patterson, lenco, militarized police, Militarized Police Tank, New Hampshire, original content, paramilitary police, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rumors I started, soliciting donations, Stamford, Stamford Police Department, Stamford Police Foundation, stormtroopers, Tank, video

In Stamford they’re a little jealous of the other Connecticut cities that have the latest fancy new military vehicles. According

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Praised DEA Agent At The Center Of FBI Probe Into Drug Task Force

March 23, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1649 Views abolish DEA, Accountability, advocate, America 2016, american police, anonymous sources, ARTICLE, blog, Brutality, charges, Civil rights, copblock.org, cops, cops selling drugs, Corruption, criminal justice system, daily mail, DEA, DEA 2016, DEA Agent, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug decriminalization, drug distribution, drug informant, drug legalizaition, Drug Task Force, Drug war, drugs, email, excessive force, FBI probe, Federal investigaiton, federal probe, film the police, freedom, Harassment, hit list, illegal police activity, Illegal search/entry, Intimidation, journalism, journalist, judge, Justice System, louisiana cops, marijuana, militarized police, news, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, regulation and taxation, snitch, Surveillance, veteran cop, writing

A federal probe of a drug task force has lead to the scrutinization of one of the DEA’s finest. Once

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Drug War Don Don: US To Push For Drug Decriminalization At Upcoming UN Assembly

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1356 Views Accountability, addiction, america, America 2016, american police, ARTICLE, blog, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cultur, culture, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug abuse, drug cartels, drug enforcement, drug policy, drug reform, drug reseach, drug treaties, Drug war, drugs and police, freedom, Harassment, health, health care issues, Illegal search/entry, jourmalist, journalism, Justice System, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, militarized police, news, no victim no crime, police accountability, police reform, Police State, prison industrial complex, rights, share, state department, surveillance state, UN, UN assembly, United Nations, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs, white house, writing

Relatively few people truly grasp the global ramifications wrought by US drug prohibition. Whether it’s how foreign police forces handle

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops 

Culture Revelation: American Cops Train with Scottish Police, Face Flawed Warrior-Cop Culture

February 13, 2016February 13, 2016 Isiah Holmes 3497 Views Accountability, alcoholism, America police, Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins, beaten, Blogger, Boston PD, Brutality, California, Chief Mike Chitwood, Chuck Wexler, Civil rights, community policing, cop block, cop culture, cop killing, copblock.org, cops, Corruption, counter terrorism, Daytona Beach, depression, deprogramming the individual from culture, drug use, Drug war, excessive force, exonerated, Florida, freedom, good shooting, guardian-centric policing, guardians of the community, gung ho parolees, Homicide, Hostage negotiation, hostage negotiator, Illegal search/entry, isiah holmes, journalism, Justice System, lapd, militarized police, Milwaukee PD, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn, new york police, New York Times, no victim no crime, NY Times, obsolete model, police accountability, police shootings, Police State, police training humanizing, politics, proportionate outcome, quotas, raw story, rights, Scottish field trip, Scottish Police, strike the root, suffocated, superficial wounds, tasered, Transparency, unarmed cops, violent eternal cycle, Warrior Cop, writing

Often intermingled with discussions of American political and societal systems is the question of what we can learn from other

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DOJ Lawyers Head to MPLS to Investigate Clark Shooting

November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Brian Sumner 818 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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