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Domestic Violence – Police Officers VS. NFL Players

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Brian Sumner 546 Views Accountability, Adrian Peterson, assault, Baltimore Ravens, Brian Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, Copblock submissions, Corruption, Dishonesty, domestic violence, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, Maryland, Minneapolis, Minnesota Vikings, national Footbal League, New York Times, nfl, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Ray Rice, strike the root

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British Race Relations Board Member Tasered in the Face by English Police

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 344 Views Accountability, advocacy group, assault, bristol, bristol police department, Britian, Brutality, Chief Superintendent Reilly, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, England, excessive force, fake news, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Home Office, Human rights, independent advisory group, Judah Adunbi, kelly patterson, liberty, London, New York Times, no victim no crime, NY Times, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, policy officer, Race Relations, race-relations adviser, race-relations campaigners, Racism, relations between the police and Afro-Caribbean communities, rights, Sara Ogilvie, stun-gun, taser, The Guardian, ties between police officers and black people, Tom Cherry, UK, use of force, video, working with communities

Race relations in the UK took a bit of a step back last week when a 63 year old black

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Despite Arrests the “Threat” from Creepy, Scary Clowns has Spread and Multiplied Across the United States

October 1, 2016October 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 522 Views ABC 7 Denver, Accountability, Alabama, bored people, carnies, Chaparral High School, Civil rights, clown ban, clown in the woods, clowns, clowns caught on surveillance cameras, Clownspiracy, Colombus, Colombus Police Department, comedy, Congaree Road, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, creepy clowns, Creepy Clowns of Springfield, Daleville, Daleville High, dangerous laser wielding clowns, Denise Alex-Bouzounis, Dothan, Enterprise, Enterprise Police Department, felony making a terrorist threat, Fleetwood Manor Apartments, Florida, freedom, frickin' laser beams, Geneva, Geneva County, Greensboro, greenville, Greenville County Sheriff's Office, halloween, Harassment, incident reports, insanity, Joshua H, kelly patterson, killer clowns, KTNV Las Vegas Channel 13 Action News, luminous noses, luring children, Maryland, Master Deputy Ryan Flood, NC, nefarious purposes, New York Daily News, New York Times, no victim no crime, North Carolina, nydailynews.com, OH, Ohio, over reaction, overly large shoes, oversized feet, oversized shoes, Park Haywood Apartments, police, Police Chief Ken Miller, Police Chief Lance Crowe, police hype, publicity stunt, Ren Faire, Satire, sc, south carolina, Surveillance, thoughts and prayers, Travelers Rest Police Department, traveling carnival, unconfirmed reports, Update, video

I’ve previously reported on the harrowing and expanding threat that clowns have begun to represent to this country and citizens

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Ninth Circuit Court Rules Concealed Carrying of Firearms Not Protected by Second Amendment

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 266 Views 2nd amendment, 7 to 4 ruling, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, appeal, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, CA, California, Civil rights, concealed carry, constitutionalists, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Double Standard, Featured, freedom, good cause, gun control, gun restrictions, Gun rights, important battleground, Jonathan E. Lowy, Justice System, kelly patterson, New York Times, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, overturned previous ruling, Peruta v. County of San Diego, Police State, professor of constitutional law, regulation of gun ownership and use, Right to Bear Arms, right to carry guns outside the home, rights, San Francisco, Second Amendment, security threat, State Law, UCLA, United States Court of Appeals, University of California Los Angeles School of Law

Earlier today, a California appeals court upheld the state’s law that imposes permits and restrictions on the carrying of a

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Indiana State Trooper Who Was “Policing For Jesus” Fired; Tried to Convert Drivers

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 595 Views #JusSayin, Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, Cambridge City, CBS 4, cbs4indy.com, Christianity, Christians, Civil rights, coercive, Connersville, convert, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Douglas G. Carter, Ellen Bogan, extremely upsetting, First Baptist Church, God’s Plan for Salvation, Harassment, Highway 27, home church, illegal pass, in, Indiana, Indiana State Police, Indianapolis, ISP, Jesus, Jews, Justice System, kelly patterson, Monty Python, Muslims, New York Times, no victim no crime, nobody expects the Inquisition, police, policing for Jesus, prayer list, probably things we are not aware of, proselytizing, questioning drivers about their religious beliefs, religion, religious affiliations, revenue generation, rights, road pirates, savior, sinners, termination, The Pope, traffic stops, Trooper Brian L. Hamilton, union county, unwanted, video, Wendy Pyle

An Indiana State Trooper somehow thought that giving people tickets was a really good opening to try and save their

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Jails and the “Justice” System Punish the Poor For Being Poor

April 9, 2016March 7, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1307 Views Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, assault, black woman, Brutality, building alternative forms of dealing with crime, chris hedges, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, death in custody, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, fair and equal treatment, focus of rehabilitation, freedom, gofundme, harassing the homeless, Harassment, high-profile victim, Homicide, Independence, jail, Jeffery Pendleton, Justice System, kelly patterson, low income, marijuana, meaningless term, New Hampshire, New York Times, no victim no crime, outstanding fines, peaceful and creative ways, people of color, perverse incentives that treat individuals as a stream of revenue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, pre-detention centers, punishment, rights, Sandra Bland, strike the root, Texas, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Amidst A Deadlock: Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fourth Amendment Protections Against Illegal Searches

February 28, 2016February 28, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1206 Views 4th amendment, Accountability, arrestees, ARTICLE, blog, Chief Justice John Roberts, Civil rights, clerical errors, compromisingly deadlocked, constitution, constitutional protections, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court, Detective Douglas Fackrell, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, Edward Strieff, excessive force, factual realities, feared for my safety, ferguson, fourth amendment, freedom, good faith, Harassment, illegal search, Illegal search/entry, in the line of duty, journalism, judge, justice, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Scalia’s death, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Law, lawsuit, lawyers, live to fight another day, loopholes and bypasses, low income, minority communities, Missouri, MO, New York Times, news, police, police abuse, police abuses, police reform, police search, Police State, predatory exploitation of residents, public frustrations, ramifications, rights, ruling, scalia, share, strike the root, suppress evidence, Supreme Court, tie breaker, traffic warrant, Transparency, uncertain doors of possibility, Update, Utah vs Strieff, valid exemptions, VOA News, Warrior Cop, writing

Amidst grounding itself, a post-Scalia supreme court stands compromisingly deadlocked. Before its remaining justices sits a case which, if lost,

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

February 13, 2016February 13, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1572 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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Justice Dept Launches Probe Into Chicago PD As Unions Attempt To Destroy Records

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 Asa J 372 Views Accountability, Attorney Anita Alvarez, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, chicago, Chicago City Council, chicago police department, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, commander Jon Burge, Cook County, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, craig futterman, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, double-standards, Fraternal Order of Police, Freedom of Information Act requests, Harassment, Illinois, Illinois Appellate Court, Illinois Circuit Court, Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, Jamie Kalven, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Judge Peter Flynn, Justice System, Laquan McDonald, Mayor rahm emanuel, New York Times, Obstruction, officer George Hernandez, Officer Jason Van Dyke, Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Police State, police Torture, President Dean Angelo, Torture, uperintendent Garry McCarthy

The Chicago police department has been mired in controversy after footage was released late last month showing officer Jason Van

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No Charges For Chicago Cop Filmed Shooting Ronald Johnson In The Back – Family Allege “Cover-Up”

December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 Asa J 465 Views #JusticeForRonnieman, Anita Alvarez, attorney Michael Oppenheimer, Chicago City Council, Chicago mafia, chicago police, chicago police department, conspiracy, Cook County, copblock, copblock.org, cover up, dash cam video, Dorothy Holmes, federal lawsuit, film the police, garry mccarthy, independent police review authority, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Justice for Ronnieman, Laquan McDonald, Mayor rahm emanuel, New York Times, officer George Hernandez, Officer Jason Van Dyke, Organized crime, police execution, police shoot man in back, police shot man running away in the back, press conference, rahm emanuel, Ronald Johnson, Ronnieman, running away, San Bernardino shooting, shot in the back, superintendent Garry McCarthy, video, wrongful death

The Chicago police department is in the spotlight again after Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said during a press

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NYPD Will No Longer Discipline Officers For “Minor Infractions”

September 21, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 458 Views Accountability, Broken Windows theory, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Clinton Administration, community policing, copblock, copblock.org, cops not Disciplined For Minor Infractions, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Internal Affairs Bureau, justice department, Milton Mollen, minor infractions, New York Times, nypd, NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, police accountability, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

Under the guise of “community policing,” NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton is changing the way his department disciplines its officers

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Peoria Settles Case Where Mayor Had Police Raid House Over Parody Twitter Account

September 5, 2015October 15, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 431 Views @peoriamayor, 1st amendment, Accountability, Ben Mathis-Lilley, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, first amendment, funny fake mayor account, gang of dopes, Harassment, IL, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Johnathon Daniel, Justice System, kelly patterson, lawsuit, Mayor Jim Ardis, New York Times, no victim no crime, parody, Peoria, Peoria Journal Star, police, police accountability, police raid, Police State, rights, sex and drugs, Slate.com, Twitter

BREAKING: A lawsuit over the former @peoriamayor account has been settled for $125,000: http://t.co/cq6c2tFhvw pic.twitter.com/0mjXw3HJNx — Journal Star (@pjstar) September

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