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Sgt. Stephen Matakovich Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Court For Assaulting Sports Fan

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 Steven Thomas 2098 Views Accountability, arrested, assault, attorney, Blaine Jones, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, department, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, falsification of records, FBI, Featured, Federal Civil Rights case, felony, film the police, fired, football playoffs, Gabriel Despres, grand jury, Harassment, Heinz Field, illegal to get assaulted by a cop, indicted, Justice System, pa, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, pittsburgh police department, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, proactive in his actions, rights, sergeant, Stephen Matakovich, Update, video, willful deprivation of civil rights, WPIAL

Earlier this year, a district judge dismissed assault and official oppression charges against Sgt. Stephen Matakovich. Officer Matakovich, who is

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Pittsburgh Cop Body Slams Cubs Fan At Playoff Game

October 12, 2015October 14, 2015 Asa J 1131 Views Brutality, cellphone video, Chicago Cubs, cop body slams man, copblock, copblock.org, cops body slams cubs fan, Dimitri, excessive force, film the police, MLB, National League Championship, National League Division Series, National League Playoffs, National League Wild Card, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh police, pittsburgh police department, Pittsburgh police officer, PNC Park, PNC Park security guard, PNC Park security staffer, Police brutality, Police State, security guard, St. Louis Cardinals, video, Wrigley Field

Cellphone footage recorded Wednesday during a Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates National League Wild Card game shows a fan being body-slammed

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Woman Convicted of Crime For Being Kinda Near Police During An Arrest

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 Alia Atreides 1378 Views interfering with official acts, Joshua H, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, pittsburgh police department

Kimberly Bracken, 30, was riding her bicycle in Pittsburgh when she happened upon the scene of officers arresting a young

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SWAT Team Raids Wrong Apartment, Terrorizes Family, Blames the Victims

August 21, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2217 Views Accountability, angry heavily armed men, ap, assault, Associated Press, City of Pittsburgh, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Drug war, Featured, friendly neighborhood cop, Grinage Wilson, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, kelly patterson, kidnapping of children, Margaret Coleman, monkey bars, no victim no crime, pa, Penn, PennLive.com, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh police, pittsburgh police department, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police raid wrong apartment, Police State, recess, rights, swat, Tabatha Werkmeister, thugs, walking barefoot in the snow

In Pittsburgh, a SWAT team went to the wrong apartment (something that happens all too often these days) and, after

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Whenever Speech is Silenced, Tyranny is Fueled

March 19, 2013January 1, 2014 Pete Eyre 1135 Views Ademo Freeman, antavio johnson, California, cop block, copblock.org, darren murphy, david e. mastagni, dominic ray agiular, FBI, Florida, frank harrington, indybay media, jamal knox, justin m. sizemore, kill me a cop, lakeland police department, lexi belculfine, liz navratil, manchester, manchester police department, mastagni holstedt amick miller and johnson, mo karnage, molly born, moriah balingit, Nate Cox, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, pittsburgh police department, rashee beasley garfield, rva wingnut, san joaquin county, strike the root, thought crime, travis a. sabelwski, US marshals, vallejo copwatch, vallejo police department, Virginia, virginia cop block, west high school

“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.” – Granville Hicks Can an individual

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