A government under Trump has a high potential to further bolster money pouring into law enforcement. In Wisconsin, an obscure drug unit just cashed in on $40,000 to combat its jurisdiction’s meth problem. That unit’s history, however, suggests it values stats over the lives disrupted and sacrificed, by their hunts. Wisconsin’s state department, Gazette Extra […]
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Wauwatosa Group Holds Public Fourm On Anderson Shooting, 8 Min Of Police Footage Reported Missing
As Wauwatosa Wisconsin marks three months since its police department killed a man sleeping in his car, residents gather calling for answers. A newly formed group, Tosa Together, held a forum focusing on the killing, and where to move from here. The victim’s family were invited to speak at the event. There, they disclosed yet further […]
Where The Hell Are We?
I’m not the only one looking around in wonder. Not long ago I was a very pro police jingoist. Then the Internet happened. The more I learn, the more I have come to realize that the profits and violence of prohibition is the wrong way to deal with pretty much any societal problem. The monopoly […]
NYPD Requests 450 More Cops For Counterterrorism
As if the War on Terror wasn’t terrifying enough, thrusting our military into an unjustifiable war that cannot be won, now the NYPD is milking the manufactured fear to justify adding more officers to their department. The request for 450 more cops for ‘counterterrorism’ purposes by NYPD Commissioner William Bratton seems more like a ploy […]
Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine Waterboards John McEnroe in New Video
An anonymous reader shared the content below, featuring former “Rage Against the Machine” and “Audioslave” band member Tim Commerford in an anti-torture and police militarization themed music video put out by his new band “Future User” and also featuring tennis hall of famer John McEnroe being waterboarded, via the Cop Block Submissions page. “It is […]
How “Protect & Serve” Became “Search & Destroy”
The information and video below were shared by Mike, who’s involved with Brave New Films. Ever wonder why police look like soldiers? With the 1033 Programs, “Protect and Serve” Became “Search and Destroy” WATCH MORE: http://youtu.be/utjxA3GQF5A?list=PLQ9… You can fight back. Join us: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… SIGN THE PETITION: http://stoppolicemilitary.org Quick facts on Police Militarization: • Pentagon’s Excess […]
To Terrify and Occupy: How the Excessive Militarization of the Police Is Turning Cops Into Counterinsurgents
Patti Silliman shared a link via CopBlock.org/Submit to a piece authored by Matthew Harwood, which opened by outlining the needless killing of Jason Westcott. Harwood’s entire write-up seemed worth sharing with readers of CopBlock.org, thus he was contacted via Twitter and asked if it could be cross-posted. Harwood agreed. To Terrify and Occupy: How the Excessive […]
The $11.8B Militarization of Nevada’s Police Departments
Note: This post was originally published at the Nevada Cop Block site. After the heavy-handed and overzealous response to protesters by Ferguson police put the militarization of police in a national spotlight, it is becoming increasingly apparent just how much of a dotted line the boundary between the police and military has become over the […]
Taking Over the Police State, One App at a Time
The post below, written by Michael Georgiou, points to a handful of apps that can help us safeguard our rights and focus attention on aggressors. Through objective video or audio, or by sharing details of individual police employees who act in the wrong, we can ensure the narrative of the situation is not controlled by […]
