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Call the Cops – Rob Hustle ft Liv

July 16, 2014September 19, 2014 CopBlock 1229 Views Call the Cops, Liv, Police brutality, police corruption, police militarization, police misconduct, Rob Hustle, Rob Hustle ft Liv

Rob Hustle shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Police Employees Involved: Corrupt Cops from Around the World I’m a hip

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Police And Military Same Difference

Police and Military Are The Same, Neither Protects Freedom

May 28, 2014 Christopher Cantwell 1366 Views Christopher Cantwell, ChristopherCantwell.com, cop block, copblock.org, freedom, government, militarization of police, militarized police, military, police, police abuse, police and military, police militarization, soldiers becoming police officers, United States

This content was originally published at ChristopherCantwell.com. Yesterday I posted an article to the Cop Block Facebook page that was

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Rise of the Paramilitary Police

May 26, 2014May 24, 2014 CopBlock 1637 Views Aisha Jones, cop block, Jonathan March, mrap, paramilitary police, police militarization, SWAT, swat raid, Tarika Wilson

Andrew J. Henderson shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. There is no doubt that military culture has an undue influence

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A Eulogy for Liberty

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 CopBlock 590 Views 911, national security, Patriot Act, police militarization, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, TSA, war on drugs, war on terror, World Trade Center

Citizen M shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. The destruction of The World Trade Center rang the death knell for

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Can You Stop The Government MRAP Deployment?

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 CopBlock 1204 Views IED, Mine resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, mrap, police militarization, The Department of Homeland Security, war on people

Doc Liberty shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Can You Stop The Government MRAP Deployment? Note: The following is

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U.S. Police Agencies Receive 165 MRAP Vehicles Cost-Free in 2012

November 25, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 734 Views military equipment, mine-resistant ambush protected, mrap, MRAP vehicles, police militarization, taxes, U.S. Defense Department, US police agencies

Agent Smith wrote, via CopBlock.org’s submit page: If all registered requests for MRAP vehicles are ultimately honored by the U.S. Defense

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Humble Cop Not So Humble in Denying Police Militarization

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 CopBlock 628 Views American police forces, domestic warfare, Doug Deaton, humility, Kraska, logical fallacies, military-inspired technology, Oregon Cop Block, Peter Keane, police militarization, policeone.com, Radley Balko, San Francisco CA, state oppression, SWAT, violence

Humble Cop Not So Humble in Denying Police Militarization by Justin 165 About a week ago, PoliceOne.com, which touts itself

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Drawing Down: How To Roll Back Police Militarization In America

August 15, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 1011 Views Anti-Drug Byrne Grants, Baltimore City, Baltimore City Police Department, community policing, DHS, dispute resolution, end the drug war, Equitable Sharing Civil Asset Forfeiture Program, FBI, Featured, Federal marijuana raids, forced-entry police raids, huffington post, police accountability, police culture, police militarization, Radley Balko, swat teams, war on drugs, Whitey Bulger

Mike Donnelly shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. I spend a lot of time in Baltimore city where I

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Why Have Police In America Turned Into Such Ruthless Thugs?

August 9, 2013August 9, 2013 CopBlock 624 Views america, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Health and Human Services, FDA, government thugs, NASA, police in america, police militarization, Police State, state-sanctioned violence, SWAT, thugs, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US National Park Service

Michael Snyder published this article at EndOfTheAmericanDream.com on August 8, 2013. Once upon a time, the police were one of the most

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ARMY Fast-Tracking Vets to Police Jobs

August 6, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 446 Views army, baltimore county police department, Corruption, government, houston, Partnership for Youth Success, PAYS, police militarization, Texas

Greetings, Have you been wondering why the police forces of major cities have been seemingly militarized? Well, maybe I can

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Radley Balko: “Once a Town Gets a SWAT Team, You Want to Use it.”

July 14, 2013July 14, 2013 Kate 731 Views Byrne Grant, department of homeland security, end the drug war, lack of accountability, Medical marijuana, obama, Officer Krupkes, police, police militarization, SWAT, USA police forces, war on drugs

This article was originally published at Salon.com by Alex Halperin. Radley Balko’s new book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” details how

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“Rise of the Warrior Cop” by Radley Balko – exceprt

July 12, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 2750 Views bill lockyer, brad taylor, byrne grant program, cop block, copblock.org, DEA, drug enforcement administration, drug prohibition, Drug war, lincoln county, Missouri, modesto police department, police militarization, Radley Balko, rise of the warrior copo, september 11, SWAT, swat raid, Terrorism, the militarization of americas police forces, tom coleman, tulia sentinal, unintended consequences, winfield, wrong-door raids

The following is an excerpt from Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko,

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