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Citizens of Portsmouth Forced to Pay $1,000,000 to Compensate Family for William Chapman’s Murder

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 762 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop kills unarmed teen, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, crime incident report, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, first-degree murder, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, missing video, murder, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting unarmed black people, Police Unions, portsmouth, Portsmouth Police Department, rights, shoplifting, Stephen Rankin, tampering with evidence, taser, tasercams, Transparency, unarmed, Update, va, video, Virginia, virginia cop block, voluntary manslaughter, Walmart, William Chapman

Earlier this week, a judge in Portsmouth, Virginia approved a $1 million settlement offer from the city to the family

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The Blue Mafia: New Book Explores Police Brutality and Consent Decrees in Ohio

October 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 965 Views Accountability, assault, Baltimore, Blue Mafia, Bob Evans, Brutality, California, chicago, Civil rights, Cleveland, consent decree, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, DoJ Civil Rights Division, doj investigation, DoJ settlement, double-standards, drug trafficking, excessive force, ferguson, Filming police, Freddie Gray, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, illegal strip searches, insurers, John Mandopoulos, Justice System, kelly patterson, lapd, law firms, lethal force incident, Michael Brown, Missouri, MO, New York, OH, Ohio, planting evidence, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Brutality and Consent Decrees in Ohio, Police State, Police Unions, presidential election, rampart crash unit, Richard Olivito, rights, Steubenville, Steubenville Police Department, strive everyday to reach compliance with the decree, Tim Tolka, video, warren, warren police department, WPD

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Tim Tolka, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. Within the post,

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Why Should Activists Target Police Union Leadership?

August 24, 2016February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 531 Views Bob Kroll, chicago, Cleveland, cpd, Dean Angelo, Illinois, Joshua H, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, New York City, nypd, Ohio, Patrick Lynch, Police Unions, Steve Loomis, Tamir Rice, union leaders

The most culpable parties of the excessive abuse and vanity of the modern police state are the leaders of police

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2 Quick Facts About “Sign Up and Change Law Enforcement From the Inside”

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 Lorelei McFly 534 Views American police culture, blue wall of silence, change it from the inside, Cop Apologists, copsuckers, good cops, in-force loyalty, national police misconduct reporting project, National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project, police apologists, police corruption, police misconduct, police reform, Police Unions, shit cop apologists say

One of the perennial refrains of cops and CopSuckers is that law enforcement critics should “sign up for the academy

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Federal “Investigations” Only Enable Local Police Departments’ Abuses

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 649 Views Accountability, assault, Baltimore, baltimore police department, broken police department, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, Cleveland, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, counterproductive, Department of Justice, detroit, Dishonesty, DoJ, Double Standard, enabling abuse, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal civil rights probe, Federal Monitor, ferguson, Freddie Gray, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, indifferent to injustice, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, Los Angeles, National Guard, new orleans, newark, pittsburgh, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Police Unions, political calculation, reforms, rights, strike the root

The following post was originally posted at NationalInterest.org by Timothy Lynch under the title “Washington Can’t Fix Broken Policing.” It addresses

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Chicago PD Task Force: Structural & Procedural Flaws Make Real Accountability Nearly Impossible

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 693 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Bureau of Internal Affairs, chicago, Chicago Police Board, Chicago Police brutality, chicago police department, Chicago Tribune, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, IL, Illinois, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, Lori Lightfoot, Mayor rahm emanuel, murder, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Accountability Task Force, Police brutality, Police State, Police Unions, PoliceMisconduct.net, Racism, rights, Transparency, video, violent armed gang

A “Police Accountability Task Force” was set up by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel in the wake of the release of

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DENIED! Police Union Boycott Attempt Backfires Spectacularly

October 16, 2015December 21, 2015 Lorelei McFly 723 Views #blacklivesmatter, Accountability, black lives matter, Brad Carruthers, bullying, bullying prevention month, Butthurt cop, butthurt police, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Cox Farms, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax FOP Lodge 77, freedom, Freedom of speech, Harassment, police, Police Unions, rights, Virginia

Did you know that October is National Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month? Many police agencies have bullying prevention events and

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First Degree Murder Charge for Portsmouth Killer Cop Stephen Rankin

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Lorelei McFly 898 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, copsuckers, Corruption, double-standards, first-degree murder, Justice System, Kirill Denyakin, police, police abuse, police accountability, police apologists, Police Unions, portsmouth, rights, Stephen Rankin, va, Virginia, virginia cop block, William Chapman

Another Virginia police officer has been indicted for murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man, this time in

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A Response to Police Union Rep’s “You’re On Notice” Open Letter

June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 CopBlock 797 Views Accountability, activist, Amnesty International, assault, Brutality, cause of death, Civil rights, constitution, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Corruptions, crime, dangerous jobs, Dave Mutchler, Department of Labor, Dishonesty, disobey, double-standards, excessive force, FBI Police Employee Data, Featured, ferguson, film the police, Fraternal Order of Police, Kentucky, KY, larry kiddey, laws, Louisville, media, national law enforcement officers memorial, obey, open letter, original content, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Unions, report on causes of death for officers, response to open letter, rights, River City, River City FOP Lodge 614, threats, truth, United Nations, use of force, videos

Dave Mutchler, the president of the “Fraternal Order of Police” in River City, KY has issued an open letter to

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Unions, Baltimore, Police & Accountability

May 26, 2015May 25, 2015 Alia Atreides 732 Views AFSCME, August Spies, Baltimore, Baltimore Police Association, baltimore police department, Haymarket Affair, Iowa, Jasper County Care Facility, Joshua H, labor unions, Maryland, Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, Newton, original content, Police Unions, Samuel Walker, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, union secretary, union steward, unions, University of Nebraska

America has a strong sense of pride in it’s labor unions and their history. The problem is that key parts

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Las Vegas Police Review of D’Andre Berghardt Jr. Murder Scheduled for Today

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 768 Views abuse, Accountability, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Attorney, copblock.org, coroner's inquest, Corruption, cover up, crosspost, D’andre Berghardt Jr., Investigation, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, las vegas police protective association, lies, Lucas Schwarzrock, lvmpd, murder, Nevada, nevada cop block, nevada highway patrol, NHP, nvcopblock, police, Police brutality, Police Fatality Public Fact Finding Review, police shootings, Police Unions, Red Rock Canyon

This post was originally published at the Nevada Cop Block website and was shared via the CopBlock.org submission page. At

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Citizen Review Boards – Helpful? A Distraction? Harmful?

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 Pete Eyre 1415 Views brian buchner, citizen, Coercion, coercive monopoly, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, d. brian burghart, debate, evolution, excessive force, fatal encounters, ferguson, Fullerton, incentives, institutions, jonathan s. taylor, Kelly Thomas, legalese, michael gennaco, Missouri, nacole, national association of civilian oversight of law enforcement, national bar association, natural rights, pamela j. meanes, Pete Eyre, police accountability, Police brutality, police oversight proposal committee, Police Unions, reno news & review, roundtable, self-government, soverein immunity, spontaneous order

The content below was published on October 16, 2014 to Reno News & Review by D. Brian Burghart, the founder

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