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Severe Flaws in “Justice System” Highlighted by Disciplinary Hearing of Former Wake County Prosecutor

March 24, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2292 Views Accountability, appeal, armed robbery, Bashiri Sandy, big-time drug dealer, Brad Cooper, Brady violation, Civil rights, Colleen Janssen, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Detective J.A. Battle, disciplinary hearing, Dishonesty, District Attorney Colin Willoughby, District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, double-standards, drug kingpin, drug trafficing, False imprisonment, federal charges, First Assistant District Attorney, GPS tracking, Greg Taylor, Henry Supris, Howard Cummings, illegal drugs, Jason Young, John Bruce, Judge Becky Holt, Judge Donald Stephens, Judge Gessner, Judge Ridgeway, judicial misconduct, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laurence Cameron, maliscious prosecution, Marcus Smith, marijuana, narcotics, NC, North Carolina, North Carolina Court of Appeal, Paul Green, Prosecutorial misconduct, Raleigh Police Department, rights, stash house, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wake County, withholding of exculpatory evidence, wrongful conviction

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Lynne Blanchard, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page.This is a repost

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San Bernadino Acquires Funding For Police Body Cameras; Don’t Hold Your Breath

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 Georgia Sand 968 Views Accountability, body cameras, Brutality, California, Civil rights, Consumer Complaints, Corruption, customer service, dash cam, discretion, Dishonesty, double-standards, Eric Garner, excessive force, Freddie Gray, Government Entities, Government Immunity, Government Privilege, Harassment, Immunity, injustice, Justice System, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, political, politics, profits, Prosecutorial Immunity, Prosecutorial misconduct, San Bernadino, Sandra Bland, Technical Difficulties, victim, video

In the wake of various unjustified killings of civilians such as Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Joshua Paul, Sandra

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Six Baltimore Cops Indicted in Freddie Gray Murder to be Tried Separately Starting in October

September 4, 2015September 30, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1337 Views Accountability, assault, baltimore police department, Baltimore protests, black lives matter, bpd, Brutality, caesar goodson, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, death of Freddie Gray, double-standards, edward nero, excessive force, Featured, Freddie Gray, garrett miller, Homicide, Judge Barry G. Williams, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lt Brian Rice, manslaughter, NBC News, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police violence, Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, Prosecutorial misconduct, Racism, reckless endangerment, second degree murder, Sgt Alicia White, Twitter, Update, usa today, william porter

Amid protests, a First Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday that Edward Nero, Garrett Miller, William Porter, Caesar Goodson, Lt. Brian

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It’s A Few Bad Apples Or Police Departments Or Maybe The Entire System

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 Georgia Sand 2108 Views 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, A Few Bad Apples, Alex Kozinski, arrest, Bell, Bell Police Department, Bribery, California, California Courts, charges, chicago police department, City of Bell, Corruption, Fabricated Evidence, Falsified Evidence, interrogation, Jailhouse Informant, Johnny Baca, Judge Thomas Goethals, Kevin R. Vienna, Kim Wardlaw, King City, Lower Courts, Lying Prosecutor, orange county, police, prosecutor, Prosecutorial misconduct, riverside county, Scandal, superior court

“It’s just a few bad apples.” This is pretty much how every police apologist begins the argument, when faced with

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Former DA Jailed for Hiding Evidence to Secure Conviction

May 9, 2013May 3, 2013 Georgia Sand 1081 Views Accountability, Civil rights, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Featured, police accountability, Prosecutorial misconduct, Prosecutors

Former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson was released on $7,500 bail for charges relating to violating state law and

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NH Supreme Court Accepts Ademo’s Appeal and Michael Valentine’s Prosecutorial Misconduct

December 4, 2012May 9, 2013 CopBlock 928 Views Adam Mueller, Ademo Freeman, Featured, felony wiretapping, michael valentine, misdemeanor wiretapping, Prosecutorial misconduct, public officials, Update

A writer who would prefer to remain anonymous submitted the following via CopBlock.org’s ‘Submit a Post’ tab. According to the

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The cognitive dissonance of prosecutors

April 12, 2011April 20, 2011 Georgia Sand 948 Views Double Standard, Drug war, Featured, Prosecutorial misconduct, Prosecutors

Prosecutors have repeatedly made the news recently, embarrassing themselves along with their police buddies — Las Vegas Deputy District Attorney

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Framed for murder, man spends 15 years trying to lawyer his way out of prison

December 26, 2010April 14, 2011 CopBlock 521 Views Jabbar Collins, New York, Prison, Prosecutorial misconduct, Prosecutors

I read this story in The Wall Street Journal a few days ago. Absolutely amazing.

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Texas to hold death penalty hearing

December 20, 2010April 14, 2011 CopBlock 373 Views Death Penalty, Forensics, Homicide, Prosecutorial misconduct, Radley Balko, Texas

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USA Today investigates misconduct by Dept. of Justice

December 11, 2010December 10, 2010 CopBlock 813 Views Corruption, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, Harassment, Hyde Amendment, Justice System, Prosecutorial misconduct, Prosecutors, Supreme Court

For the past two months, USA Today reporters Brad Heath and Kevin McCoy have been running an informative series of

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