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Ellwood City Police Officer Files Disgusting, False Charge to Cover Up Hazardous Jail Conditions

February 3, 2017February 5, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2640 Views badge no. 5823, bipolar disorder, Borough of Ellwood City Public Works, Chief William Betz, Copblock submissions, Disability, Ellport, Ellwood City, Ellwood City Police Department, false charges, Family Legal Services, Fombell, kelly patterson, Magistrate Jerry Cartwright Jr., Mayor Anthony Court, Natalie Jacoby, Officer Disher, Officer Matthew Kennedy, pa, Pennsylvania, police complaint form, public defender, SSI, Supervisor Randy Gatto

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Natalie Jacoby, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. Date of Incident:

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Las Vegas Judge Continues Bizarre, Out of Control Behavior; Throws Family of Murder Victims Out of Court; Threatens to Arrest Reporter

August 17, 2016August 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1010 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update

Previously, I’ve done a number of stories (see related posts section below) on the train-wreck that Judge Hafen, a soon

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Contempt Charge Against Defense Attorney Who was Handcuffed in Court by Las Vegas Judge Dismissed

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1299 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Amy Cheline, capriciously and arbitrarily, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Court, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Daniel Fernandez, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, disorderly contemptuous or insolent behavior, District Judge Gloria Sturman, Dominic Gentile, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, jury box, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, larceny, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, listen to arguments not silence them, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, Nick Crosby, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update, zealous defense

On August 2nd, a contempt of court charge filed by Judge Hafen, a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace, against

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Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed Defense Attorney During Trial Taught Lesson by Voters

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1053 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen, who created an uproar last month when he ordered a defense attorney to be

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An Open Letter to Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed A Defense Attorney in Court

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1484 Views Accountability, Allison Jackson, Ancient Rome, Caesar, Cicero, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Fort Bend County, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Mark Antony, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, Texas, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Last week, I posted about a judge in Las Vegas who had ordered a public defender to be handcuffed in

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Las Vegas Judge Has Defense Attorney Handcuffed During Trial to “Teach Her a Lesson”

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1713 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, D.C. public defender, D.C. Superior Court, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, lead public defender, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, NV, Phil Kohn, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Stephen Cooper, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, washington post

On Monday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen ordered Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary to be handcuffed and

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“If You Obey The Law, You’ve Got Nothing To Fear” Except the Justice System

May 10, 2016March 3, 2017 Ryan Scott 1121 Views Accountability, allegations, assault, bench trial, Brutality, Civil rights, constitutional rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, court room, credit fraud, credit theft, Daily Chronicle, Dekalb, DeKalb County Cop Block, dekalb county court house, dekalb police, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, false allegations, Featured, felony, Felony warrant, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illinois, issued, judge, Justice System, Kane County Chronicle, nancy celitans, Photography, Police brutality, police corruption, Police State, Prison, probable cause, public defender, rights, Ryan Scott, Sycamore, Transparency, unlawful arrest, video

As much as I would like to throw this into the faces of my haters, I will let the facts

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Cop Blast Podcast Episode 5

March 31, 2016 Scott Marshall 1048 Views Accountability, Allentown, blast, Brutality, carbon, cop, copblock, copblock.org, CopBlockers, Corruption, county, deo odolecki, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, dui, excessive force, Featured, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, matthew taylor, misconduct, news, oath, OH, Ohio, orta, parma, Parma Police Department, parody, Pennsylvania, Photography, podcast, police, Project, public defender, ramsey, Ramsey Orta, Rick Gonzalez, scott marshall, stories, Transparency, video, Zachary Hammond

Cop Blast Podcast is recorded in front of a live virtual audience. The YouTube Channel is located here. Your hosts

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My Story, then Off to Jail I Go.

August 17, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 665 Views cop block, don't take the plea, Drug war, illegal search, public defender, santa rita jail

They say that timing is everything, and in the position I am at, I agree. I came across CopBlock through

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