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Family Whose Dog Was Murdered by Hartford Police Awarded $202,000; Liens Placed on Cops’ Houses

October 8, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1544 Views 297 Enfield St, abandoned car, Accountability, appeal, assault, Brutality, City of Hartford, Civil rights, Connecticut, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, ct, Dishonesty, dog, dog shot by police, dozens of bags of heroin, excessive force, frantic foot chase, gang member, Glen Harris, gun crackdown, Harassment, Hartford, Hartford Police Department, high speed pursuit, Homicide, illegal caches of weapons, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, K Harris, kelly patterson, lawsuit, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police informant, police shooting, property lien, punitive damages, Puppycide, rights, Sgt. Anthony Pia, Sgt. Johnmichael O'Hare, spike in violence, St. Bernard, suspected stolen car, Thomas Gerarde, warrantless search, warring drug gangs

Last week, a federal jury ruled in favor of a father and daughter whose dog was shot by Hartford police

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Lawsuit After Video Shows Cop Snatch Protestor’s Phone, Concoct Charges Against Him

September 18, 2016 Asa J 986 Views ACLU, ACLU of Connecticut, actual damages, checkpoint demonstration, checkpoint protest, Connecticut, Connecticut State Police, copblock, copblock.org, creating a public disturbance, Dishonesty, dui checkpoint, false charges, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, first amendment, fourth amendment, grudges, gun permit, Interstate 84, john barone, john jacobi, lawsuit, michael picard, officer John Barone, officer John Jacobi, officer Patrick Torneo, open carry, open carry activist, Park Road, Patrick Torneo, pistol permit, police accountability, police accountability activist, protest, punch a number, punitive damages, retaliation, Right Against Warrantless Seizure of his Property, Right to Receive and Memorialize Information, U.S. District Court, use of a highway by a pedestrian, West Hartford

In a federal lawsuit filed against three Connecticut state police officers, an avid police accountability and open carry activist is

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Man Locked in Closet By Cops For Four Days Without Food Awarded $22M

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 Asa J 1441 Views Accountability, appeal, Arnold Black, assault, attorney Rob DiCello, bloodied face, Civil rights, compensatory damages, cop punches man during traffic stop, copblock, copblock.org, cops lock man in closet, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County Jail, Det. Randy Hicks, east cleveland, East Cleveland Police, East Cleveland police department, East Cleveland police officer, excessive force, Justice System, lawsuit, locked in closet, locked in closet without food, locked in closet without toilet, locked in closet without water, maple heights, officer Jonathan O'Leary, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, police abuse, Police brutality, punitive damages, storage closet, Traffic stop, Willa Mae Hemmons

A Maple Heights, Ohio man that was punched by an East Cleveland police officer during a traffic stop and then

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Oregon Drops Appeal, Will Pay $517,000 To Motorcyclist Kicked By Cop (Update)

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Asa J 1624 Views Accountability, already had the muscles fired, broken clavicle, Brutality, Chevrolet Camaro, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, cop crashes into motorcyclist, cop kicks motorcyclist, copblock, copblock.org, Crow Road, Eugene, excessive force, federal lawsuit, fractured rib, Highway 126, Judge Michael McShane, Justin Wilkens, kick, Lt. Rob Edwards, medical expenses, Motorcycle, motorcyclist, Negligence, Oregon, Oregon State Police, OSP, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, punitive damages, rights, Rob Edwards, settlement, U.S. District Court, Update, video, wreck

The State of Oregon has dropped a pair of appeals in a case in which a state police lieutenant was

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Lawsuit: LAPD Deleted Video After Suffocating Handcuffed Man To Death

April 21, 2016 Asa J 1273 Views Alex Jimenez, arrest, attorney fees, battery, beat, California, Civil rights, civil rights violations, copblock, copblock.org, cops delete video, deadly force, erased video, excessive force, False arrest, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, funeral expenses, Handcuffed, inadequate training, killer cops, knee on the throat, lapd, lawsuit, Los Angeles, los angeles police, los angeles police department, Negligence, police abuse, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, punitive damages, refusing medical treatment, South Los Angeles, suffocated, suffocated to death, tased, throat, thumb drive, wrongful death, wrongful death lawsuit

Family members of a man that died during an encounter with LAPD officers, say after their loved one was handcuffed,

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Man Required 35 Surgeries After Cop Set Him On Fire With Taser

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 Asa J 2446 Views 35 surgeries, battery, breach of assumed duties, burn unit, car wreck, Chesterfield County, compensatory damages, cop sets man on fire, copblock, copblock.org, fire, fire hazard, gasoline, gasoline soaked man, gross negligence, intensive care, Jefferson Davis Highway, kidney failure, Miles November, officer Ryan Swope, punitive damages, respiratory issues, Richmond, Richmond City Circuit Court, Ryan Swope, septic blood poisoning, taser, taser fire, tracheostomy, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Volkswagen, Volkswagen sedan, wreck

A lawsuit filed in Richmond City Circuit Court in Virginia says a Chesterfield County cop ignored orders against discharging his Taser

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Motorcyclist Wins Lawsuit After Filmed Being Wrecked, Kicked By Cop

January 23, 2016June 8, 2016 Asa J 2103 Views Accountability, already had the muscles fired, broken clavicle, Brutality, Chevrolet Camaro, Civil rights, cop crashes into motorcyclist, cop kicks motorcyclist, copblock, copblock.org, Crow Road, Eugene, excessive force, federal lawsuit, fractured rib, Highway 126, Justin Wilkens, kick, medical expenses, motorcyclist, Negligence, Oregon, Oregon State Police, OSP, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, punitive damages, rights, Rob Edwards, U.S. District Court, wreck

An eight-member jury ruled in U.S. District Court last week that an officer with the Oregon State Police violated a

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Video: Police Beat Handcuffed Man

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 Steven Thomas 1526 Views Accountability, assault, beating, Brutality, CA, California, California Penal Code Section 148(a)(1), California Penal Code Section 69, Civil rights, compensatory damages, Contempt of Cop, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, Featured, fight, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, Harrah’s Southern California Resort Hotel, hotel, injuries, Jerry L. Steering, jimenez, jovan, Justice System, lawsuit, Newport Beach, police, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, public information officer, Public Prosecutors, punitive damages, resisting or obstructing or delaying a peace officer, rights, riverside, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, Tanya Sierra, using or threatening the use of force or violence against a peace officer to deter or prevent them from performing a duty of their office, video

Jovan Jimenez has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office after an officer beat Jimenez

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Lawsuit: Cops Broke Bones, Knocked Teeth Loose After Bicycle Headlight Stop

September 9, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1369 Views Accountability, battery, Bicycle Headlight Stop, broken arm, broken elbow, Brutality, burger king, California, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, Coercion, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, excessive force lawsuit, falsified arrest reports, federal lawsuit, knocked teeth loose, Manuel Salazar, medical coercion, negligent hiring, officer Alan Reyes, officer Carrie Gordon, Officer Misconduct, paramedics, Police brutality, punitive damages, san jose, Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County jail, Santa Clara Police Department, unreasonable search and seizure

A California man is claiming in a federal lawsuit that Santa Clara County deputies beat him to a pulp after

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Resource Officer Pepper Sprays Student For Non-Compliance With Teacher

May 9, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 2289 Views assault and battery, Bradford Pennsylvania, Bradford Police Chief Chris Lucco, Bradford Police Department, copblock, emotional distress, emotional support student, excessive force, False arrest, Hiel Bartlett, High School Resource Officer, malicious prosecution, mediation, Officer Hiel "Butch" Bartlett, Officer Hiel Bartlett, Pennsylvania, pepper spray, Police Chief Chris Lucco, police lawsuit, punitive damages, school cop, T.K.

The family of a Pennsylvania “emotional support” student is suing a Bradford Area High School Resource Officer for allegedly handcuffing

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