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False Imprisonment: Its Increasing Frequency and the Huge Cost It Imposes on Society

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1434 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, chicago, choke hold, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, class-action lawsuit, Cleveland, CO, Colorado, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, Denver, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dna evidence, double-standards, Drug war, Eric Garner, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, homan square, Homicide, IL, illegal arrest, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Innocence Project, James Bain, Jon Burge, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, Making a Murderer, Netflix, New York, ny, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rape, rights, Robert Graham, settlements, Tamir Rice, Texas, Toy gun, TX, U.S. Supreme Court, wrongful death

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously by a reader, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. If you

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Judge Denies Qualified Immunity for Two Montana Deputies in Lawsuit Over Fatal Shooting

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2202 Views Accountability, assault, Billings, Brutality, burglary, Civil rights, cleared of criminal wrongdoing, Continuous News Coverage, copblock, copblock.org, coroner's inquest, Corruption, dash camera, deadly force, Deputy Chris Rudolph, Deputy Jason Robinson, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, fatal police shooting, Huntley, investigative stop, Judge Susan Watters, Justice System, justified shooting, kelly patterson, KTQV, Loren Simpson, Montana, MT, murder, overhead lights, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rights, roadblock, use of force, video, White Buffalo Trail Road, Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office

On Thursday, a judge in Montana ruled that two Yellowstone County Sheriff’s deputies could be held personally accountable in a

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Court Rules That Kids Can Be Arrested For Burping In School

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Asa J 2998 Views 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, 42 U.S.C. section 1983, albuquerque, Albuquerque police, Albuquerque police officer, arrested for burping, Arthur Acosta, burping, burping in school, child arrested for burping, Civil rights, civil rights statute, Cleveland Middle School, copblock, copblock.org, Court of Appeals, due process rights, False arrest, federal appeals court, judge Neil Gorsuch, juvenile detention facility, lawsuit, middle school, Neil Gorsuch, New Mexico, officer Arthur Acosta, Police brutality, Qualified Immunity, resource officer, rights, school disruption law, seventh grader

In an astounding decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that it was acceptable for an officer to arrest a

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Man Beaten by Las Vegas Police For Not Moving Fast Enough Awarded $31,500 Settlement (Update)

April 15, 2016April 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2003 Views abuse, Accountability, arrestable offense, assault, beaten for not moving fast enough, beating, Brutality, caught on camera beating an innocent man, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Attorney, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crime scene, Diabetic, diabetic shock, did not rise to the level of misconduct, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, Dominic Gennerino, Double Standard, double-standards, Downtown, Downtown Las Vegas, drunk driving, DTLV, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Fremont East, Fremont Street, Gennarino, Harassment, heavy-handed police tactics, Henderson, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas attorney, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas suburb, lied in police reports, lies, lvmpd, meaningful repercussions, metro, Metro policies, misconduct, Nevada, nevada cop block, nightstick, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock.org, obstructing a public officer, Obstruction, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, official story, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, Qualified Immunity, reforms, rights, stabbing, Stephen Stubbs, steve wolfson, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, use of force board, Vanguard Lounge, video

About a year and a half ago, Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs submitted a story to the CopBlock Network about

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Cops Who Tased Mentally Ill Man To Death Immune From Prosecution

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 Asa J 1451 Views Accountability, bipolar disorder, Brutality, Civil rights, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, CPR, Dana Schrad, Double Standard, double-standards, Emergency room, excessive force, Fourteenth Amendment, fourth amendment, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, involuntary commitment, Judge Catherine Eagles, Judge Stephanie Thacker, Justice System, Lt. Jerry McDonald, Maryland, mentally ill, Moore Regional Hospital, North Carolina, North Carolina Justice Academy, officer Arthur Gatlin Jr., paranoid schizophrenia, Pinehurst, Pinehurst police department, police accountability, police kill mentally ill man, Police State, Qualified Immunity, Ronald Armstrong, Sgt. Tina Sheppard, south carolina, stun-gun, taser, taser death, U.S. District Court, Virginia, Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, West Virginia

In another case of qualified immunity impeding the justice process, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that three North Carolina

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Jose Ceja-Villa Killed By Police On January 15, 2015

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 Georgia Sand 2641 Views Accountability, Alberto Sierra, Alicia Ceja-Avila, attorney, Brutality, Bus driver, California, Children, Civil rights, community, Conviction, Corruption, crime, deadly force, death, Dishonesty, excessive force, Fairfield, father, felony, fishing, Hiking, Homicide, Husband, Investigation, Jason Turk, Jose Calzada, Jose Ceja-Villa, Lakeport, Lamestream media, mainstream media, Mistake, murder, news, Outdoors, Qualified Immunity, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, taser, training, Wife

Jose Ceja-Villa was killed by police on January 15, 2015 in Fairfield, CA. Mr. Ceja-Villa had previously been living with

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Stockholm Syndrome Sufferers Take Up Defense Of Police

May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 Georgia Sand 1292 Views Baltimore, Bums, cato, Civilians, cowardice, Disgusting, domestic violence, Freddie Gray, Gangs, georgia sand, Guns, Helmets, Heroes, Heroism, Human Beings, Injustice Everywhere, Lamestream media, mainstream media, Materialistic, michael slager, murder, Pathetic, Paycheck, Petty, police, Police brutality, police report, Qualified Immunity, rape, Salary, Selfish, Statistics, unarmed, Untrained, walter scott, weapons, Wifebeaters

An image of Baltimore citizens forming a defensive line in front of Baltimore police has gone viral and the sheeple

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On People’s Blind Eye and Deaf Ear For Injustice Committed By Police

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Georgia Sand 1578 Views Accountability, assault, Barron Bowling, Brian Wood, Brutality, Civil rights, Corruption, DEA Agent, Destruction of Evidence, Double Standard, double-standards, freedom, Homicide, Kansas CIty Police, Kelly Thomas, Lamestream media, Laura Schook, mainstream media, media, Police State, Propaganda, Qualified Immunity, Ron Thomas, Sheriff, sniper, SWAT, swat raid, Timothy McCue, Utah, violence, William Lawrence

Police do not suffer the legal consequences of their actions in the manner ordinary people do. For police to suffer legal

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When Police Abuse and Kill People, Whose Fault Is It?

March 7, 2015March 9, 2015 Georgia Sand 2378 Views Absolute immunity, Aiyana Jones, assault, Brutality, chicago, Civil asset forfeiture, cop block, Corruption, Drug war, Eurie Stamps, Falsified Evidence, Featured, freedom, Jon Burge, judge, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, Lamestream media, Legal Barriers, mainstream media, Manny Ramos, media, Patriotism, personal responsibility, prosecutor, Qualified Immunity, security, Statute of Limitations, swat raid, taxes, the system

When police unjustifiably abuse or kill people, Americans tend side with the police. Occasionally, when the abuse is horribly egregious

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Badged Serial Killers: The Growing Murder Culture of Cops (Part I) by Bill Buppert

February 19, 2014February 2, 2017 Pete Eyre 3253 Views animal cruality, bill buppert, coercive monopoly, cop block, copblock.org, doug howell, incentives, john schaefer, manuel pardo, Police brutality, Property rights, Puppycide, Qualified Immunity, Self-defense, Terrorism, will grigg, zerogov.com

The below was posted to ZeroGov.com by Bill Buppert on February 13th, 2014. As is noted, it’s the first of

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Appeals Court Upheld Conviction of Commander Burge Who Presided Over Torture of Suspects

April 12, 2013April 10, 2013 CopBlock 1127 Views Brutality, Civil rights, coerced confession, Coerced Confessions, confession, criminal injustice system, Criminal procedure, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Featured, Harassment, Human rights, illegal interrogation, Immunity, injustice, Interrogations, police, police abuse, police procedure, Police State, Qualified Immunity, Torture

The 7th Circuit upheld the conviction of a police commander who “presided over an interrogation regime where suspects were suffocated

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Tennessee v. Garner

August 17, 2012August 17, 2012 Georgia Sand 3749 Views Accountability, anaheim police department, Brutality, Civil rights, constitutional law, constitutional rights, cop block, Corruption, Double Standard, Featured, Filming police, fourth amendment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, iniquity, Justice O'Connor, Justice Rehnquist, Law, murder, police abuse, police murder, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tennessee, united states constitution, united states supreme court, US Constitution

No one has to remind me that many Copblock followers take severe issue with the way American laws are legislated

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