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Police Could Investigate ‘Offensive’ Halloween Costumes At MA University

October 25, 2016October 26, 2016 Asa J 1391 Views bias, Campus police, copblock, copblock.org, cultural appropriation, disciplinary sanctions, discrimination, Discrimination and/or Hate Reporting Form, fraternities, gender, Halloween costumes, hate, Immigrant, inappropriate costumes, Incidents of Bias, Inter Greek Council, InterFraternity Council, Intolerance, Jake Goldberg, Judicial Affairs, Mary Pat McMahon, Massachusetts, Multicultural Greek Council, Offensive Halloween Costumes, Office of Equal Opportunity, Panhellenic Council, Patrick Collins, Race, serious disciplinary sanctions, sexuality, socioeconomic status, sororities, Students Advocating for Students, The College Fix, Tufts University, Tufts University Police Department

Students at a Massachusetts University are being threatened with campus police investigations and “serious disciplinary sanctions” if they dare to wear Halloween costumes

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Why It’s Time To Stop Using the Term ‘White Privilege’ In Policing Issues

September 26, 2016February 17, 2017 Alia Atreides 1082 Views abuse, blue privilege, class privilege, dialectics, inequality, institutional inequality, Joshua H, oppression, Race, Racism, Tyranny, unity, white privilege

While there are undoubtedly differences in the ways blacks are treated from whites culturally and institutionally, the term white privilege

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Building More Prisons is Not the Solution to Prison Riots

April 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2068 Views Accountability, AL, Alabama, Alabama.com, anarchism, assault, Brutality, building more prisons, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, commentary, Common Justice, Community Works West, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, degrading conditions, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, excessive force, force, freedom, Governor Robert Bentley, Harassment, Holman Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, lockdown, meditation, Minorities, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison overcrowding, prison riots, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, restorative justice, rights, strike the root, Suicide, System, Timothy Jason Jones, transformative, WHNT 19 News, WKRG News

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Peter Liang, Like So Many White Cops Before Him, Receives No Prison Time For Killing Innocent Man

March 29, 2016 Georgia Sand 1114 Views Asian-American, Criminal History, criminal justice system, District Attorney, Homicide, Innocence, Justice System, Ken Thompson, kill, murder, New York, Peter Liang, police abuse, police violence, Prison, Race, Racism, second degree murder, White, White American

When police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Akai Gurley, some Asian-Americans

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Shifting Prisoners to New “State of the Art Facilities” Won’t Eliminate Prison Abuse

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2175 Views abolish prisons, Accountability, AL, Alabama, anarchism, assault, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson, Christianity, Civil rights, commentary, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, easily reintegrate into another prison, excessive force, force, forced conversion, freedom, Harassment, Julia Tutwiler State Women's Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Lovelady Center, Minorities, Montgomery, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, rights, sex abuse, sexual assault, strike the root, System, Tutwiler Prison

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Asian-Americans Protesting Liang Conviction Are Misguided And Racist

March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 Georgia Sand 1084 Views #blacklivesmatter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Akai Gurley, Asian-American, badge, black lives matter, brooklyn, Bystander, Chinese, Compunction, Conviction, crime scene, Crying, Guilty, Gun, hero, Ian Birk, injustice, innocent, jay cicinelli, John Williams, jury, justice, Justice System, Kelly Thomas, macho, Manny Ramos, manslaughter, Michelle Butler, Minorities, New York, nypd, Opression, Penal Code, Peter Liang, Race, Racism, Reckless, Selective Justice, Shaun Landau, Testify, trial

Rookie NYPD police officer Peter Liang was recently found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in

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If You Want True Reform, Abolish The Police!

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2130 Views #BlackLivesMatters, 1st Amendment Rights, abolish the police, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, Bad apples, black panthers, body cameras, Brutality, C4SS, cbs, center for a stateless society, chicago, City of Furgeson, Civil rights, commentary, community policing, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Darren Wilson, Department of Justice, destroying evidence, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, feedback, ferguson, ferguson police department, film the police, first amendment rights, for-profit prisons, force, fox guarding the hen house, freedom, gov jay nixon, Harassment, Homicide, IL, Illinois, Justice For Michael Brown, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Michael Brown, Minorities, Missouri, MO, neighborhood watch, Nick Ford, no crime, people of color, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, police training, police violence, Prison, prisoners, protests, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, reform, reforms, restitution, revenue generation, rights, st. louis county, strike the root, System, Thomas L. Knapp, tip of the iceberg, traffic stops

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Prisons Can’t be Exonerated of Their Role in The Police State

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1524 Views a prisoners’ character, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, assigned social role, barbaric, broken system, Brutality, C4SS, CA, California, center for a stateless society, Children, CIU, Civil rights, confinement, Conviction, Conviction Integrity Units, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal justice system, Dishonesty, disposable, exonerated, false confession, federal convictions, fit of rage, force, freedom, future criminal activities, guilty plea, Harassment, institutions, involved with the wrong people, Justice System, kelly patterson, liberty, medecine, mentally handicapped, Minorities, modus operandi, myriad of reasons, National Registry of Exonerations, NBC, New York, Nick Ford, no crime, ny, one or a handful of incidents, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, police misconduct, Police State, poor exercise in judgement, Prison, prisoners, prisons are not innocent, Professor Samuel Gross, public spectacle, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, recidivism, reform, restitution, restraint of individual's liberty, rights, state convictions, strike the root, System, Texas, the state, Torture, TX, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, university of michigan, Witness intimidation, Witnesses, wrongful conviction, You Cannot Exonerate Prisons

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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The Police State Is Slavery – Abolition, Not Reform, Is the Only Solution

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Alia Atreides 1330 Views abolition, Accountability, Class, corporations, cronyism, Economics, force, government, Joshua H, labor, oligarchy, politics, Race, Slavery, the state

Last week I wrote an article entitled ‘Accountability Is Futile – Abolish the Police‘ in which I laid out the

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Education Alone Isn’t Enough To Solve The Problems With Policing

August 27, 2015August 31, 2015 Georgia Sand 1256 Views Accountability, arrest, assault, attorney, black, Brian Stevenson, Brutality, Civil Immunity, Civil rights, Confederate Flag, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Deadly Weapon, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Georgia, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Harassment, Immunity, Innocent Deaths, jail, Justice System, lawsuits, Middle East, obama, police, police abuse, politically correct, Prison, Race, Race Relations, Racism, rights, Sensitivity Training, Statistics, Task Force, The Guardian, threat, training, Training Sessions, video

From The Guardian comes a video by Civil Rights Attorney Brian Stevenson: Mr. Stevenson has a compelling story to tell about

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The Guardian Debuts “The Counted” Project to Track Police Killings

June 6, 2015June 23, 2015 Georgia Sand 1368 Views Accountability, Ademo Freeman, Botched Police Raid, cato, Cato Raid Map, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Dishonesty, excessive force, Homicide, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police killing, Police State, Race, rights, Statistics, swat raid, The Counted, The Guardian, tracking, Tracking Police Killings

The Guardian recently contacted Cop Block with exciting news of a new project. The Guardian has released the most comprehensive

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Baltimore Burns- Revolution Is A Messy Business Part 2

May 3, 2015May 3, 2015 Alia Atreides 917 Views Accountability, Baltimore, baltimore police department, Brutality, Class, film the police, Freddie Gray, Joshua H, peaceful protests, philosophy, Race, revolt, revolution, riots

The first part of this series drew the sort of divisive response that I had intended to discourage with the

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